Alumnus

Karthik Teegalapalli

Research Scholar, Eastern Himalaya

M. Sc.

Karthik, as part of the Eastern Himalaya Program, studied forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. Besides looking at the patterns of vegetation recovery, he undertook multi-factor field experiments to understand factors that affect the recovery process. He also attempted to understand factors that affect the spread of Mikania micrantha, an invasive climber species at local and landscape scales. His research also includes documenting the shifting cultivation system of the Adi community in the Siang region in Arunachal Pradesh.

Projects

Publications

Leaf flush in Garcinia gummi-gutta

Preprint

2023

Effects of sampling methodology on phenology indices: insights from sites across India and modelling

Dataset

2016

Data from: Field to a forest: patterns of forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the eastern Himalaya. Dryad Digital Repository.

Journal Article

2016

Shifting to settled cultivation: Changing practices among the Adis in Central Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India

Journal Article

2016

Field to a forest: Patterns of forest recovery following shifting cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya

Dataset

2016

Data from: Shifting to settled cultivation: changing practices among the Adis in Central Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India

Popular Article

2015

How the tangkung lost its tail

Popular Article

2015

Message in a pollen

Popular Article

2015

Rise of the drones: using drones for forest monitoring

Popular Article

2014

Submerged – what to expect if the Dibang river is dammed. 

Popular Article

2014

Damn that river

Popular Article

2013

Ptero’s story as told by a Jack tree

Popular Article

2013

Death in the hills

Popular Article

2008

Shifting livelihood options and changing attitudes in the Garo hills, western Meghalaya

Book Chapter

Top-down or bottom-up: the role of the government and local institutions in regulating shifting cultivation in the Upper Siang district, Eastern Himalaya, India (in press)