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Yadvendradev V. Jhala

Yadvendradev V. Jhala

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Ecology and Evolution
India
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
5639
World Ranking
5651
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in India Leader Award

Overview

Yadvendradev V. Jhala is affiliated with the Wildlife Institute of India and has contributed extensively to studies in Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Ecology and Genetics.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Jhala's main topics of work focus on:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Recent publications by Jhala include:

  • Recovery of tigers in India: Critical introspection and potential lessons, 2021, People and Nature
  • Genomic evidence for inbreeding depression and purging of deleterious genetic variation in Indian tigers, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Camera trap placement for evaluating species richness, abundance, and activity, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Ancient Hybridization with an Unknown Population Facilitated High-Altitude Adaptation of Canids, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Expanding niche and degrading forests: Key to the successful global invasion of Lantana camara (sensu lato), 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation

Notable frequent co-authors with whom Jhala has collaborated include:

  • Qamar Qureshi
  • Yellapu Srinivas
  • Ninad Avinash Mungi
  • Ujjwal Kumar
  • Stotra Chakrabarti

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Biological Conservation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Global phylogeographic limits of Hawaii's avian malaria

    Jon S Beadell;Farah Ishtiaq;Rita Covas;Martim Melo

  • Status of tigers, co-predators, and prey in India

    Y. V. Jhala;Rajesh Gopal;Q. Qureshi

  • Genomic evidence for inbreeding depression and purging of deleterious genetic variation in Indian tigers.

    Anubhab Khan;Kaushalkumar Patel;Harsh Shukla;Ashwin Viswanathan;Ashwin Viswanathan

  • The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures

    Deborah J. Pain;Christopher G. R. Bowden;Andrew A. Cunningham;Richard Cuthbert

  • Prevalence and diversity of avian hematozoan parasites in Asia : A regional survey

    Farah Ishtiaq;Farah Ishtiaq;Eben Gering;Jon H. Rappole;Asad R. Rahmani

  • Prioritizing tiger conservation through landscape genetics and habitat linkages.

    Bibek Yumnam;Yadvendradev V. Jhala;Qamar Qureshi;Jesus E. Maldonado

  • Rate of decline of the Oriental white-backed vulture population in India estimated from a survey of diclofenac residues in carcasses of ungulates

    Rhys E. Green;Mark A. Taggart;Mark A. Taggart;Kalu Ram Senacha;Bindu Raghavan

  • Diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in India

    Mark Antony Taggart;K. R. Senacha;R. E. Green;R. E. Green;Y. V. Jhala

  • Density-dependent home-range size revealed by spatially explicit capture–recapture

    M.G. Efford;Deanna K. Dawson;Y.V. Jhala;Q. Qureshi

  • The Status and Conservation of the Wolf in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India

    Yadvendradev V. Jhala;Robert H. Giles

  • Living with lions: the economics of coexistence in the Gir forests, India

    Kausik Banerjee;Yadvendradev V. Jhala;Kartikeya S. Chauhan;Chittranjan V. Dave

  • Landscape-scale accessibility of livestock to tigers: implications of spatial grain for modeling predation risk to mitigate human–carnivore conflict

    Jennifer R. B. Miller;Jennifer R. B. Miller;Yadvendradev V. Jhala;Jyotirmay Jena;Oswald J. Schmitz

  • Recovery of tigers in India: Critical introspection and potential lessons

    Yadvendradev Jhala;Rajesh Gopal;Vaibhav Mathur;Prodipto Ghosh

  • Can the abundance of tigers be assessed from their signs

    Yadvendradev Jhala;Qamar Qureshi;Rajesh Gopal

  • Predation on Blackbuck by Wolves in Velavadar National Park, Gujarat, India

    Yadvendradev V. Jhala

  • Identification of individual tigers (Panthera tigris) from their pugmarks

    Sandeep Sharma;Yadvendradev Jhala;Vishwas B. Sawarkar

  • Camera trap placement for evaluating species richness, abundance, and activity

    Kamakshi S. Tanwar;Ayan Sadhu;Yadvendradev V. Jhala

  • Adding constraints to predation through allometric relation of scats to consumption.

    Stotra Chakrabarti;Yadvendradev V. Jhala;Sutirtha Dutta;Qamar Qureshi

  • Prevalence and evolutionary relationships of haematozoan parasites in native versus introduced populations of common myna Acridotheres tristis

    Farah Ishtiaq;Jon S Beadell;Allan J Baker;Asad R Rahmani

  • Recent Evolutionary History of Tigers Highlights Contrasting Roles of Genetic Drift and Selection.

    Ellie E Armstrong;Anubhab Khan;Ryan W Taylor;Alexandre Gouy;Alexandre Gouy

  • Analysis of Nine NSAIDs in Ungulate Tissues Available to Critically Endangered Vultures in India

    Mark A Taggart;Kalu R Senacha;Rhys E Green;Richard Cuthbert

  • Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition, synthesis and perspective

    Fabrizio Sergio;Oswald J. Schmitz;Charles J. Krebs;Robert D. Holt

  • Foraging ecology, economics and conservation of Indian wolves in the Bhal region of Gujarat, Western India

    Bharat D. Jethva;Yadvendradev V. Jhala

  • Conservation priorities for endangered Indian tigers through a genomic lens.

    Meghana Natesh;Meghana Natesh;Goutham Atla;Parag Nigam;Yadvendradev V. Jhala

Frequent Co-Authors

Qamar Qureshi
Qamar Qureshi Wildlife Institute of India
Fabrizio Sergio
Fabrizio Sergio Spanish National Research Council
Mark A. Taggart
Mark A. Taggart University of the Highlands and Islands
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Deborah J. Pain
Deborah J. Pain University of Cambridge
Jesús E. Maldonado
Jesús E. Maldonado Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Oswald J. Schmitz
Oswald J. Schmitz Yale University
Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern

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