This study compares DNA metabarcoding and mechanical sorting for analyzing tiger diets in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, finding metabarcoding more effective at detecting prey diversity and biomass.

Journal of Zoology · Nov 23, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology

What's next for Indian Ornithology? 101 key research questions

Devica Ranade, Priti Bangal, Bhoj Kumar Acharya, Peroth Balakrishnan, Sahas Barve, Malyasri Bhattacharya, Aparajita Datta, Mousumi Ghosh‐Harihar, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi, Farah Ishtiaq, Soumya Iyengar, Manjari Jain, Girish Avinash Jathar, Rajah Jayapal, P. Jeganathan, , Ashwin Viswanathan

This paper presents 101 research questions for advancing Indian ornithology, identified through expert curation and scoring based on generality, novelty, and relevance.

bioRxiv · Jul 25, 2025 · PreprintEcology

LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL MONITORING IN INDIA: A SYNTHESIS

Yadugiri V. Tiruvaimozhi, Jimmy Borah, Chandra Prakash Kala, Krushnamegh K. Kunte, Bharati Patel, Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy Sreejith, Rajesh Thadani, Anand M. Osuri, Mousumi Ghosh‐Harihar

This paper synthesizes long-term ecological monitoring efforts in India, identifying their geographic distribution, thematic focus, data types, and challenges in sustainability.

Biological Conservation · Jul 16, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology

Metabarcoding for parallel identification of species, sex and diet: an application to the conservation of globally-threatened Gyps vultures

Mousumi Ghosh‐Harihar, Nehal Gurung, Harsh G. Shukla, Ishani Sinha, Awadhesh Pandit, VIBHU M. PRAKASH, Rhys E. Green, Uma Ramakrishnan

The paper develops a metabarcoding workflow to identify vulture species, sex, and diet from fecal samples, finding domestic livestock dominate the diet.

Conservation Genetics Resources · Sep 23, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics