Mukesh Chand

About

I am an early-career researcher working on behavioural ecology and human–wildlife interactions, with a focus on how animals respond to human-modified landscapes compared to their natural environment and why conflict emerges. My work spans field-based wildlife research, conflict ecology, urban biodiversity, and protected-area systems.

Employment

• Wildlife Institute of India Project Associate-II
  2025 - Present
• Wildlife Institute of India Project Associate-I
  2023 - 2025
• Wildlife Institute of India Project Intern
  2023 - 2023
• G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Trainee
  2022 - 2022

Education

• Kumaun University MSc. Environmental Science
  2021 - 2023

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Human-elephant conflict in the State of Karnataka, India (2000 - 2025): Trends, Challenges and Insights.
  Wildlife Institute of India 2026 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30757.26088
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• Human-elephant conflict in the State of Tamil Nadu, India (2010 - 2025): Trends, Challenges and Insights.
  Wildlife Institute of India 2026 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36209.85607
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• Habitat heterogeneity and bird diversity in an urban fringe wildlife sanctuary in New Delhi, India
  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-026-15561-1
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• Assessing climate change impact on the distribution of the endemic White-naped Tit (Machlolophus nuchalis) using citizen science data
  Journal of Ornithology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10336-025-02340-x
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• Coexistence or conflict? Understanding human-macaque encounters in Delhi’s urban sanctuary
  Urban Ecosystems 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11252-025-01894-1
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• Herpetofaunal Diversity and Habitat Associations in an Urban Protected Area: A Case Study from Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, Delhi
  2026 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8385594/v1
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• Integrated Management Plan of Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctaury (ABWS), South division, New Delhi MANAGEMENT PLAN OF ASOLA BHATTI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
  Wildlife Institute of India 2026 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34695.36000
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• Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of multiple herbivore mammalian species space use in a fragmented urban landscape in India
  Urban Ecosystems 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11252-025-01807-2
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• Wildlife at the urban fringe: patterns of mammalian space and diel detection in an urban sanctuary in Aravalli, India
  European Journal of Wildlife Research 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10344-025-02000-8
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• Feeding the Problem: How Provisioning fuels Man-Monkey conflict in Delhi.
  Wildlife Institute of India, Newsletter, 2025. 2025
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