Doctoral Fellow
Rajat has completed his Masters in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. He is interested in understanding the influence of anthropogenic activities and climate change on ecosystem processes and services. He currently works on forest fragmentation and its influence on wildlife movement and ecosystem services.
Ongoing Projects
Completed Projects
Publications
Report
- Forest Inventory and Establishing Nurseries for Community Based Restoration of a River Catchment in North-East IndiaRSG_finalReport_Manipur_Restoration.pdf (188.37 MB)
- Elephant on the Zebra Crossing: Predicting human-elephant conflict to inform urban development in and around Bengaluru city.Jayadevanetal_2023_report.pdf (6.16 MB)
- Hydrological health of the Tuivang river system
- Aquatic biodiversity of the Tuivang river system
- Climate variability and trends in ecosystem services in the Nilgiri Biosphere ReserveNBR_EcosystemServices_FinalReport.pdf (41.5 MB)
- Impact of Linear Intrusions on Large Mammal Movement in the Shencottah GapVaidyanathan_et_al_2016.pdf (2.9 MB)
- Identifying Barriers and Optimizing Restoration of Large Mammal Connectivity Across Linear Intrusions in the Shencottah Gap
- Monitoring changes in ecosystem services in key biodiversity areas in the Western Ghats biodiversity hot-spotWLB_Vaidyanathanetal_2015_report.pdf (2.36 MB)
- Grassland and Habitat Mapping of Pakke Tiger ReserveStudy report_PakkeTR_opt.pdf (8.18 MB)
- A guide to establish a natural wind barrierWLB_Rametal_2015_report2.pdf (2.84 MB)
- Influence of land-use and land-cover on carbon stocks: Baseline estimates to develop a PES approach to restore degraded lands
- Experiences and learnings from pilot payments made to local residents to enhance and conserve biodiversity
- Effect of fire and grazing on vegetation dynamics in the Himalayan landscapeRajatNayak_RSGF_ Final Report.pdf (190.74 KB)
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)
- Bits and pieces: Forest fragmentation by linear intrusions in India
- 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
- The role of geography, environment, and genetic divergence on the distribution of pikas in the Himalaya
- Fire and grazing modify grass community response to environmental determinants in savannas: Implications for sustainable useAGEE_nayak et al 2014.pdf (1.29 MB)
Conference Proceedings
- Modeling Impacts of Climatic Fluctuations on Distribution of Pikas in the Himalaya
- Fire in forests: Short- and long-term Impacts
- Applications of Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing in Monitoring Elephant Ecology and Behaviour
- Bridging the Shencottah Gap: Status of elephant corridors between the Periyar and Agastyamalai elephant populations
- Effect of Changed Grazing Practices on the Ground Vegetation in the Western HimalayasNayak_Gangal_SCCS_Beijing_2014.pdf (317.1 KB)
- Protection from grazing changes vegetation composition in the western HimalayasIndia Conference Report_1.pdf (1.43 MB)