Dr. Jagdish Krishnaswamy is the Dean – School of Environment and Sustainability (SES) at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements where he leads the programme in Ecosystem services and Human Well-Being.
He is a field ecohydrologist and a landscape ecologist with research and teaching interests in applied statistics, environmental applications of remote sensing and GIS, ecosystem services, ecological restoration, river ecology and climate change. He loves the challenge of understanding complex changes in the environment over time and space. He was the Coordinating Lead Author of the Special IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land.
Dr. Krishnaswamy has collaborated on research projects and co-authored many publications with researchers at FERAL.
Publications
Journal Article
- Invasion of natural grasslands by exotic trees increases flood risks in mountainous landscapes in South India
- Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-beingWLB_Srivathsaetal_2023_NatSustan.pdf (3.28 MB)
- Linking flow alteration with fish assemblage structure in a river regulated by a small hydropower project in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India
- Establishment of Community-Led Fish Conservation Zones in Meghalaya and Manipur, IndiaPintoetal_2021_Oryx.pdf (285.91 KB)
- Efficient Reservoir Management through Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Navigating paved paradise: Evaluating landscape permeability to movement for large mammals in two conservation priority landscapes in India
- Fish community responses to stream flow alterations and habitat modifications by small hydropower projects in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India
- Non-stationary and non-linear influence of ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole on the variability of Indian monsoon rainfall and extreme rain events
- Fire and grazing modify grass community response to environmental determinants in savannas: Implications for sustainable useAGEE_nayak et al 2014.pdf (1.29 MB)
- Patterns of tropical forest dynamics and human impacts: Views from above and below the canopy
- Prioritisation of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, IndiaWLB_Dasetal_2006_BiolConsv.pdf (1.95 MB)
Report
- Hydrological health of the Tuivang river system
- Climate variability and trends in ecosystem services in the Nilgiri Biosphere ReserveNBR_EcosystemServices_FinalReport.pdf (41.5 MB)
- Defining ecological flows for Karnataka
- Hydrologic and carbon services in the Western Ghats: Response of forests and agro-ecosystems to extreme rainfall eventsCWC_TechReport_lowres_0.pdf (6.43 MB)
- Beyond the Tsunami: Trends and Patterns in Hydrology and Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems and Upstream Catchments in Tamil Nadu, India
Book Chapter
- Assessing Threats to Ungulates and Management Responses
- Conservation of Tropical Forest Ungulates: The Way Forward
- Introduction: The Conservation Issue
- Development of Hierarchical Spatial Models for Assessing Ungulate Abundance and Habitat Relationships
- Model-Based Assessment of Ungulate-Habitat Relationships
- Climate Change Impacts on Aquatic Biodiversity
Conference Paper
- La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole Influence on Distribution of Daily Rain Intensities in India
- Estimating evapotranspiration demands of different land cover using diurnal signals in dry season stream discharge
- Vulnerabilities of Critical Ecosystems and Services in the Western Ghats to Overland Flows and Sedimentation during Extreme Rainfall Events