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i FEMDIG j Friday morning discussion groups (FEMDIGs) are in-house discussion forums which are held at least once a month. They consist of short talks or presentations on current or completed research projects by researchers and scientists at NCF or visitors from other institutions. More than 25 such talks have taken place in the past year. A select list of these is listed here. By NCF Personnel • Ambika Aiyadurai, Research Scholar, 1 September 2006. Hunting patterns in four tribal communities of Arunachal Pradesh. • Ayesha Prasad, Research Scholar, 15 September 2006. Impacts of the exotic weed Lantana camara on large mammals. • Sumanta Bagchi, Research Scholar, 13 October 2006. Prominent positive feedback loops between plants and soil over water retention in Kibber's rangelands. • Pranav Trivedi, Head of Education and Outreach and Senior Ecologist, 13 October 2006. Composition and organisation of mixed-species bird flocks in two tropical deciduous forests of Gujarat. • Charudutt Mishra and Yashveer Bhatnagar, Senior Scientists, 27 October 2006. Progress of NCF’s high altitude programme and the formulation of "Project Snow Leopard" a national policy for wildlife conservation in the Himalayan high altitudes. • A. J. T. Johnsingh, Eminent wildlife biologist, NCF, 15 December 2006. Conservation in the Terai landscape. Reintroduction of lions in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation of golden and hump-backed Mahseer. Problems and challenges to conservation in Rajaji National Park. Biological corridors in Bhutan. • Pavithra Sankaran, Media and Outreach Manager, 19 January 2007. Screening of Rediscovering the Munzala. • Rohit Naniwadekar, M. O. Anand, Aparajita Datta, Meghna Krishnadas, 13 February 2007. Wildlife monitoring in Namdapha National Park. By Visitors • Karthik T., MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society, 29 September 2006. Patterns of seed rain and regeneration in abandoned agricultural fields in a tropical deciduous forest in India. • Vidya Athreya, Wildlife Biologist, 6 October 2006. Patterns and reasons of human – leopard conflict in Maharashtra • 12 January 2007. Screening of Wild Dog Diaries i j 50 annual report
i PUBLICATIONS j Talks and Presentations 1. Ahmad, R., Bhatnagar, Y. V. & Mishra, C. Summer habitat use and sexual segregation of the endangered Kashmir Markhor in Jammu & Kashmir, India. IV World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Munnar, India. Organized by Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN & Highranges Club, Munnar, (12-15 September 2006). 2. Arthur, R. 2006. Overview: conservation and restoration for management of marine and coastal areas. Workshop on post-tsunami environment initiative, UNDP, Chennai. (19 December 2006). 3. Bagchi, S. & Namgail, T. Vegetation dynamics in Trans-Himalayas - importance of smaller players. Poster, IV World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Munnar, India. Organized by Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN & Highranges Club, Munnar, (12-15 September 2006). 4. Datta, A. 2007. Hornbills, nutmegs, rats: endangered interactions in a tropical forest in Arunachal Pradesh, NE India. Invited symposium talk at the Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) Asia Chapter Conference ‘Averting Biodiversity Meltdown in the Asian Tropics’. Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India (6-8 March 2007). 5. Dutta, T., Sharma, S., & Bhatnagar, Y. V. Impact of predation on blue sheep population in Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India- a modeling approach. IV World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Munnar, India. Organized by Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN & Highranges Club, Munnar, (12-15 September 2006). 6. Fox, J. L, Bhatnagar, Y. V. & Singh, N. Habitat separation among Tibetan argali, kiang and blue sheep in the Tso Kar Basin, eastern Ladakh, India – consequences for conservation. IV World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Munnar, India. Organized by Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN & Highranges Club, Munnar, (12-15 September 2006). 7. Johnsingh, A. J. T., Mishra, C. & Bhatnagar, Y. V. Plenary talk: Conservation status and research of mountain ungulates in India. IV World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Munnar, India. Organized by Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN & Highranges Club, Munnar, (12-15 September 2006). 8. Kapoor, V. An introduction to spiders, sampling methods and field identification techniques. For students of the MSc Programme in Wildlife Science and Conservation at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, (1 Nov 2006). 9. Kapoor, V. Effects of rainforest fragmentation on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Anamalai Hills, Southern Western Ghats, India. Paper presented at the Student Conference on Conservation Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. (2 – 30 March 2006). [Special Mention Award] 10. Kumar, M. A. Using research on Asian elephant to identify conflict mitigation measures in the Anamalai hills. Lectures for students of the MSc Programme in Wildlife Science and Conservation at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. (February 2007). 11. Mudappa, D. Ecological restoration in a fragmented rainforest landscape in the Anamalai hills. Paper presented at Ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems in Tamil Nadu: planning and implementation, Workshop, Chennai, (19 Dec 2006). 12. Mukhopadhyay, K., Chatterjee, M., Datta-Roy, A. & Sinha, A. 2006. Food, sex and society: Ecological variability in social organisation and individual behavioural strategies among wild bonnet macaques in the Bandipur National Park – Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India. International Journal of Primatology 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract No 301. Abstracts of the 21 st Congress of the International Primatological Society, Entebbe, Uganda, (June 2006). annual report 51
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