Suhel Quader

Scientist, Education and Public Engagement

PhD

My main interest is in engaging with the larger public in better understanding the natural world and how it is changing. This is sometimes called Citizen Science or Public Participation in Scientific Research. Our projects along these lines are run in collaboration with the National Centre for Biological Sciences, as well as other partners. We work through the Bird Count India partnership to better understand the distribution, seasonality and abundance of birds. And in SeasonWatch, we work with schools and individual participants to investigate seasonal patterns in leaf-flush, flowering and fruiting of trees. Everyone is welcome to participate!

My formal background and training is in the field of animal behaviour and evolutionary ecology. Over the years, I have studied various aspects of animal behaviour: flocking in Cinereous Tits, mate choice in Baya Weavers, and brood parasitism by Koels on Crows. With students and collaborators we have asked questions about plant-pollinator interactions, the behaviour of mosquito larvae, and the demographic responses of birds to forest alteration.

Apart from these interests in the natural world, I spend a fair bit of my time thinking about how ecologists ask and answer research questions, including about the quantitative and data analytic techniques we use and should be using.

Projects

Publications

Journal Article

2022

Fine-tuned spatiotemporal dynamics of sporophylls in movement-assisted dichogamy: A study on Clerodendrum infortunatum

Journal Article

2021

Using citizen science to build baseline data on tree phenology (2021)

Handbook for Bird Educators

Book

2021

Handbook for Bird Educators

Journal Article

2020

Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India

Journal Article

2020

Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being

Journal Article

2020

Antipredatory Responses of Mosquito Pupae to Non-Lethal Predation Threat—Behavioral Plasticity Across Life-History Stages

Journal Article

2020

The enemy of my enemy: multiple interacting selection pressures lead to unexpected anti-predator responses

Journal Article

2019

Mysuru City Bird Atlas (2014–2016): A systematic study of birds across space and time

Size-logging interactions and population dynamics in tropical understorey birds

Journal Article

2019

Size-logging interactions and population dynamics in tropical understorey birds

Ants on Clerodendrum infortunatum: Disentangling Effects of Larceny and Herbivory

Journal Article

2018

Ants on Clerodendrum infortunatum: Disentangling Effects of Larceny and Herbivory

Book Chapter

2018

Public Participation in Understanding Biodiversity

Journal Article

2018

eBird in Asia: standardised tools for birdwatchers

Popular Article

2018

The case of the confusing Kanikonna tree

Journal Article

2018

Context-dependent interactive effects of non-lethal predation on larvae impact adult longevity and body composition

Journal Article

2018

Playing it safe? Behavioural responses of mosquito larvae encountering a fish predator

Dataset

2017

Data from: Plant-disperser mutualisms in a semi-arid habitat invaded by Lantana camara L. Plant Ecology

Book

2017

Birds of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands: A pocket guide to 139 birds of the islands

Book

2017

Birds of Kanha national park - pocket guide

Book

2016

Birds of Kerala (Malayalam) - pocket guide

Book

2016

Birds of Spiti and Ladakh: A pocket guide to 137 birds of high altitudes

Popular Article

2016

The fall of a squirrel

Journal Article

2015

Perceptions of priority issues in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India

Dataset

2015

Data from: Demographic superiority with increased logging in tropical understorey insectivorous birds. Journal of Applied Ecology

Popular Article

2010

Climate change, first-hand

Journal Article

2009

MigrantWatch: Changes and Results from the Second Year