Scientific Publications
- Mungi NA*, Jhala YV, Qureshi Q, Le Roux E & Svenning JC (2023, in press) Megaherbivores provide biotic resistance against plant invasions. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
(Significance: A collaborative research that I led during my postdoc tenure to establish a novel function of megaherbivores in controlling plant at global scale) - Shameer TT, Mungi NA, Ramesh B, Kumar SV & Easa PS (2023) Distribution and conservation status of the endemic Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii). Mammalia. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0113
(Significance: study models the distribution and conservation status of an endemic mammal in the Western Ghats - a global biodiversity hotspot) - Mungi NA, Qureshi Q & Jhala YV (2021) Role of species richness and human impacts in resisting invasive species in tropical forests. Journal of Ecology 109 (9): 3308-3321. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13751
(Significance: study highlighted importance of protecting wet forests to reinforce biotic resistance to alien species; a key to naturally protect global wet forests from impacts of alien species invasions) - Patil MD, Patil VK & Mungi NA (2021) Spatiotemporal movement pattern of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5573(2):1-13. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5573.13.5.18099-18109
(Significance: study evaluated novel colonization of elephants and conflicts with humans in India) - Vashistha G, Mungi NA, Lang JW, Ranjan V, Dhakate PM, Khudsar FA & Kothamasi D (2021) Gharial nesting in a reservoir is limited by reduced river flow and by increased bank vegetation. Scientific reports 11(1):1-2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84143-7
(Significance: study developed remote sensing based models for evaluating novel changes in riverine habitat of the endangered Gharial) - Mahar N, Mungi NA & Lahiri S (2021) Beyond Nationality: Opportunities for Trans-Boundary Wildlife Conservation. Dialogue: Science, Scientist and Society 3:1-9. http://dialogue.ias.ac.in/dialogue-articles-pdf/Beyond-Nationality-Opportunities-for-Trans-Boundary-Wildlife-Conservation.pdf
(Significance: this perspective piece highlights conservation opportunities for declaring peace parks on the India-Pakistan border) - Shameer TT, Mungi NA, Ramesh B, Kumar SV & Easa PS (2021) How can spatio-temporal overlap in mammals assist in maximizing biodiversity conservation? A case study of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Biologia: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00645-1
(Significance: study reporting mammalian diversity patterns in the Western Ghats - a global biodiversity hotspot) - Lahiri S & Mungi NA (2020) India’s canine conundrum, a case of cognitive dissonance?
SocArXiv 10.31235/osf.io/dcrbg
(Significance: this social survey study highlights the conundrum in academicians about impacts of free ranging dogs on society and wildlife in India) - Mungi NA, Qureshi Q & Jhala YV (2020) Expanding niche and degrading forests: Key to the successful global invasion of Lantana camara (sensu lato). Global Ecology and Conservation 4:e01080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01080
(Significance: this big-data based study established the invasion level of Lantana camara in India and was selected by policymakers for initiating policies on invasions in India) - Bhattacharyya S, Mungi NA, Kawamichi T, Rawat GS, Adhikari BS & Wilkening JL (2019) Insights from present distribution of an alpine mammal Royle’s pika (Ochotona roylei) to predict future climate change impacts in the Himalaya. Regional Environmental Change 19(8):2423-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01556-x
(Significance: study found that climatic changes had already reduced the range of a Himalayan lagomorph in last few decades, and would likely reduce further in the coming decades) - Wilkening J, Pearson‐Prestera W, Mungi NA & Bhattacharyya S (2019) Endangered species management and climate change: When habitat conservation becomes a moving target. Wildlife Society Bulletin 43(1):11-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.944
(Significance: study found present protected areas to be insufficient to protect an endangered rodent in the scenario of climate change) - Mungi NA, Kaushik M, Mohanty NM, Rastogi R, Johnson JA & Qureshi Q (2018) Identifying knowledge gaps in research and management of high concern invasive species in India. Biologia 74 (6), 623-629. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-00186-8
(Significance: this study was result of a consultation workshop that prioritized invasive species for management in India) - Mungi NA & Qureshi Q (2018) On the history, politics and science of invasion ecology. Dialogue: Science, Scientist and Society 1:1-13. https://doi.org/10.29195/DSSS.01.01.0009
(Significance: this perspective piece offers a philosophical discourse on biological invasions through a lens of social and political discourses) - Mungi NA, Coops NC, Ramesh K & Rawat GS (2018) How global climate change and regional disturbance can expand the invasion risk? Case study of Lantana camara invasion in the Himalaya. Biological Invasions 20(7):1849-1863. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1666-7
(Significance: study highlights the interactive effect of climatic changes and anthropogenic pressure on spread of an invasive plant in Himalaya) - Kaushik M & Mungi NA (2015) Human-wildlife interactions and management of invasive species. Current Science 108(6):1039-1040
(Significance: study reporting key points of a consultation workshop on human-wildlife conflict and invasions)
Manuscripts in review
- Mungi NA*, Qureshi Q & Jhala YV (2023, minor review submitted) Distribution, drivers and restoration priorities of plant invasions in India. Journal of Applied Ecology.
(Significance: Paper reporting my PhD research on mapping plant invasions and prioritizing biodiversity restoration across India) - McGeoch M, Clarke D, Mungi NA & Ordonez A (2023, in review) A nature-positive future with biological invasions: theory and practice. Philosophical Transactions B.
(Significance: A collaborative research on an unconventional approach of considering the scope of biodiversity recovery amidst native+alien mixed-species landscapes, amidst ongoing global changes) - Mungi NA, Ordonez A, Rastogi R & Svenning JC (2023, in review) Reimagining nature-based solutions for biological invasions. BioScience
(Significance: A perspective proposing a definition of nature-based solutions for biological invasions and a framework of adaptive management for it)
Popular Articles
- Mungi NA (2023) Alien plants growing together threatening tiger habitats: Study. Down to Earth https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/alien-plants-growing-together-threatening-tiger-habitats-study-87247
- Mungi NA (2021) Protecting forests reinforces biotic resistance to invasive species. Journal of Ecology Blog. https://jecologyblog.com/2021/11/16/protecting-forests-reinforces-biotic-resistance-to-invasive-species/
- Mungi NA Banerjee K & others (2021) India’s green warriors. How frontline forest staff protected wildlife during the 2020 nationwide lockdown. STRIPES: A quarterly journal of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (Vol 11). https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/stripes/Vol11_Issue1_2021.pdf
- Mungi NA & Kumar U (2021) Forest staff are unrecognized warriors of the lockdown. Down to Earth. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/wildlife-biodiversity/frontline-forest-workers-heroes-in-the-strife-of-the-covid-19-lockdown-77594
- Mungi NA, Mahar N & Lahiri S (2020) Greening a desert invites locust swarms. Mongabay. https://india.mongabay.com/2020/05/commentary-greening-a-desert-invites-locust-swarms/
- Mungi NA, Mahar N & Lahiri S (2020) When you green a desert, you invite locust swarms. The Wire. https://science.thewire.in/environment/when-you-green-a-desert-you-invite-locust-swarms/
- Lahiri S, Mahar N & Mungi NA (2019) Dogged concerns: who let the dogs eat? Saevus. https://www.magzter.com/stories/Animals-and-Pets/Saevus/Dogged-Concerns-Who-Let-The-Dogs-Eat
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