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List of works by Kartik Shanker

A deeply divergent lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India

scientific article

A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India

scholarly article published in 2021

A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India

article

A new species of Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the degraded urban ecosystems of Bengaluru, Deccan Plateau, India

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species

scientific article published in 2018

Adaptation of sea turtles to climate warming: Will phenological responses be sufficient to counteract changes in reproductive output?

scientific article published on 31 October 2023

An assessment of the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting population in Orissa, India

scientific article published in 2004

An interdisciplinary framework to evaluate bioshield plantations: Insights from peninsular India

article by Nibedita Mukherjee et al published February 2015 in Acta Oecologica

Auger and Rutherford backscattering compositional analysis of GaInAs anodic oxide

scholarly article

Bioshields and Ecological Restoration in Tsunami-Affected Areas in India

scholarly article

Climatic stability drives latitudinal trends in range size and richness of woody plants in Western Ghats, India

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Community structure and demography of small-mammal populations in insular montane forests in southern India

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Correction to: Flock-species richness influences node importance and modularity in mixed-species flock networks

erratum

Determining levels of cryptic diversity within the endemic frog genera, Indirana and Walkerana, of the Western Ghats, India

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

scientific article published in 2004

Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Distribution patterns of nearshore aggregations of olive ridley sea turtles (<scp><i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i></scp>) in Rushikulya, Odisha, India: Implications for spatial management measures

scientific article published in 2023

Diversifying on the Ark: multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Squamata) ⬇️

journal article from 'Zoological Research' published in 2021

Doing Whole Earth justice: a reply to Cafaro et al ⬇️

article by Bram Büscher et al published 27 April 2017 in Oryx

ELEVATIONAL SPECIES RICHNESS PATTERNS EMERGE FROM MULTIPLE LOCAL MECHANISMS IN HIMALAYAN WOODY PLANTS

scientific article published in 2005

Effect of Hatchery Nest Environment on Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) Hatchling Performance

scientific article published in 2021

Environmental correlates of distribution across spatial scales in the intertidal gastropods <i>Littoraria</i> and <i>Echinolittorina</i> of the Indian coastline

scientific article published in 2020

First Report of Hemipenial Variation among Some Genera and Species of Shieldtail Snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India and Sri Lanka

scientific article published in 2022

Flock-species richness influences node importance and modularity in mixed-species flock networks

scientific article published on 28 October 2021

From bathymetry to bioshields: a review of post-tsunami ecological research in India and its implications for policy

scientific article

Gamma diversity and under-sampling together generate patterns in beta-diversity

scientific article published in 2021

Glaciations, gradients, and geography: multiple drivers of diversification of bush frogs in the Western Ghats Escarpment.

scientific article published in August 2016

Habitat use by mixed-species bird flocks in tropical forests of the Western Ghats, India

scientific article published in 2022

Half-Earth or Whole Earth? Radical ideas for conservation, and their implications ⬇️

article

Importance of intraspecifically gregarious species in a tropical bird community

scientific article

Important nesting habitats of olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea along the Andhra Pradesh coast of eastern India

scientific article published in 2003

K.P. DINESH, S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR, B.H. CHANNAKESHAVAMURTHY, VARUN R. TORSEKAR, NIRMAL U. KULKARNI & KARTIK SHANKER (2015) SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF FEJERVARYA (AMPHIBIA, ANURA, DICROGLOSSIDAE) FROM SOUTH AND SE ASIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FRO

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

King or royal family? Testing for species boundaries in the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836), using morphology and multilocus DNA analyses ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2021

Lighting the way: Towards reducing misorientation of olive ridley hatchlings due to artificial lighting at Rushikulya, India

scientific article published in October 2009

Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment

scientific article (publication date: 10 December 2014)

Linking biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in India

scientific article

Marine turtles and IUCN Red Listing: A review of the process, the pitfalls, and novel assessment approaches

article

Mitigation of Elasmobranch Bycatch in Trawlers: A Case Study in Indian Fisheries

scientific article published in 2020

Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia ⬇️

Multi-scale patterns in co-occurrence of rocky inter-tidal gastropods along the west coast of India

scientific article published in 2013

Multiscale Investigation of Water Chemistry Effects on Fish Guild Species Richness in Regulated and Nonregulated Rivers of India's Western Ghats: Implications for Restoration

scientific article published on 16 May 2020

Nature watch

scientific article published in 2002

Overcoming racism in the twin spheres of conservation science and practice

scientific article published on 3 November 2021

Phenotypic Clumping Decreases With Flock Richness in Mixed-Species Bird Flocks

scientific article published on 14 January 2021

Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of Gloydius himalayanus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 December 2022

Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era

article

Population structure in the Andaman keelback, : geographical distance and oceanic barriers to dispersal influence genetic divergence on the Andaman archipelago

scientific article published in 2018

Positive relationships between association strength and phenotypic similarity characterize the assembly of mixed-species bird flocks worldwide.

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics – A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity ⬇️

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Sea Turtle Conservation: an interview

scientific article published in 2010

Shelter from the storm? Use and misuse of coastal vegetation bioshields for managing natural disasters

article by Rusty A. Feagin et al published February 2010 in Conservation Letters

Shrewd alliances: mixed foraging associations between treeshrews, greater racket-tailed drongos and sparrowhawks on Great Nicobar Island, India

scientific article

Small mammal communities of tropical forest habitats in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India

scholarly article published in 2005

Spatial and climatic variables independently drive elevational gradients in ant species richness in the Eastern Himalaya

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

Species and functional group composition of ant communities across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Himalaya

Species importance in a heterospecific foraging association network

article

Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2015)

Taxonomic revaluation of the Ahaetulla prasina (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) complex from Northeast India: resurrection and redescription of Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

scientific article published in 2022

The Andaman day gecko paradox: an ancient endemic without pronounced phylogeographic structure

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

The fatal flaws of compassionate conservation

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Thermal stability of metal films on polyimide

scholarly article

Tracing the origin of olive ridley turtles entangled in ghost nets in the Maldives: A phylogeographic assessment of populations at risk

scientific article published in 2020

Unpacking the species conundrum: philosophy, practice and a way forward

scientific article published in July 2017

Why do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis ⬇️

journal article from 'Animal Behaviour' published in 2009

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