Hansraj Gautam

The study finds that calf presence in Asian elephant groups increases group size and social associations, suggesting calves promote sociality through collective defense and allomaternal care.

This study shows that megaherbivore mortality risk from temperature extremes is reduced by high vegetation productivity but increased by high rainfall.

This study examines the nutritional value of browsing versus grazing in Asian elephants, finding no significant difference in crude protein content between the two diets.

This study shows that elephant dung deposition creates nutrient hotspots, altering plant competition and promoting vegetation heterogeneity in tropical forests.

This study examines dominance relationships in female Asian elephant clans, finding a weakly structured age-based dominance order compared to African savannah elephants.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of visual cover estimation for assessing graminoid abundance in forests and grasslands, finding it correlates well with biomass and diversity metrics.