Search Results - "Mohanty, Nitya Prakash"

What's for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Measey, John

“…Amphibian invasions have considerable detrimental impacts on recipient ecosystems. However, reliable risk analysis of invasive amphibians still requires…”
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The cost and complexity of assessing impact by Measey, John, Wagener, Carla, Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Baxter-Gilbert, James, Pienaar, Elizabeth F.

“…The environmental and socio-economic impacts of invasive species have long been recognised to be unequal, with some species being benign while others are…”
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Why Have a Pet Amphibian? Insights From YouTube by Measey, John, Basson, Annie, Rebelo, Alexander D., Nunes, Ana L., Vimercati, Giovanni, Louw, Marike, Mohanty, Nitya Prakash

“…The desire to own a pet amphibian is growing, and with it a growth in amphibian trade and in negative impacts on native populations, including disease…”
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Watch out where you sleep: nocturnal sleeping behaviour of Bay Island lizards by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Harikrishnan, Surendran, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan

“…Sleeping exposes lizards to predation. Therefore, sleeping strategies must be directed towards avoiding predation and might vary among syntopic species. We…”
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The terrestrial life of sea kraits: insights from a long-term study on two Laticauda species (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Andaman Islands, India by Tyabji, Zoya, Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Young, Erina, Khan, Tasneem

“…Sea kraits forage in water and return to land to digest their prey, mate, slough, and lay their eggs.  The temporal terrestrial patterns in encounter rate and…”
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The global pet trade in amphibians: species traits, taxonomic bias, and future directions by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Measey, John

“…The burgeoning global pet trade in vertebrates, including amphibians, has conservation implications for overexploitation of native populations, spread of…”
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Reconstructing biological invasions using public surveys: a new approach to retrospectively assess spatio-temporal changes in invasive spread by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Measey, John

“…Management of biological invasions increasingly relies on the knowledge of invasive species’ dispersal pathways that operate during introduction and…”
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Urban lizards use sleep sites that mirror the structural, thermal, and light properties of natural sites by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Joshi, Mihir, Thaker, Maria

“…Global change processes such as urbanization are likely to affect sleep behavior, by altering abiotic (e.g., thermal and illumination) and biotic conditions…”
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No survival of native larval frogs in the presence of invasive Indian bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus tadpoles by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Measey, John

“…Invasive amphibians have considerable negative impacts on recipient ecosystems, however, impact has been assessed for only a few species, limiting risk…”
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MEETING REPORT: Introduced herbivores and their management in the Andaman Islands by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Ravichandran, K.

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Anti-predatory sleep strategies are conserved in the agamid lizard Monilesaurus rouxii by Bors, Milena, Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Shankar, Pogiri Gowri

“…Sleep is an essential part of animal biology, yet its ecological aspects such as predator avoidance remain understudied, especially in the wild. Sleep…”
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Non-native populations and global invasion potential of the Indian bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus: a synthesis for risk-analysis by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Crottini, Angelica, Garcia, Raquel A., Measey, John

“…Invasive amphibians have considerable ecological and socio-economic impact. However, strong taxonomic biases in the existing literature necessitate…”
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Using public surveys to reliably and rapidly estimate the distributions of multiple invasive species on the Andaman archipelago by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Sachin, Anand, Selvaraj, Gayathri, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan

“…To effectively manage multiple biological invasions, information on their distributions must be generated rapidly and over large spatial scales. Using public…”
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Impact of invasive spotted deer (Axis axis) on tropical island lizard communities in the Andaman archipelago by Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Harikrishnan, S, Sivakumar, K, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan

“…Introduced mammalian herbivores are known to be detrimental to native biodiversity and can alter ecosystem processes, by direct and indirect effects. Island…”
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Identifying knowledge gaps in the research and management of invasive species in India by Mungi, Ninad Avinash, Kaushik, Monica, Mohanty, Nitya Prakash, Rastogi, Rajat, Antony Johnson, J., Qureshi, Qamar

“…India, a megadiverse tropical country is grappling with the issue of biological invasions. As a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity, India is…”
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