Samira Agnihotri

• University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology

It is widely acknowledged that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an endangered part of the cultural heritage of many Indigenous communities worldwide. It has also been shown that TEK can vary within a community according to variables such as the age and gender of individuals. We combine the above concepts and use intra-community variation i...

Mixed-species bird flocks are dynamic associations that exhibit compositional turnover over relatively small timescales. Morphological diversity and foraging behaviour of species in flocks influences the relative benefits and costs of flock participation. In addition, species within flocks are highly acoustically active. However, the role of acoust...

The Solega community living in the Biligiri Rangan Hills (B. R. Hills) of Karnataka State, southern India, have noticed significant changes to the ecosystem of their forest homeland over the last four or five decades. Originally hunter-gatherers, who carried out swidden agriculture at a subsistence level, they were forced to abandon the semi-nomadi...

Greater racket-tailed drongos are renowned for their splendid mimicking abilities, and for their significant roles within mixed species flocks in the Old World tropics. Yet, we know little about their basic ecology and breeding behaviour. Here we describe a set of unique behaviours of these drongos during their nesting season. Racket-tailed drongos...