National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems

1. Joshi, A., Ponnu, D., Dubey, V. K., & Sathyakumar, S. (2025). Filling the gap: first regional record of the Little Owl Athene noctua ludlowi (Strigiformes: Strigidae) from Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 17(11), 28007‑28010.

2. Thakur, S., Dubey, V. K., Singh, A., & Sathyakumar, S. (2025). First camera trap records of the elusive spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor (Carnivora: Prionodontidae) in West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Mammalia, 89(5), 509‑513.

3. Bansal, D., & Talukdar, G. (2024). Long‑term climate change trends: 43‑year analysis of climatic data in Gangotri National Park, Western Himalaya.

4. Bansal, D., Sathyakumar, S., & Talukdar, G. (2024). Spatial and temporal variations in respiration rates under experimental warming in alpine meadows of Gangotri National Park, Western Himalaya. Discover Soil, 1(1), 19.

5. Kashyap, P., Rizvi, A.N., & Uniyal, V.P. (2024). Additions to the Nematode Fauna (Plectidae and Cephalobidae) of India. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 9(3), 11‑15.

6. Thakur, S., Pal, R., Kahera, N. S., & Sathyakumar, S. (2023). Forced sympatry? Spatiotemporal interactions of ursids along a gradient of anthropic disturbances in Western Himalaya. Journal of Zoology, 321(1), 59‑74.

7. Dubey, V. K., Sharma, A., Borah, H., Johnson, J. A., & Sivakumar, K. (2023). Tracing climate change with riverine ecotones and macroinvertebrates. Aquatic Sciences, 85(2), 63.

8. Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Rawal, Y.K., Sivakumar, K., Johnson, J.A., & Sathyakumar, S. (2022). India must protect Himalayan headwaters. Science, 376(6594), 706.

9. Dasgupta, S., Badola, R., Ali, S.Z., Jiju, J.S., & Tariyal, P. (2022). Adaptive capacity and vulnerability of the socio‑ecological system of Indian Himalayan villages. Journal of Environmental Management, 302, 113946.

10. Dasgupta, S., Badola, R., Ali, S.Z., & Tariyal, P. (2022). Bioresource, energy and forest sustainability: A case study from Indian Himalayan region. Journal of Cleaner Production, 130497.

11. Pal, R., Panwar, A., Goyal, S.P. and Sambandam, S. (2022). Space Use by Woolly Wolf Canis lupus chanco in Gangotri National Park, Western Himalaya, India. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, p.980.

12. Singh, A.P., Chandra, A., De, K., Uniyal, V.P. and Sathyakumar, S. (2022). Decreasing potential suitable habitat of bumble bees in the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area. Oriental Insects, 1‑18.

13. Kashyap, P., Afzal, S., Rizvi, A.N. et al. (2022). Nematode community structure along elevation gradient in high altitude vegetation cover of Gangotri National Park (Uttarakhand), India. Scientific Reports 12, 1428.

14. Pal, R., Sutherland, C., Qureshi, Q., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). Landscape connectivity and population density of snow leopards across a multi‑use landscape in Western Himalaya. Animal Conservation.

15. Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Johnson, J.A., Rawal, Y.K. & Sivakumar, K. (2021). Dendritic prioritization through spatial stream network modeling informs targeted management of Himalayan riverscapes under brown trout invasion. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(11), 2415‑2426.

16. Pal, R., Sharma, A., Dubey, V. K., Bhattacharya, T., Johnson, J. A., Sivakumar, K., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). A rare photographic record of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra with a note on its habitat from the Bhagirathi Basin, Western Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(13), 20072‑20077.

17. Patel, N.G., Garg, S., Das, A., Stuart, B.L. & Biju, S.D. (2021). Phylogenetic position of the poorly known montane cascade frog Amolops monticola and description of a new related species from Northeast India. Journal of Natural History, 55(21‑22), 1403‑1440.

18. Johal, M.S., Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Johnson, J.A., Rawal, Y.K., & Sivakumar, K. (2021). Invasive brown trout Salmo trutta induce differential growth strategies in the native snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 37(5), 723‑734.

19. Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Johnson, J.A., Rawal, Y.K., & Sivakumar, K. (2021). Introduced, invaded and forgotten: allopatric and sympatric native snow trout life histories indicate brown trout invasion effects. Biological Invasions, 23(5), 1497‑1515.

20. Tiwari, P., Bhattacharya, P., Rawat, G.S., Rai, I.D., & Talukdar, G. (2021). Experimental warming increases ecosystem respiration by increasing above-ground respiration in alpine meadows of Western Himalaya. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1‑10.

21. Singh, A.P., De, K., Uniyal, V.P., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). A preliminary assessment of odonate diversity along the river Tirthan, Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, India with reference to the impact of climate change. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(11), 19611‑19615.

22. Singh, A.P., De, K., Uniyal, V.P., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). An experimental study on bioturbation and dung removal activities of Catharsius molossus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Greater Himalaya. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(2), 169‑173.

23. Pal, R., Bhattacharya, T., Qureshi, Q., & Sathyakumar, S. (2021). Density estimates of group living and solitary mountain ungulates using distance-based camera trapping: an appraisal. Oryx, 1‑9.

24. Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Johnson, J.A., Rawal, Y.K., & Sivakumar, K. (2020). Is there always space at the top? Ensemble modeling reveals climate-driven high-altitude squeeze for the vulnerable snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii in Himalaya. Ecological Indicators, 120, 106900.

25. Pal, R., Thakur, S., Arya, S., Bhattacharya, T., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Mammals of the Bhagirathi basin, Western Himalaya: understanding distribution along spatial gradients of habitats and disturbances. Oryx, Cambridge University Press, 1‑11.

26. Patel, N.G., & Das, A. (2020). Shot the spots: A reliable field method for individual identification of Amolops formosus (Anura, Ranidae). Herpetozoa, 33, 7.

27. Johnson, J.A., Sharma, A., Rajput, V., Dubey, V.K., & Sivakumar, K. (2020). Taxonomic and guild structure of fish assemblages in the streams of Western Himalaya, India. Community Ecology, 1‑19.

28. Koetke, L., Bhattacharya, T., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Diet overlap between livestock and wild herbivores in the Greater Himalaya. Mountain Research and Development, 40(1), R21.

29. Dasgupta, S., & Badola, R. (2020). Indicator-Based Assessment of Resilience and Vulnerability in the Indian Himalayan Region: A Case Study on Socio-Economy under Different Scenarios. Sustainability, 12(17), 6938.

30. Singh, A. P., De, K., Uniyal, V. P. & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Forest cover types as determinants of moth diversity in Indian Himalayan region. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 15(2), 348‑356.

31. Pal, R., Bhattacharya, T., & Sathyakumar, S. (2020). Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus: A new addition to the diet of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 117.

32. Patel, N.G., Boruah, B., & Das, A. (2020). Sibynophis Sagittarius (Cantor’s Black-headed Snake). Albinism. Herpetological Review, 51(1).

33. Kashyap, P., Rizvi, A.N., Bhattacharya, T., & Uniyal, V.P. (2020). Community structure and habitat specific variations of soil-inhabiting nematodes in the forests of Gangotri National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Indian Journal of Nematology, 50(2), 107‑116.

34. Kashyap, P., Rizvi, A.N., & Uniyal, V.P. (2020). Assessment of Soil Physicochemical Properties along an Altitude Gradient in High Altitude Region of Gangotri National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health, 20(3&4), 134‑139.

35. Sharma, A., Dubey, V.K., Nautiyal, P., Johnson, J.A., Rawal, Y.K., & Sivakumar, K. (2019). When nature decides who stays and who goes: Priority effects extirpating the non-native brown trout Salmo trutta fario population from a Himalayan river. Current Science, 117(2), 186.

36. Singh, A., Uniyal, V.P., & Sathyakumar, S. (2019). Upward Distribution Shift of Calochroa flavomaculata (Hope, 1831) in Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area. Indian Forester, 145(10), 1017‑1018.

37. Gaur, T., Sinha, A., Adhikari, B. S., & Ramesh, K. (2019). Dynamics of Landscape change in a mountainous river basin: A case study of the Bhagirathi river, Western Himalaya. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 17(4), 8271‑8289.

38. Pal, R., Thakur, S., Arya, S., Bhattacharya, T., & Sathyakumar, S. (2018). Recent records of dhole (Cuon alpinus, Pallas 1811) in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Mammalia, 82(6), 614‑617.

39. Pal, R., Thakur, S., Bhattacharya, T., & Sathyakumar, S. (2018). Range extension and high elevation record for the endangered woolly flying squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus in Western Himalaya, India. Mammalia, 83(4), 410‑414.

40. Sathyakumar, S., Mathur, V. B., Mondal, K., & Dasgupta, S. (2018). Wildlife Watch in the Indian Himalayan Region. Current Science, 114(4), 718.

41. Rai, I.D., Bhardwaj, M., Talukdar, G., Rawat, G.S., & Sathyakumar, S. (2018). Large scale infestation of blue pine by Himalayan dwarf mistletoe in the Gangotri National Park, Western Himalaya. Tropical Ecology, 59(1), 157‑161.

42. Sharma, A., Rajput, V., Dubey, V.K., Dhanda, A., Thakur, S., Johnson, J.A., Sathyakumar, S., & Sivakumar, K. (2017). New distribution records of Elegant Water Shrew Nectogale elegans from the western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(12), 11097–11099.

43. Bhattacharya, P., Talukdar, G., Rawat, G.S., & Mondol, S. (2017). Importance of monitoring soil microbial community responses to climate change in the Indian Himalayan region. Current Science, 112(8), 1622‑1623.

44. Bhattacharyya, K., & Mondal, K. (2017). An overview of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in the Indian Himalayan Region, with information on Recent Records. Ambient Science, 4(1).

45. Gupta, N., Raut, S., Nautiyal, P., Johnson, J.A., Sivakumar, K., & Mathur, V.B. (2017). Climate change and species distribution in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. NeBIO, 8, 1‑5.

46. Arun Kumar A., Upgupta S., Gaur T., & Sathyakumar S. (2016). Perspective from the field: Innovative Geographic Visualization for Improved Understanding and Effective Public Participation in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation. Environmental Practice, 18(2).

47. Sathyakumar S., Bhattacharya T., Mondal K., Naha D., Mathur VB. (2016). Human Wildlife interactions (conflicts) in the Indian Himalayan Region – current scenario and the path ahead. Technical Compendium of National Conference on Hill Agriculture in Perspective, February 2016.

48. Gupta, N., Rajvanshi, A., Sathyakumar, S., Johnson, J.A., Sivakumar, K., Rawat, G.S., & Mathur, V.B. (2015). Need for targeted education programme for preparedness and formulating adaptive strategies in the Indian Himalayan region. Current Science, 109(7), 1233‑1234.