Rohit Naniwadekar

About

I am a tropical ecologist and conservation scientist with a keen interest in plant-animal interactions, hornbill ecology, evolution and conservation, tropical forest dynamics, and understanding impacts of anthropogenic threats on endangered species and ecosystem processes.

Employment

• Nature Conservation Foundation Scientist
  2019 - Present
• Nature Conservation Foundation Mysore Karnataka IN Senior Research Associate
  2017 - 2019
• Nature Conservation Foundation Research Associate
  2014 - 2017

Education

• Nature Conservation Foundation PhD
  2008 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (80)

• Securing lowland forests is critical for bird conservation in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot
  Oryx 2026 DOI: 10.1017/S0030605325102184
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• Land use and climate shape amphibian multidimensional diversity and conservation in a coffee agroforestry landscape, Western Ghats
  Biological Conservation 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2026.112057
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• Structural recovery and stable multidimensional diversity mask compositional shifts after selective logging in the Eastern Himalaya
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6388949
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• Effects of tree plantations on population and roosting ecology of an endemic agamid lizard in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot
  Journal of Zoology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/jzo.70070
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• Factors shaping frugivory patterns of Asian mammals using a continental-scale dataset
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.24.707853
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• Mammal frugivores of alien coffee facilitate seed dispersal of select native species in discontinued agroforests in the Western Ghats, India
  2026 DOI: 10.22541/authorea.15003217/v1
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• Phenological Plasticity without Directional Change: Tropical Hornbills Track Temperature but Maintain Reproductive Stability
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.27.728085
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• Community context, resource dynamics, and body size differences shape multidimensional niche overlap among avian frugivores in South Asian tropics
  2026 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9748816/v1
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• Hornbill abundance and habitat correlates in Kali Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India—Insights from collaborative monitoring
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.18.719330
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• Orchards and paddy differentially impact rock outcrop amphibians: Insights from community‐ and species‐level responses
  Ecological Applications 2025 DOI: 10.1002/eap.3058
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