V.V. Robin (VIJAYAN)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests broadly cover patterns and processes in ecology, behavioural ecology, biogeography and evolutionary ecology. I hope that my research contributes to conservation initiatives. I am interested in conservation initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and also in collaborative research initiatives. EDITOR Current Science (Indian Academy of Sciences): From 2016 Ecology and Evolution: From 2018 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: From 2021 Journal of Biogeography (International Biogeography Society): From 2021 PERSONAL AND OTHER INTERESTS
Apart from work, I like traveling, taking walks and observing animals (people included), especially in new places it helps understand different cultures and traditions. |
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PUBLICATIONS
Full publication list at Google Scholar profile
Publications from 2016 are at the Lab Publications page
RESEARCH ARTICLES (From & before 2015)
2015
Full publication list at Google Scholar profile
Publications from 2016 are at the Lab Publications page
RESEARCH ARTICLES (From & before 2015)
2015
- V.V. Robin, C.K. Vishnudas, P. Gupta and U. Ramakrishnan. 2015. The deepest, widest valleys cause nested phylogeographic patterns congruent with paleo-climate across a montane bird community. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Biology - B. 282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0861
- V.V. Robin, P. Gupta, Thatte, P., and U. Ramakrishnan. 2015. Islands with islands: Two montane paleo-endemic birds impacted by recent anthropogenic fragmentation. Molecular Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13266
- Varma, V., Jayashree Ratnam, Vinatha Viswanathan, Anand M. Osuri, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, M.D. Madhusudan, Mahesh Sankaran, Meghna Krishnadas, Deepak Barua, Megha Budruk, Kavita Isvaran, Rajah Jayapal, Jahnavi Joshi, Krithi K. Karanth, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Raman Kumar, Shomita Mukherjee, Harini Nagendra, Madhura Niphadkar, Nisha Owen, Navendu Page, Soumya Prasad, Suhel Quader, R. Nandini, V.V. Robin, Steven M. Sait, Manzoor A. Shah, Hema Somanathan, Umesh Srinivasan, Bharath Sundaram. 2015. Perceptions of priority issues in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India. Biological Conservation. 187 (2015): 201-211 web link
- V.V. Robin, C.K. Vishnudas and Uma Ramakrishnan. 2014. Reassessment of the distribution and threat status of the Western Ghat endemic bird, Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis. Current Science. 107 (4): 622-630. pdf
- V.V. Robin and R. Nandini. 2012. Shola habitats on sky islands: status of research on montane forests and grasslands in southern India. Current Science. 103 (12): 1427-1437. pdf
- Sridhar,H., U. Srinivasan, R.A. Askins, J.C. Canales-Delgadillo, C. Chen, D.N. Ewert, G.A. Gale, E. Goodale, W.K. Gram, P.J. Hart, K.A. Hobson, R.L. Hutto, S.W. Kotagama, J.L. Knowlton, T.M. Lee, C.A. Munn, S. Nimnuan, B.Z. Nizam, G. Peron, V.V. Robin*, A.D. Rodewald, P.G. Rodewald, R.L. Thomson, P. Trivedi, S.L. Van Wilgenburg and K. Shanker. 2012. Positive Relationships between Association Strength and Phenotypic Similarity Characterize the Assembly of Mixed-Species Bird Flocks Worldwide. The American Naturalist. 180 (6): 777-790. pdf *only contributed data
- V.V. Robin and S. Rao. 2012. Notes on two migratory cuckoos from the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, southern India. Indian Birds. Vol. 7, No.5: 145-146. pdf
- V.V. Robin. 2011. Plumage description of the juvenile White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx albiventris, and a note on its phenology. Indian Birds. Vol. 7, No.4: 115-116. pdf
- V.V. Robin, A. Sinha and U. Ramakrishnan. 2011. A view from the past: shortwings and sky islands of the Western Ghats. Indian Birds Vol. 7. 30-33. pdf
- V.V. Robin, U. Ramakrishnan and A. Sinha. 2011. Determining the sex of a monomorphic, threatened, endemic passerine, the White-bellied Shortwing in the sky islands of southern India. Current Science. Vol. 101, No.5: 1-4. pdf
- V.V. Robin, M. Katti and A. Sinha. 2011. Singing from the skies: Geographic and individual variation of bird song in a threatened, endemic bird on the sky islands of southern India. Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.03 pdf
- V.V. Robin, A. Sinha and U. Ramakrishnan. 2010. Ancient geographical gaps and paleo-climate shape the phylogeography of an endemic bird in the sky islands of southern India. PLoS ONE 5, e13321. link to full paper
- Eben Goodale, B. Z. Nizam, V. V. Robin, Hari Sridhar, Pranav Trivedi, S. W. Kotagama, U. K. G. K. Padmalal, Rahula Perera, P. Pramod and Lalitha Vijayan. 2009. Regional variation in the composition and structure of mixed-species bird flocks in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Current Science. Vol. 97 No.5:1-16. pdf
- V.V. Robin, R. Sukumar and Jean-Marc Thiollay. 2006. Status and distribution of the White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major in Karnataka and Goa, India. Bird Conservation International. 16:345-351. pdf
- V.V. Robin. 2005. A record of a Sooty Tern from the Valparai plateau, south India. Indian Birds. Vol. 1. No.6. pp 142-143. pdf
- V.V. Robin. 2005. A note on the breeding biology of the White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major from the Western Ghats, South India. Indian Birds. Vol. 1. No.6. pp 145-146. pdf
- V.V. Robin and R. Sukumar. 2002. Status and habitat utilisation of a threatened bird, White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major in the Western Ghats (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), India. Bird Conservation International. Bird Conservation International, Vol. 12, Issue 04. pp335-351. pdf
- V. V. Robin and Priya Davidar. 2002. Vertical stratification of birds in mixed-species foraging flocks in Parambikulam, South India: A comparison between two habitats. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. Volume 99, Issue 3. pp 389-399. pdf
BOOK CHAPTERS
V.V. Robin and A. Sinha. (2013) Short-sighted about the Shortwing? Research and conservation on a threatened, endemic bird on the sky islands of southern India. N. Singaravelan (eds). Rare animals of India. Bentham Publishers. pp 145-159 (15) Web Link
V.V. Robin and A. Sinha. (2013) Short-sighted about the Shortwing? Research and conservation on a threatened, endemic bird on the sky islands of southern India. N. Singaravelan (eds). Rare animals of India. Bentham Publishers. pp 145-159 (15) Web Link
