Dishari Dasgupta

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata · Department of Biological Sciences

Contrary to previous beliefs, intentional gestural communication is not exclusive to the hominoid lineage but is also present in other non-human primates. In this study, we report the presence of intentional gestural communication among free-ranging Hanuman langur troop found in Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India. Based on our observation taken betwe...

Examining manual lateralization (handedness) in nonhuman primates might be an interesting approach to gaining insight into the evolution of asymmetry in humans. Moreover, handedness could also reflect the effect of environmental alterations on the free-ranging animals who are forced to live with anthropogenic interferences. Despite addressing the h...

Urbanization affects concurrent human-animal movements as a result of altered resource availability and land use pattern, which leads to considerable ecological consequences. While some animals find themselves adrift, homeless with the uncertainty of resources resulting from the urban encroachment, few of them manage to survive by altering their na...

Complete or partial depletion of resource in a freshwater habitat is a common phenomenon. As a consequence, aquatic fauna including bivalve molluscs may be exposed to dietary stress on a seasonal basis. Haemocyte based innate immune profile of the freshwater mollusc Lamellidens marginalis (Bivalvia: Eulamellibranchiata) was evaluated under starvati...