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i n a t h a ..v i s w a
n a t h a n
Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Academic
advisor:
Larry Wolf
Email:
vviswana@syr.edu
Telephone:
315-443-3956
Office Location: 104 Lyman
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| Education: |
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M.S.,
Ecology, Salim Ali School of Ecology, India, 1996
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B.S.,
Chemistry and Environmental Sciences-Zoology, St. Joseph's
College, India, 1993
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Teaching
Assistantship |
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Research Interests:
I
am interested in the anti-predatory behavior of animals
that live in groups. My research is focused on sentinel
behaviour in groups, and the associated costs and benefits
for both sentinels as well as non-sentinel group members.
I am studying this behavior in a tropical, social bird,
the Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) in central
India. My interest also extends to the mixed species
flocks that the jungle babbler is very often a part
of. I am investigating the nature of interspecific associations
between the babbler and other (mixed) flock species
such as the greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus
paradiseus), that sometimes acts as a sentinel for
the babbler groups, and the rufous tree-pie (Dendrocitta
vagabunda), that does not.
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