1 hr 44 min

#01 The Thing about Elephants with Dr. Nishant Srinivasaiah The Thing About Wildlife

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Nishant is a behavioural ecologist who studies Asian elephants in a human-dominated landscape. He has completed his doctoral work from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore under Prof. Anindya ‘Rana’ Sinha . He is fascinated by the behavioural plasticity of large mammals in their changing environments.



Popular Writing:


Globetrotters of the Asian Elephant Society
This is Híristor’s story
Elephants form unusual all-male groups to survive human landscapes



 Journal Articles:


The Elephant in the City: The Trialectics of Space in the Rurban Elephants of Southern India
Usual Populations, Unusual Individuals: Insights into the Behavior and Management of Asian Elephants in Fragmented Landscapes
All-Male Groups in Asian Elephants: A Novel, Adaptive Social Strategy in Increasingly Anthropogenic Landscapes of Southern India



Show notes:


Dr. Anindya 'Rana' Sinha
What is it like to be a bat? An Essay by Thomas Negal
Governing the Commons: A Book by Eleanor Ostrom
Ecology Proposes, Behaviour Disposes
Postgraduate Programme in Wildlife Biology & Conservation

Nishant is a behavioural ecologist who studies Asian elephants in a human-dominated landscape. He has completed his doctoral work from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore under Prof. Anindya ‘Rana’ Sinha . He is fascinated by the behavioural plasticity of large mammals in their changing environments.



Popular Writing:


Globetrotters of the Asian Elephant Society
This is Híristor’s story
Elephants form unusual all-male groups to survive human landscapes



 Journal Articles:


The Elephant in the City: The Trialectics of Space in the Rurban Elephants of Southern India
Usual Populations, Unusual Individuals: Insights into the Behavior and Management of Asian Elephants in Fragmented Landscapes
All-Male Groups in Asian Elephants: A Novel, Adaptive Social Strategy in Increasingly Anthropogenic Landscapes of Southern India



Show notes:


Dr. Anindya 'Rana' Sinha
What is it like to be a bat? An Essay by Thomas Negal
Governing the Commons: A Book by Eleanor Ostrom
Ecology Proposes, Behaviour Disposes
Postgraduate Programme in Wildlife Biology & Conservation

1 hr 44 min