SHOLA SKY ISLANDS

Varun Kher

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests lie in three generally incompatible fields - quantitative ecology, natural history and socio-ecology. I like to use advanced quantitative techniques and analytical methods to answer deductive questions falling in the broad domain of population and community ecology. Apart from numeric patterns, I am interested in understanding natural history of birds, mammals and amphibians from a bio-geographic and functional point of view. Of late, I have found a new liking in interdisciplinary research that integrates knowledge of ecology and humanities. I am especially interested in policy-oriented ecological research targeted at strategic management of diffuse socio-ecological systems (mostly dry grasslands).

Projects Involved: Peninsular Birds
PERSONAL AND OTHER INTERESTS

I find it difficult to separate my research and personal interests as the two overlap to a great extent. I like exploring new landscapes on foot and bike with occasional rounds of birding and herping. My spare time is spent in reading books (strictly non-fiction), watching movies, listening to music (largely classical and fusion) or scanning through digital content. I like to watch and play sports - football, cricket and badminton - whenever possible.
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POPULAR ARTICLES
  • Siddhesh Bramhankar, Mihir Godbole and Varun Kher (2018), Saswad Grasslands of Pune in Danger. Conservation India. https://www.conservationindia.org/gallery/saswad-grasslands-near-pune-in-danger
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  • Home
  • About
    • Shola Sky Islands
    • Sholicola
  • Research Areas
    • Landscape Ecology >
      • Landscape mapping
      • Sky Island Birds
      • Avian Malaria
      • LTEO
    • Bioacoustics >
      • Jerdon's Courser
      • Passive Acoustics of Shola birds
      • Automated bird song detection
      • Detecting rare species with acoustic arrays
      • Forest Owlet
    • Bird Biogeography >
      • Peninsular birds
      • Forest Owlet
    • Citizen Science and Outreach >
      • Tirupati Bird Atlas
      • Capacity building
      • Young Naturalists of Andhra Pradesh
      • Sky Island Photostory
      • Sky Island Beatbox
    • Completed Projects
  • People
    • Interns
  • Publications
  • Opportunities
  • Open Source Data
  • Media Coverage
  • Gallery
  • Blog
    • Stories from the field