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Lim, Junying and Sreekar, Rachakonda (2024). Turnover. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7. (pp. V6-739-V6-753) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00076-1

Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity

Hua, Fangyuan, Wang, Weiyi, Nakagawa, Shinichi, Liu, Shuangqi, Miao, Xinran, Yu, Le, Du, Zhenrong, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Arias-Sosa, Luis Alejandro, Buda, Kinga, Budka, Michał, Carrière, Stéphanie M., Chandler, Richard B., Chiatante, Gianpasquale, Chiawo, David O., Cresswell, Will, Echeverri, Alejandra, Goodale, Eben, Huang, Guohualing, Hulme, Mark F., Hutto, Richard L., Imboma, Titus S., Jarrett, Crinan, Jiang, Zhigang, Kati, Vassiliki I., King, David I., Kmecl, Primož, Li, Na, Lövei, Gábor L. ... Elsen, Paul R. (2024). Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 (2), 251-266. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02280-w

Uncertainties in deforestation emission baseline methodologies and implications for carbon markets

Teo, Hoong Chen, Tan, Nicole Hui Li, Zheng, Qiming, Lim, Annabel Jia Yi, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Chen, Xiao, Zhou, Yuchuan, Sarira, Tasya Vadya, De Alban, Jose Don T, Tang, Hao, Friess, Daniel A. and Koh, Lian Pin (2023). Uncertainties in deforestation emission baseline methodologies and implications for carbon markets. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 8277, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44127-9

Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments

Watson, James E. M., Venegas‐Li, Ruben, Grantham, Hedley, Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue, Rao, Madhu, Woodley, Stephen, Hockings, Marc, Burkart, Karl, Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Possingham, Hugh P. and Ward, Michelle (2023). Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments. Integrative Conservation, 2 (3), 140-155. doi: 10.1002/inc3.24

Climate co-benefits of tiger conservation

Lamba, Aakash, Teo, Hoong Chen, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zeng, Yiwen, Carrasco, Luis Roman and Koh, Lian Pin (2023). Climate co-benefits of tiger conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7 (7), 1104-1113. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02069-x

Bird preferences for fruit size, but not color, vary in accordance with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient

Hazell, Richard J., Sam, Katerina, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Yama, Samson, Koagouw, Wulan, Stewart, Alan J. A. and Peck, Mika R. (2023). Bird preferences for fruit size, but not color, vary in accordance with fruit traits along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (2) e9835, 1-19. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9835

Large‐scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water‐insecure regions in the Asia‐Pacific

Teo, Hoong Chen, Raghavan, Srivatsan V., He, Xiaogang, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Cheng, Yanyan, Luo, Xiangzhong, Lechner, Alex M., Ashfold, Matthew J., Lamba, Aakash, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zheng, Qiming, Chen, Anping and Koh, Lian Pin (2022). Large‐scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water‐insecure regions in the Asia‐Pacific. Global Change Biology, 28 (21), 6385-6403. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16404

Future land-use competition constrains natural climate solutions

Zheng, Qiming, Siman, Kelly, Zeng, Yiwen, Teo, Hoong Chen, Sarira, Tasya Vadya, Sreekar, Rachakonda and Koh, Lian Pin (2022). Future land-use competition constrains natural climate solutions. Science of the Total Environment, 838 (Part 3) 156409. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156409

Nature-based climate solutions for expanding the global protected area network

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zeng, Yiwen, Zheng, Qiming, Lamba, Aakash, Teo, Hoong Chen, Sarira, Tasya Vadya and Koh, Lian Pin (2022). Nature-based climate solutions for expanding the global protected area network. Biological Conservation, 269 109529. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109529

Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore-induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: an experimental evidence with two tree species

Sam, Katerina, Kovarova, Eliska, Freiberga, Inga, Uthe, Henriette, Weinhold, Alexander, Jorge, Leonardo R. and Sreekar, Rachakonda (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore-induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: an experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (16), 10917-10925. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7869

Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Si, Xingfeng, Sam, Katerina, Liu, Jiajia, Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi, Kotagama, Sarath and Goodale, Eben (2021). Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (8), 1738-1748. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13927

Combining camera-trap surveys and hunter interviews to determine the status of mammals in protected rainforests and rubber plantations of Menglun, Xishuangbanna, SW China

Huang, G., Sreekar, R., Velho, N., Corlett, R. T., Quan, R. -C. and Tomlinson, K. W. (2020). Combining camera-trap surveys and hunter interviews to determine the status of mammals in protected rainforests and rubber plantations of Menglun, Xishuangbanna, SW China. Animal Conservation, 23 (6), 689-699. doi: 10.1111/acv.12588

Endemicity and land-use type influence the abundance-range-size relationship of birds on a tropical island

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Sam, Katerina, Dayananda, Salindra K., Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kotagama, Sarath W. and Goodale, Eben (2020). Endemicity and land-use type influence the abundance-range-size relationship of birds on a tropical island. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (2), 460-470. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13379

Drivers of bird beta diversity in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot are scale dependent: roles of land use, climate, and distance

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Koh, Lian Pin, Mammides, Christos, Corlett, Richard T., Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi M., Kotagama, Sarath W. and Goodale, Eben (2020). Drivers of bird beta diversity in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot are scale dependent: roles of land use, climate, and distance. Oecologia, 193 (4), 801-809. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04671-3

Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Nakamura, Akihiro, Corlett, Richard T., Slik, J. W. Ferry, Fletcher, Christine, He, Fangliang, Weiblen, George D., Shen, Guochun, Xu, Han, Sun, I-Fang, Cao, Ke, Ma, Keping, Chang, Li-Wan, Cao, Min, Jiang, Mingxi, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Ong, Perry, Yap, Sandra, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Novotny, Vojtech, Brockelman, Warren Y., Xiang, Wusheng, Mi, Xiangcheng, Li, Xiankun, Wang, Xihua, Qiao, Xiujuan, Li, Yide, Tan, Sylvester ... Koh, Lian Pin (2018). Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude. Royal Society Open Science, 5 (9) 181168, 181168. doi: 10.1098/rsos.181168

Fruiting patterns of macrofungi in tropical and temperate land use types in Yunnan Province, China

Li, Huili, Guo, Jiayu, Goldberg, Stefanie D., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Ye, Lei, Luo, Xia, Sysouphanthong, Phongeun, Xu, Jianchu, Hyde, Kevin D. and Mortimer, Peter E. (2018). Fruiting patterns of macrofungi in tropical and temperate land use types in Yunnan Province, China. Acta Oecologica, 91, 7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2018.05.008

Topography and soil type are critical to understanding how bird and herpetofaunal communities persist in forest fragments of tropical China

Dayananda, Salindra K., Mammides, Christos, Lee, Myung-Bok, Liu, Jia-Jia, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Yasuda, Mika, Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Tomlinson, Kyle W. and Goodale, Eben (2017). Topography and soil type are critical to understanding how bird and herpetofaunal communities persist in forest fragments of tropical China. Biological Conservation, 215, 107-115. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.034

An ontogenetically stable sexual character in a montane agamid, Salea horsfieldii Gray, 1845 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Nilgiris, India

Caleb Daniel, G., Sreekar, Rachakonda and Deepak, V. (2017). An ontogenetically stable sexual character in a montane agamid, Salea horsfieldii Gray, 1845 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Nilgiris, India. Journal of Natural History, 51 (39-40), 2373-2383. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1369188

Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Corlett, Richard T., Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kilpatrick, Adam, Kotagama, Sarath W., Koh, Lian Pin and Goodale, Eben (2017). Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use. Biology Letters, 13 (5) 20170186, 20170186. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0186

Terrestrial species in protected areas and community-managed lands in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India

Velho, Nandini, Sreekar, Rachakonda and Laurance, William F. (2016). Terrestrial species in protected areas and community-managed lands in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Land, 5 (4) 35, 35. doi: 10.3390/land5040035

Impacts of hunting on tropical forests in Southeast Asia

Harrison, Rhett D., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Brodie, Jedediah F., Brook, Sarah, Luskin, Matthew, O'Kelly, Hannah, Rao, Madhu, Scheffers, Brett and Velho, Nandini (2016). Impacts of hunting on tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology, 30 (5), 972-981. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12785

Effects of forest fragmentation on nocturnal Asian birds: a case study from Xishuangbanna, China

Dayananda, Salindra K., Goodale, Eben, Lee, Myung-bok, Liu, Jia-Jia, Mammides, Christos, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Tomlinson, Kyle W. and Yasuda, Mika (2016). Effects of forest fragmentation on nocturnal Asian birds: a case study from Xishuangbanna, China. Zoological Research, 37 (3), 151-158. doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.3.151

Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Huang, Guohualing, Yasuda, Mika, Quan, Rui-Chang, Goodale, Eben, Corlett, Richard T. and Tomlinson, Kyle W. (2016). Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations. Scientific Reports, 6 21822. doi: 10.1038/srep21822

Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog

Kamath, Ambika and Sreekar, Rachakonda (2016). Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog. Acta Herpetologica, 11 (1), 15-20. doi: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-15172

Non-pollinator fig wasp impact on the reproductive success of an invasive fig tree: why so little?

Kong, Yue, Wang, Rong, Yang, Da-Rong, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Peng, Yan-Qiong and Compton, Stephen G. (2016). Non-pollinator fig wasp impact on the reproductive success of an invasive fig tree: why so little?. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 26 (10), 1432-1443. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2016.1214862

The effect of land-use on the diversity and mass-abundance relationships of understory avian insectivores in Sri Lanka and southern India

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Srinivasan, Umesh, Mammides, Christos, Chen, Jin, Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kotagama, Sarath Wimalabandara, Sidhu, Swati and Goodale, Eben (2015). The effect of land-use on the diversity and mass-abundance relationships of understory avian insectivores in Sri Lanka and southern India. Scientific Reports, 5 11569. doi: 10.1038/srep11569

Flight initiation distance as behavioral indicator of hunting pressure: a case study of the Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) in Xishuangbanna, SW China

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Goodale, Eben and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). Flight initiation distance as behavioral indicator of hunting pressure: a case study of the Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Tropical Conservation Science, 8 (2), 505-512. doi: 10.1177/194008291500800214

The use of species-area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Huang, Guohualing, Zhao, Jiang-Bo, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Yasuda, Mika, Zhang, Kai, Peabotuwage, Indika, Wang, Ximin, Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Corlett, Richard T., Goodale, Eben and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). The use of species-area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (4), 441-450. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12292

Yet another empty forest: considering the conservation value of a recently established tropical nature reserve

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zhang, Kai, Xu, Jianchu and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). Yet another empty forest: considering the conservation value of a recently established tropical nature reserve. PLoS One, 10 (2) e0117920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117920

Drivers of reptile and amphibian assemblages outside the protected areas of Western Ghats, India

Balaji, Divya, Sreekar, Rachakonda and Rao, Siddharth (2014). Drivers of reptile and amphibian assemblages outside the protected areas of Western Ghats, India. Journal for Nature Conservation, 22 (4), 337-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.03.004

Influence of gaze and directness of approach on the escape responses of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831)

Sreekar, Rachakonda and Quader, Suhel (2013). Influence of gaze and directness of approach on the escape responses of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831). Journal of Biosciences, 38 (5), 829-833. doi: 10.1007/s12038-013-9378-8

Natural windbreaks sustain bird diversity in a tea-dominated landscape

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Mohan, Anand, Das, Sandeep, Agarwal, Prerna and Vivek, Ramachandran (2013). Natural windbreaks sustain bird diversity in a tea-dominated landscape. PLoS One, 8 (7) e70379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070379

Reptiles of the central Western Ghats, India - a reappraisal and revised checklist, with emphasis on the Agumbe Plateau

Ganesh, S. R., Chadramouli, S. R., Sreekar, R. and Shankar, P. Gowri (2013). Reptiles of the central Western Ghats, India - a reappraisal and revised checklist, with emphasis on the Agumbe Plateau. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 20 (3), 181-189.

Photographic capture-recapture sampling for assessing populations of the Indian gliding lizard Draco dussumieri

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Purushotham, Chetana B., Saini, Katya, Rao, Shyam N., Pelletier, Simon and Chaplod, Saniya (2013). Photographic capture-recapture sampling for assessing populations of the Indian gliding lizard Draco dussumieri. PLoS One, 8 (2) e55935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055935

Predicting lizard gender: sexual dimorphism in Calotes rouxii (reptilia: agamidae) from Agumbe, Karnataka, India

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Saini, Katya, Rao, Shyam N. and Purushotham, Chetana B. (2011). Predicting lizard gender: sexual dimorphism in Calotes rouxii (reptilia: agamidae) from Agumbe, Karnataka, India. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 6 (1), 75-80.

Predation on Hemidactylus treutleri (Squamata: Gekkonidae) by the peninsular rock agama Psammophilus dorsalis (Squamata: Agamidae) in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Deodhar, Shreekant and Kulkarni, Yashada (2010). Predation on Hemidactylus treutleri (Squamata: Gekkonidae) by the peninsular rock agama Psammophilus dorsalis (Squamata: Agamidae) in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Herpetology Notes, 3 (1), 33-35.

Vertebrate assemblage at a fruiting fig (Ficus caulocarpa) in Maliau basin, Malaysia

Sreekar, Rachakonda, Nghiem Thi Phuong Le, and Harrison, Rhett D. (2010). Vertebrate assemblage at a fruiting fig (Ficus caulocarpa) in Maliau basin, Malaysia. Tropical Conservation Science, 3 (2), 218-227. doi: 10.1177/194008291000300208

Rediscovery of Vosmer’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy

Seetharamaraju, M., Sreekar, R., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, Bhargavi, Kaur, Harpreet and Venkateshwarlu, P. (2009). Rediscovery of Vosmer’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1 (12), 624-626. doi: 10.11609/jott.o2160.624-6