Soumen Mallick

The paper measures the growth rate of parasitised and non-parasitised caterpillars feeding on oak trees and finds parasitoids reduce growth rate on average across six Lepidoptera species.

The paper quantifies microclimatic heterogeneity in forests and links it to biodiversity, showing that canopy structure and gaps influence temperature variation and species diversity.

The paper shows that restoring forest structural complexity increases γ-diversity for bats and birds through distinct α- and β-diversity mechanisms.