Vidyadhar Atkore

About

I am Freshwater Biologist interested in the community ecology of stream and river fishes at multiple spatial scales; Systematics, Eco-hydrology and conservation of freshwater habitats, flora, fauna and dependent livelihoods.

Employment

• Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History Scientist
  2021 - Present
• World Wide Fund for Nature India Senior Coordinator (Aquatic Ecologist)
  2019 - 2021
• Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Senior Research Fellow
  2009 - Present
• Forestry Scholar's Society Founding member

Education

• Wildlife Institute of India M.Sc (Wildlife Science)
  2003 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (5)

• The need for rigorous peer-review of Environmental Impact Assessments: a case from the Western Ghats, India
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2026 DOI: 10.11609/jott.10255.18.7.29159-29180
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• Correction: Fish diversity and habitat preference of a few endemic and threatened freshwater fishes of Western ghats’s Moyar river, India
  Tropical Ecology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s42965-025-00423-7
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• Fish diversity and habitat preference of a few endemic and threatened freshwater fishes of Western Ghats’s Moyar river, India
  Tropical Ecology 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s42965-025-00405-9
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• Multiscale Investigation of Water Chemistry Effects on Fish Guild Species Richness in Regulated and Nonregulated Rivers of India's Western Ghats: Implications for Restoration
  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2020 DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10230
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• Assessing the recovery of fish assemblages downstream of hydrological barriers in India's Western Ghats
  River Research and Applications 2017 DOI: 10.1002/rra.3163
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