Latest Updates

CES welcomes its newest faculty member, Saskya van Nouhuys

Thu, 2021-12-30 10:46

Saskya studies population, community and behavioral ecology of interacting species in fragmented and changing landscapes. We are excited to have her here and look forward to her stint at CES.

Website: http://ces.iisc.ac.in/new/?q=user/435

Short Term Workshop in Molecular Phylogenetics

Mon, 2021-11-08 11:48

Short Term workshop

Field staff policy

Tue, 2021-08-31 11:45

Dinesh Subba has been working on the Arunachal Pradesh long-term bird project on bird demography since 2011

Mayavan has been working in the Nilgiris since the 1990s and has assisted a range of researchers from CES as well as other organisations.

Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar is the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist, 2021

Sat, 2021-08-21 08:54

Congratulatios RG. Professor Raghavendra Gadagkar has been named by the Animal Behavior Society, USA as their 2021 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist, for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Animal Behavior.

Recent Publications of Priti Hebbar, DST-Inspire Faculty, CES

Wed, 2021-08-11 10:34

Priti, H., Gururaja, K. V., Aravind, N. A., & Ravikanth, G. (2021). Influence of microhabitat on the distribution of tadpoles of three endemic Nyctibatrachus species (Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Biotropica. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12988

Short title: Microhabitat factors influencing Nyctibatrachus tadpoles

Vacancy: Postdoctoral Fellow for Forest Dynamics Research in the Long-Term Ecological Observatories (LTEO) programme

Mon, 2021-08-02 16:20

Ability to independently facilitate meetings and attention to detail and planning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English as demonstrated in scientific publications.
Quantitative skills including study design and statistical analysis in R (preferably) or other tools.

Candidates with the following additional qualifications/skills will be preferred:

Ecological drivers of selection for remnant forest habitats by an insectivorous bat in a tropical, human-modified landscape

Tue, 2021-06-22 17:54

Photo credit: Harish Prakash

Zeroing In with Prof. Renee M Borges

Mon, 2021-06-14 15:07

Podcast from the Borges Lab (courtesy Zeroing In. The Science Podcast)

Part I:

"Around 200 years back, Darwin set out on his historic voyage around the world, observing and cataloguing the immense diversity the world had to offer, he laid down the foundation for a theory that shook the foundation of biology, the theory of evolution out of which was born the field of evolutionary ecology which tries to unravel the countless puzzles of life nature has to offer.