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Peer-reviewed research articles

  1. Guthula, V. B.*, Shrotriya S.*, Nigam, P., Goyal, S. P., Mohan, D. & Habib, B (2022). Biodiversity significance of small habitat patches: More than half of the Indian birds are in the academic campuses. Landscape and Urban Planning, 228, 104552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104552. *Joint first authorship
  2. Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H. S., Lyngdoh, S., Jhala, Y. V. & Habib, B (2022). Feeding patterns of three widespread carnivores- the wolf, snow leopard and red fox- in the Trans-Himalayan landscape of India. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 815996. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.815996
  3. Reshamwala, H. S., Bhattacharya, A., Khan, S., Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S. B., Goyal, S. P., Kanagaraj R. & Habib, B. (2022). Modelling potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of Woolly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 815621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.815621
  4. Khan, S., Shrotriya, S., Sadhukhan, S., Lyngdoh, S., Goyal, S.P. & Habib, B. (2022). Comparative ecological perspectives of two ancient lineages of Gray wolves: Woolly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 775612. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.775612
  5. Mehra, G. S., Shrotriya, S., Bisht, D., Bisht, S., Bargali, H. S., Ahmad, T., Verma, N., Mohanty, N., & Dutta, S. K. (2021). Seasonal variations in the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in Western Terai Arc Landscape, India. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 6(4), 194–202. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458046
  6. Joshi, B., Lyngdoh, S., Singh, S. K., Sharma, R., Kumar, V., Tiwari, V. P., Dar, S. A., Maheswari, A., Pal, R., Bashir, T., Reshamwala, H. S., Shrotriya, S., Sathyakumar, S., Habib, B., Kvist, L. & Goyal, S. P. (2020). Revisiting the Woolly wolf (Canis lupus chanco) phylogeny in Himalaya: Addressing taxonomy, spatial extent and distribution of an ancient lineage in Asia. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231621
  7. Bhattacharya, A., Chatterjee, N., Angrish, K., Shrotriya, S., Sinha, B. C., & Habib, B. (2020). First Photographic Evidence of Himalayan Brown Bear from Lippa-Asrang Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India. International Bear News, 29(1), 23–25.
  8. Jamwal, P. S., Shrotriya, S., & Takpa, J. (2020). The pattern of waterbird diversity of the trans-Himalayan wetlands in Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(1), 15129–15139. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5122.12.1.15129-15139
  9. Lyngdoh, S. B., Habib, B., & Shrotriya, S. (2020). Dietary spectrum in Himalayan wolves: comparative analysis of prey choice in conspecifics across high‐elevation rangelands of Asia. Journal of Zoology, 310(1), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12724
  10. Bhattacharya, A., Chatterjee, N., Angrish, K., Shrotriya, S., Sinha, B. C., & Habib, B. (2019). First photographic evidence of snow leopard from Lippa Asrang Wildlife Sanctuary, India. CAT News, 69(Spring), 17–18.
  11. Reshamwala, H. S., Shrotriya, S., Bora, B., Lyngdoh, S., Dirzo, R., & Habib, B. (2018). Anthropogenic food subsidies change the pattern of red fox diet and occurrence across Trans-Himalayas, India. Journal of Arid Environments, 150(March), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.12.011
  12. Pradhan, A. K., Shrotriya, S., Rout, S. D., & Dash, P. K. (2017). Nesting and feeding habits of Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) in Karlapat wildlife sanctuary, India. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 40(1), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2017.40.0063
  13. Mahar, N., Shrotriya, S., Habib, B., Singh, S., Takpa, J., & Hussain, S. A. (2017). Recent records of the Pallas’s cat in Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh, India. CAT News, 65(Winter), 36–37.
  14. Kidwai, Z., Matwal, M., Kumar, U., Shrotriya, S., Masood, F., Moheb, Z., Ansari, N. A., & Singh, K. (2016). Species Diversity and Composition Analysis in different forest types of Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India. Eurasian Journal of Forest Science, 4(2), 8–17.
  15. Lyngdoh, S., Shrotriya, S., Goyal, S. P., Clements, H., Hayward, M. W., & Habib, B. (2014). Prey Preferences of the Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): Regional Diet Specificity Holds Global Significance for Conservation. PLOS ONE, 9(2), e88349. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088349
  16. Virkar, P. S., Shrotriya, S., & Uniyal, V. P. U. (2014). Building Walkways: Observation on Nest Duplication of Stingless Bee Trigona iridipennins Smith (1854). Ambient Science, 1(1), 38–40. https://doi.org/10.21276/ambi.2014.01.1.nn01
  17. Habib, B., Shrotriya, S., Sivakumar, K., Sinha, P. R., & Mathur, V. B. (2014). Three decades of wildlife radio telemetry in India: a review. Animal Biotelemetry, 2(4), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-3385-2-4
  18. Virkar, P. S., & Shrotriya, S. (2013). Threat to wildlife from carnivorous pets: A case of cat attacking Indian Pipistrelle Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838). Zoo’s Print, 28(8), 25–27. https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/1255/1164
  19. Kidwai, Z., Matwal, M., Kumar, U., Shrotriya, S., Masood, F., Moheb, Z., Ansari, N. A., & Singh, K. (2013). Comparative study of bird community structure and function in two different forest types of Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 2(2), 157–163.
  20. Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S., & Habib, B. (2012). Wolves in Trans-Himalayas: 165 years of taxonomic confusion. Current Science, 103(8), 885–887. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/103/08/0885.pdf
  21. Pradhan, A. K., Shrotriya, S., & Rout, S. D. (2012). Observation on Nest-Site selection by Indian Giant Squirrel in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha. Small Mammal Mail, 4(2), 12–13. https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZoosPrintNewsLetter/SMM_4_1_Jul-Dec_2011.pdf
  22. Biswas, J., Shrotriya, S., Rajput, Y., & Sasmal, S. (2011). Impacts of Ecotourism on Bat Habitats in Caves of Kanger Valley National Park, India. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 5(9), 752–762. https://doi.org/10.3923/rjes.2011.752.762
  23. Biswas, J., & Shrotriya, S. (2011). Dandak: a mammalian dominated cave ecosystem of India. Subterranean Biology, 8, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.8.1224

Scientific correspondence

  1. Shrotriya, S., Chatterjee, N., & Habib, B. (2019). Casual analysis and short‐sighted inferences: A response to Majgaonkar et al. 2019. Conservation Science and Practice, 1(12), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.124

Book Chapter

  1. Habib, B., Shrotriya, S., Sivakumar, K., Mathur, V. B., & Sinha, P. R. (2010). Radio-Telemetry Studies in India- Issues and Way Forward. In K. Sivakumar & B. Habib (Eds.), Telemetry in Wildlife Science, Envis Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Area, Vol. 13, No. 1 (pp. 03–19). Dehradun: Wildlife Institute of India.

Reports and Protocols

  1. Habib, B., Nigam, P., Shrotriya S., Hussain, Z., & Vishwakarma, R. (2023). Wildlife Mitigation Measures for Transportation Network and Mining Activities for Dinesh Open Cast Project, Umred-Nagpur, Maharashtra. Technical Report. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  2. Shrotriya, S., Guthula, V. B., Mondal, I., & Habib, B. (2022). SpSeg User’s Guide, version 1.0. TR No. 2022/29. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  3. Habib, B., Jhala, Y. V., Lyngdoh, S., Shrotriya, S., & Reshamwala, S. R. (2021). Ecology and conservation of Himalayan wolf. Final Project Report, Technical Report No. TR – 2021/13. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  4. Govekar, R., Pathak, A., Sawant, U., Habib, B., Nigam, P., & Shrotriya, S. (2017). Status of Prey: Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) (Winter & Summer 2016). Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India & Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
  5. Habib, B., Mohan, D., Bhattacharya, A., Shrotriya, S., Mondal, I., & Rawat, G. S. (2016). Status of Wildlife in Trans-Himalayan Regions of Uttarakhand. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  6. Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H. S., Mahar, N., Habib, B., Suhail, I., & Takpa, J. (2015). Distribution and Population Estimation of Ungulates in Changthang Region, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Technical Report. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India & Department of Wildlife Protection, Leh-Ladakh, India.
  7. Habib, B., Shrotriya, S., Mahar, N., Lyngdoh, S., Rawat, G. S., Mohan, D., & Mondal, I. (2015). Field Sampling Protocol - Mammalian fauna in Trans-Himalayan Landscape, Uttarakhand, India. TR No. 2015/005. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  8. Shrotriya, S., Mahar, N., Reshamwala, H. S., Habib, B., Hussain, S. A., Shawl, T., Suhail, I., & Takpa, J. (2014). Field Sampling Protocol – Mammalian Fauna and Waterbirds in Trans-Himalayan Landscape. Technical Report No. WII/TR/02/2014. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.
  9. Habib, B., Shrotriya, S., & Jhala, Y. V. (2013). Ecology and Conservation of Himalayan Wolf. Phase –I. Technical Report No. TR – 2013/01. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India.

Conference proceedings and presentations

  1. Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S., Jhala, Y. V., & Habib, B. (2020). An application of Machine Learning to model the distribution of the Himalayan wolf. National symposium on recent trends in zoological sciences. 28-29 February. Shillong, Meghalaya, India: Department of zoology, North-Eastern Hill University.
  2. Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H. S., Lyngdoh, S., Jhala, Y. V., & Habib, B. (2019). Food habits of wolves and public attitude towards them: A study from the Trans-Himalayan landscape, India. Conservation Beyond Boundaries: Connecting Biodiversity with Communities, Government and Stakeholders. 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology. 21-25 July. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Society for Conservation Biology.
  3. Shrotriya, S., Bhattacharya, A., Reshamwala, H. S., Takpa, J., Mohan, D., & Habib, B. (2018). What counts cannot always be counted: Ungulate populations in the Trans-Himalayas of India. Conservation Asia 2018: Mainstreaming Conservation in a Changing Asia, 57–58. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: American University of Central Asia and Society for Conservation Biology, Asia Chapter.
  4. Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H. S., Sadhukhan, S., Hennelly, L., Habib, B., Jhala, Y. V., & Lyngdoh, S. (2017). Mountains to grasslands: Insights into wolf ecology and conservation in India. 31st Annual Research Seminar, 18. Dehradun, India: Wildlife Institute of India.
  5. Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H. S., Habib, B., Jhala, Y. V., & Lyngdoh, S. (2016). Himalayan wolf and its prey: An opportunist in the landscape of scarcity. 30th Annual Research Seminar, 13. Dehradun, India: Wildlife Institute of India.
  6. Virkar, P., Shrotriya, S., & Uniyal, V. P. (2014). Splitting nests: what decides eduction in stingless bees. 17th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), 285–286. 13-18 July. Cairns, Australia: International Union for the Study of Social Insects. (Poster presentation)
  7. Jhala, Y. V., Habib, B., Shrotriya, S., & Lyngdoh, S. (2013). Status of wolves in India. International Wolf Symposium: Wolves and Humans at the Crossroads, (10-13 October), 42. Duluth, Minnesota, USA: International Wolf Center and IUCN/SSC Wolf Specialist Group.
  8. Shrotriya, S., Habib, B., Jhala, Y. V., & Lyngdoh, S. (2013). Predicting distribution of wolves in Trans-Himalayan and Himalayan Landscape, India. 9th Internal Annual Research Seminar, (September), 2. Dehradun, India: Wildlife Institute of India.
  9. Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S., Jhala, Y. V., & Habib, B. (2012). Status and distribution of wolves in the Himalayas (Poster). 8th Internal Annual Research Seminar, (September), 20. Dehradun, India: Wildlife Institute of India. (Poster presentation)
  10. Shrotriya, S., Habib, B., & Jhala, Y. V. (2011). Ecology and Conservation of Himalayan Wolf, Phase-1. 7th Internal Annual Research Seminar, (September), 5. Dehradun, India: Wildlife Institute of India.
  1. Shrotriya, S. (2022). Bhediya: No, werewolves don’t exist. And wolves aren’t evil. Let’s enjoy the movie. Down to Earth- Blog.
  2. Shrotriya, S. (2021). Of caves and Cavernicoles: A Memoir of the World in Darkness. Saevus Blog.
  3. Shrotriya, S. (2018). Lost Lupine: An ancient wolf lineage in the Himalayas needs an identity and conservation attention. Down to Earth- Blog.
  4. Shrotriya, S. (2017). The Himalayan cousins. Saevus, 5 (1), 22–23.