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:
- Not 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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2022
Journal Article
Nature-based climate solutions for expanding the global protected area network
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Zeng, Yiwen, Zheng, Qiming, Lamba, Aakash, Teo, Hoong Chen, Sarira, Tasya Vadya and Koh, Lian Pin (2022). Nature-based climate solutions for expanding the global protected area network. Biological Conservation, 269 109529, 109529. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109529
2021
Journal Article
Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Si, Xingfeng, Sam, Katerina, Liu, Jiajia, Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi, Kotagama, Sarath and Goodale, Eben (2021). Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (8), 1738-1748. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13927
2021
Journal Article
Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore-induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: an experimental evidence with two tree species
Sam, Katerina, Kovarova, Eliska, Freiberga, Inga, Uthe, Henriette, Weinhold, Alexander, Jorge, Leonardo R. and Sreekar, Rachakonda (2021). Great tits (Parus major) flexibly learn that herbivore-induced plant volatiles indicate prey location: an experimental evidence with two tree species. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (16), 10917-10925. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7869
2020
Journal Article
Combining camera-trap surveys and hunter interviews to determine the status of mammals in protected rainforests and rubber plantations of Menglun, Xishuangbanna, SW China
Huang, G., Sreekar, R., Velho, N., Corlett, R. T., Quan, R. -C. and Tomlinson, K. W. (2020). Combining camera-trap surveys and hunter interviews to determine the status of mammals in protected rainforests and rubber plantations of Menglun, Xishuangbanna, SW China. Animal Conservation, 23 (6), 689-699. doi: 10.1111/acv.12588
2020
Journal Article
Endemicity and land-use type influence the abundance-range-size relationship of birds on a tropical island
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Sam, Katerina, Dayananda, Salindra K., Goodale, Uromi Manage, Kotagama, Sarath W. and Goodale, Eben (2020). Endemicity and land-use type influence the abundance-range-size relationship of birds on a tropical island. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (2), 460-470. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13379
2020
Journal Article
Drivers of bird beta diversity in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot are scale dependent: roles of land use, climate, and distance
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Koh, Lian Pin, Mammides, Christos, Corlett, Richard T., Dayananda, Salindra, Goodale, Uromi M., Kotagama, Sarath W. and Goodale, Eben (2020). Drivers of bird beta diversity in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot are scale dependent: roles of land use, climate, and distance. Oecologia, 193 (4), 801-809. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04671-3
2018
Journal Article
Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude
Sreekar, Rachakonda, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Nakamura, Akihiro, Corlett, Richard T., Slik, J. W. Ferry, Fletcher, Christine, He, Fangliang, Weiblen, George D., Shen, Guochun, Xu, Han, Sun, I-Fang, Cao, Ke, Ma, Keping, Chang, Li-Wan, Cao, Min, Jiang, Mingxi, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Ong, Perry, Yap, Sandra, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Novotny, Vojtech, Brockelman, Warren Y., Xiang, Wusheng, Mi, Xiangcheng, Li, Xiankun, Wang, Xihua, Qiao, Xiujuan, Li, Yide, Tan, Sylvester ... Koh, Lian Pin (2018). Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude. Royal Society Open Science, 5 (9) 181168, 181168. doi: 10.1098/rsos.181168
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
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
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
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
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Sreekar Rachakonda is:
- Not available for supervision
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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