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Publications

  • Harsha Kumar & Nandini Rajamani (2025). Evolution of burrowing and associated behavioral traits in Lagomorphs. bioRxiv 2025.10.25.684593; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.25.684593
  • Aravind P S, Sanjay Prasad Ganguli, Senan D’Souza, Nandini Rajamani (2025). Exotic timber plantations as nesting sites for the endemic Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica in the Palani Hills, Western Ghats, India. Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 64, 2025, e03916, ISSN 2351-9894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03916.
  • Iris Berger, Manan Bhan, ...Nandini Rajamani,.. Swati Udayraj, ... Lynn V Dicks (2025). Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 9 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1594356
  • Harsha Kumar, Senan D’Souza, Dhanesh Ponnu, & Nandini Rajamani (2024). Characterization of haying behaviour by the Ladakh Pika(Ochotona ladacensis) and the Nubra Pika (Ochotona nubrica) from the Changthang, Ladakh, India. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae038, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae038
  • Swati Udayraj, Senan D'Souza, Aravind P S, Rakesh Muni, & Nandini Rajamani (2023). A comprehensive database of squirrel distribution and occurrence in South Asia. Biodiversity Data Journal,11: e109946. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109946
  • Nivetha Murugesan, Senan D’Souza, Shijisha A C, Russell A. Ligon, & Nandini Rajamani (2023). Multifunctional evolution of palm squirrel coat colour and pattern. bioRxiv, 2023.09.15.557893. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.15.557893
  • Harsha Kumar, Dhanesh Ponnu, Senan D’Souza, Debarpita Das, Skarma Thundup, & Nandini Rajamani (2023). Scale-dependent niche segregation along dimensions of rocks, vegetation and elevation in sympatric pikas of Ladakh. Authorea, March 20, 2023. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.167934323.36333229/v1
  • Aravind P S, Sanjay Prasad Ganguli, Senan D’Souza, & Nandini Rajamani (2023). Nesting behaviour of Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica) in the exotic timber plantations of the Palani Hills, Western Ghats, India. Research Square, PREPRINT(1). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2447130/v1.
  • Anouch Tamian, Vincent A Viblanc, F Stephen Dobson, Peter Neuhaus, Tracey L Hammer, Anna P Nesterova, Shirley Raveh, Amy L Skibiel, David Broussard, Theodore G Manno, Nandini Rajamani, Claire Saraux (2022). Integrating microclimatic variation in phenological responses to climate change: a 28-year study in a hibernating mammal. Ecosphere, 13(5): e4059. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4059
  • Shomita Mukherjee, Nandini Rajamani, Karunakaran P V, & Nayan Khanolkar (2021). Scientific contributions and learning experiences of citizen volunteers with a small cat project in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(13), 19930–19936. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7595.13.13.19930-19936
  • Harsha Kumar, Viral Joshi, Amrutha Rajan & Abhimanyu Lele (2021). First reports of Alida Angle from Tirupati. Zoo's Print, 10(10): 22- 24.
  • Aravind P S, Joe George, Dhanesh Ponnu, & Nandini Rajamani (2021). Food habits of the Dusky-striped Squirrel Funambulus sublineatus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(2): 17827-17831. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6202.13.2.17827-17831

Publications (Before 2016) - Click here for Nandini's detailed CV  

  • Varma V., Ratnam J., Viswanathan V., Osuri A.M., Biesmeijer J.C., Madhusudan M.D., Sankaran M., Krishnadas M., Barua D., Budruk M., Isvaran K., Jayapal R., Joshi J., Karanth K.K, Krishnaswamy J., Kumar R., Mukherjee S., Nagendra H., Niphadkar M., Owen N., Page N., Prasad S., Quader S., Nandini R., Robin V.V., Sait S.M., Shah M.A., Somanathan H., Srinivasan U., and Sundaram B. 2015. Perceptions of priority issues in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India. Biological Conservation 187 (2015) 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.031
  • Datta, A. and Nandini, R. 2015. Other Sciurids. Mammals of South Asia. (eds A.J.T. Johnsingh and N. Manjrekar) Universities Press, Hyderabad. pp 513-571. LINK
  • Robin, V.V. and Nandini, R. 2012. Shola habitats on sky islands: status of research on montane forests and grasslands in southern India. Current Science 103(12):1427–1437. LINK
  • Nandini, R. and Sinha, A. 2012. Disconnected canopies and flying squirrel presence in a landscape matrix in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats. Technical manual on canopy research in India. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment.
  • Nandini, R. and Mudappa, D. 2010. Mystery or myth: a review of history and conservation status of the Malabar Civet Viverra civettina Blyth, 1862. Small Carnivore Conservation 43:47–59. LINK
  • Nandini, R. Kakati, K. and Ved, N. 2009. Occurrence records of the Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) in northeastern India. Asian Primates Journal 1(2):12–18. LINK
  • Nandini, R. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Food habits of the Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in a rain forest fragment, Western Ghats. Journal of Mammalogy 89(6):1550–1556. https://doi.org/10.1644/08-MAMM-A-063.1
  • Nandini, R. and Sinha, A. 2008. Squirrels: the state of knowledge and conservation. Current Science 95(7):809–810.
  • Koprowski, J.L. and Nandini, R. 2008. Global hotspots, centers of diversity, and conservation of the tree and flying squirrels. Current Science 95(7):851–856. LINK
  • Nandini, R. and Karthik, T. 2007. Field observations of foraging behaviour of the yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) in Meghalaya, North-east India. Small Carnivore Conservation 37:26–27. LINK
  • Robin, V.V. and Nandini, R. 2007. Birds of two worlds: the ecology and evolution of migration. Edited by Russel Greenberg and Peter P. Marra (Book review). Current Science, 92 (5): 692–693.
  • Nandini, R. 2005. Predation by Forest Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis on Mouse Deer Moschiola meminna. Indian Birds 1(5):119. LINK
  • Rajamani, N., Mudappa, D.K. and Van Romapey, H. 2002. The status and distribution of the brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdonii) in the Western Ghats. Small Carnivore Conservation, October: 6-10. LINK