Overview
Background
Sreekar’s research focuses on using ecological theory to inform conservation decision making. He is interested in a broad range of topics, including spatial conservation planning, evidence-based conservation policy, community assembly rules, extinction synergies, and land-use management. A big question that drives his research is how to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. His current research is centred around studying the environmental risks associated with mining and mineral processing.
He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Ecology and has spent the past 15 years at universities across Australia, China, Czechia, India and Singapore. Sreekar is an avid birder and enjoys this aspect of his work both professionally and recreationally.
Availability
- Dr Sreekar Rachakonda is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Extended) of Ecology, University of the Chinese Academy of Science
- Doctor of Philosophy of Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Adelaide
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Fruiting patterns of macrofungi in tropical and temperate land use types in Yunnan Province, China
Li, Huili, Guo, Jiayu, Goldberg, Stefanie D., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Ye, Lei, Luo, Xia, Sysouphanthong, Phongeun, Xu, Jianchu, Hyde, Kevin D. and Mortimer, Peter E. (2018). Fruiting patterns of macrofungi in tropical and temperate land use types in Yunnan Province, China. Acta Oecologica, 91, 7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2018.05.008
2017
Journal Article
Topography and soil type are critical to understanding how bird and herpetofaunal communities persist in forest fragments of tropical China
Dayananda, Salindra K., Mammides, Christos, Lee, Myung-Bok, Liu, Jia-Jia, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Yasuda, Mika, Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Tomlinson, Kyle W. and Goodale, Eben (2017). Topography and soil type are critical to understanding how bird and herpetofaunal communities persist in forest fragments of tropical China. Biological Conservation, 215, 107-115. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.034
2017
Journal Article
An ontogenetically stable sexual character in a montane agamid, Salea horsfieldii Gray, 1845 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Nilgiris, India
Caleb Daniel, G., Sreekar, Rachakonda and Deepak, V. (2017). An ontogenetically stable sexual character in a montane agamid, Salea horsfieldii Gray, 1845 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Nilgiris, India. Journal of Natural History, 51 (39-40), 2373-2383. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1369188
2017
Journal Article
Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Corlett, Richard T., Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kilpatrick, Adam, Kotagama, Sarath W., Koh, Lian Pin and Goodale, Eben (2017). Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use. Biology Letters, 13 (5) 20170186, 20170186. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0186
2016
Journal Article
Terrestrial species in protected areas and community-managed lands in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India
Velho, Nandini, Sreekar, Rachakonda and Laurance, William F. (2016). Terrestrial species in protected areas and community-managed lands in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Land, 5 (4) 35, 35. doi: 10.3390/land5040035
2016
Journal Article
Impacts of hunting on tropical forests in Southeast Asia
Harrison, Rhett D., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Brodie, Jedediah F., Brook, Sarah, Luskin, Matthew, O'Kelly, Hannah, Rao, Madhu, Scheffers, Brett and Velho, Nandini (2016). Impacts of hunting on tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology, 30 (5), 972-981. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12785
2016
Journal Article
Effects of forest fragmentation on nocturnal Asian birds: a case study from Xishuangbanna, China
Dayananda, Salindra K., Goodale, Eben, Lee, Myung-bok, Liu, Jia-Jia, Mammides, Christos, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Tomlinson, Kyle W. and Yasuda, Mika (2016). Effects of forest fragmentation on nocturnal Asian birds: a case study from Xishuangbanna, China. Zoological Research, 37 (3), 151-158. doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.3.151
2016
Journal Article
Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Huang, Guohualing, Yasuda, Mika, Quan, Rui-Chang, Goodale, Eben, Corlett, Richard T. and Tomlinson, Kyle W. (2016). Effects of forests, roads and mistletoe on bird diversity in monoculture rubber plantations. Scientific Reports, 6 21822. doi: 10.1038/srep21822
2016
Journal Article
Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog
Kamath, Ambika and Sreekar, Rachakonda (2016). Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog. Acta Herpetologica, 11 (1), 15-20. doi: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-15172
2016
Journal Article
Non-pollinator fig wasp impact on the reproductive success of an invasive fig tree: why so little?
Kong, Yue, Wang, Rong, Yang, Da-Rong, Sreekar, Rachakonda, Peng, Yan-Qiong and Compton, Stephen G. (2016). Non-pollinator fig wasp impact on the reproductive success of an invasive fig tree: why so little?. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 26 (10), 1432-1443. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2016.1214862
2015
Journal Article
The effect of land-use on the diversity and mass-abundance relationships of understory avian insectivores in Sri Lanka and southern India
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Srinivasan, Umesh, Mammides, Christos, Chen, Jin, Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kotagama, Sarath Wimalabandara, Sidhu, Swati and Goodale, Eben (2015). The effect of land-use on the diversity and mass-abundance relationships of understory avian insectivores in Sri Lanka and southern India. Scientific Reports, 5 11569. doi: 10.1038/srep11569
2015
Journal Article
Flight initiation distance as behavioral indicator of hunting pressure: a case study of the Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) in Xishuangbanna, SW China
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Goodale, Eben and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). Flight initiation distance as behavioral indicator of hunting pressure: a case study of the Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Tropical Conservation Science, 8 (2), 505-512. doi: 10.1177/194008291500800214
2015
Journal Article
The use of species-area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Huang, Guohualing, Zhao, Jiang-Bo, Pasion, Bonifacio O., Yasuda, Mika, Zhang, Kai, Peabotuwage, Indika, Wang, Ximin, Quan, Rui-Chang, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Corlett, Richard T., Goodale, Eben and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). The use of species-area relationships to partition the effects of hunting and deforestation on bird extirpations in a fragmented landscape. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (4), 441-450. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12292
2015
Journal Article
Yet another empty forest: considering the conservation value of a recently established tropical nature reserve
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zhang, Kai, Xu, Jianchu and Harrison, Rhett D. (2015). Yet another empty forest: considering the conservation value of a recently established tropical nature reserve. PLoS One, 10 (2) e0117920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117920
2014
Journal Article
Drivers of reptile and amphibian assemblages outside the protected areas of Western Ghats, India
Balaji, Divya, Sreekar, Rachakonda and Rao, Siddharth (2014). Drivers of reptile and amphibian assemblages outside the protected areas of Western Ghats, India. Journal for Nature Conservation, 22 (4), 337-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.03.004
2013
Journal Article
Influence of gaze and directness of approach on the escape responses of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831)
Sreekar, Rachakonda and Quader, Suhel (2013). Influence of gaze and directness of approach on the escape responses of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1831). Journal of Biosciences, 38 (5), 829-833. doi: 10.1007/s12038-013-9378-8
2013
Journal Article
Natural windbreaks sustain bird diversity in a tea-dominated landscape
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Mohan, Anand, Das, Sandeep, Agarwal, Prerna and Vivek, Ramachandran (2013). Natural windbreaks sustain bird diversity in a tea-dominated landscape. PLoS One, 8 (7) e70379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070379
2013
Journal Article
Reptiles of the central Western Ghats, India - a reappraisal and revised checklist, with emphasis on the Agumbe Plateau
Ganesh, S. R., Chadramouli, S. R., Sreekar, R. and Shankar, P. Gowri (2013). Reptiles of the central Western Ghats, India - a reappraisal and revised checklist, with emphasis on the Agumbe Plateau. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 20 (3), 181-189.
2013
Journal Article
Photographic capture-recapture sampling for assessing populations of the Indian gliding lizard Draco dussumieri
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Purushotham, Chetana B., Saini, Katya, Rao, Shyam N., Pelletier, Simon and Chaplod, Saniya (2013). Photographic capture-recapture sampling for assessing populations of the Indian gliding lizard Draco dussumieri. PLoS One, 8 (2) e55935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055935
2011
Journal Article
Predicting lizard gender: sexual dimorphism in Calotes rouxii (reptilia: agamidae) from Agumbe, Karnataka, India
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Saini, Katya, Rao, Shyam N. and Purushotham, Chetana B. (2011). Predicting lizard gender: sexual dimorphism in Calotes rouxii (reptilia: agamidae) from Agumbe, Karnataka, India. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 6 (1), 75-80.
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Sourcing battery minerals - from the land or sea?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Laura Sonter, Professor Eve McDonald-Madden
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