AVIK BANERJEE

About

My current research investigates how environmental risks, such as resource uncertainty, seasonal challenges, and predation pressure, affect the physiology, behaviour, and nutritional ecology of the tropical lizard Psammophilus dorsalis. Under natural conditions, animals’ foraging decisions are expected to reflect their nutritional needs within the context of ecological challenges. My work highlights how animals integrate environmental cues with their physiological needs to guide foraging decisions and nutritional intakes.

My research interests include behavioral ecology, nutritional ecology, ecophysiology, global change biology.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Education

• Indian Institute of Science PhD
  2018 - 2026
• Visva-Bharati Masters in Zoology
  2015 - 2017
• Durgapur Government College Bachelors in Zoology
  2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (5)

• A nutritionally-explicit test of the food-safety trade-off under predation risk
  Avik Banerjee, Maria Thaker
  Scientific Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-50887-3
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• Datasheet_A nutritionally-explicit test of the food-safety trade-off under predation risk
  2026 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30581024
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• Stress-induced elemental retention in an ectothermic vertebrate
  Avik Banerjee, Maria Thaker
  Biology Open 2025 DOI: 10.1242/bio.062237
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• Does seasonal variation in the corticosterone response affect the nutritional ecology of a free‐ranging lizard?
  Avik Banerjee, K. T. Fahis, Mihir Joshi +2 more
  Journal of Animal Ecology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14249
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• Risk-sensitive foraging in a tropical lizard
  Avik Banerjee, Maria Thaker
  Biology Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0628
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