1 hr 29 min

#05 The Thing About Monkeys with Dr. Narayan Sharma The Thing About Wildlife

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Dr. Narayan Sharma studies community and behavioural ecology, and the conservation biology of the primates in the fragmented landscape of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley of northeastern India. He is also interested in political, human and landscape ecology, and ecological history. More recently, he has also been deeply involved in teaching environmental biology and wildlife sciences at Cotton College, Guwahati, where he is an Assistant Professor.



Twitter: @assamensis7 



Popular Writing:


Spotting a Mighty Troop of Stump-tailed Macaques 
The singing farmers of the forest  
Pig-tailed Macaque: Elusive Monkey of the Deep Forest  



Journal Articles:


Size matters! The largest wild stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides troop ever reported, located in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, northeastern India 
Chronic extraction of forest resources is threatening a unique wildlife habitat of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India  
Socio-economic Drivers of Forest Cover Change in Assam: A Historical Perspective  



Show notes:


Department of Environment Biology and Wildlife Science, Cotton University, Guwahati 
An interview with Nicholas J. Gotelli 
After Assam oilfield fire, a central agency sought a review of environmental clearances to Oil India 

Dr. Narayan Sharma studies community and behavioural ecology, and the conservation biology of the primates in the fragmented landscape of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley of northeastern India. He is also interested in political, human and landscape ecology, and ecological history. More recently, he has also been deeply involved in teaching environmental biology and wildlife sciences at Cotton College, Guwahati, where he is an Assistant Professor.



Twitter: @assamensis7 



Popular Writing:


Spotting a Mighty Troop of Stump-tailed Macaques 
The singing farmers of the forest  
Pig-tailed Macaque: Elusive Monkey of the Deep Forest  



Journal Articles:


Size matters! The largest wild stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides troop ever reported, located in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, northeastern India 
Chronic extraction of forest resources is threatening a unique wildlife habitat of the Upper Brahmaputra Valley, northeastern India  
Socio-economic Drivers of Forest Cover Change in Assam: A Historical Perspective  



Show notes:


Department of Environment Biology and Wildlife Science, Cotton University, Guwahati 
An interview with Nicholas J. Gotelli 
After Assam oilfield fire, a central agency sought a review of environmental clearances to Oil India 

1 hr 29 min