Ninad Mungi

New paper in @ScienceMagazine on tiger recovery in India India gained 30% tiger distribution in over a decade and now holds 75% of global wild tigers Beyond ecological settings, tiger recovery was driven by peace and sustainability in the landscape scim.ag/3EhNlFy

An excellent summary of our recent paper in @NatRevBiodiv “Invasions can trigger wildfires in forests such as Amazon, adding to the rising atmospheric CO2 levels - which may in turn promote woody invasions elsewhere like in African savannas” Paper: nature.com/articles/s4435…

Alien plant species, introduced by humans directly or indirectly in different geographical regions of the world, are now spreading at an unprecedented pace, reshaping tropical ecosystems globally 🖊️ @himanshujourno downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodi…

Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere newscientist.com/article/248966…

हिम तेंदुओं की आबादी और वे कहां पाए जाते हैं, इस पर हुए एक आकलन में पाया गया है कि ट्रांस-हिमालयी लद्दाख में लगभग 500 बड़ी बिल्लियां हैं। यह भारत में हिम तेंदुओं की तादाद का 68% है। hindi.mongabay.com/2025/07/24/sno…

Tropical biomes are vulnerable to invasive plants, due to the legacy of historical human influence and ongoing global changes. Here, alien plants are triggering rapid emergence of novel ecosystems @IPBES @UNBiodiversity @FAOclimate @IPCC_CH

In midst of the ongoing push for electric vehicles, we @BaheerathanM & @oliverlindecke reviewed the effect of noise on bats & if EV is quieter & better for animals? 🦇🦗 Surprise 😬 There is sound of silence! Our work is out on @biorxivpreprint today. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

A new study by @ninad_mungi reveals that many alien plants initially act as passengers of global change, while others can become powerful drivers, reconfiguring ecological communities and catalyzing novel ecosystem dynamics. doi.org/10.1038/s44358…

New paper !!! @ninad_mungi writes "Alien plants catalyze the emergence of novel ecosystems. They interact with changes in land-use, climate and definition to do so..." @JCSvenning @EconovoAU @BioinvNet

New paper: Alien plants interact with land-use change, climate change, and defaunation to reshape ecosystems, often catalyzing the emergence of novel ecosystems Globally, tropics are at the forefront of such transformations @NatRevBiodiv @JCSvenning nature.com/articles/s4435…

My story highlighting the issue. downtoearth.org.in/governance/urb…

India’s stray dog crisis has not just endangered lives, but is also causing ecological harm. Behind it may be a well-meaning policy that is failing. Here's a closer look at what went wrong and why every 'Dog Lover' should be horrified by this crisis. swarajyamag.com/reports/why-ev…

🐛🧬🌳🦋 Love ecology + the forests? Want to learn phylogenetics + programming? We’re hiring 2 Project Associates for an @ANRFIndia funded exciting new study on Himalayan moths & climate chang. Apply by 20 Jul 2025! #Ecology #Jobs See full ad drive.google.com/file/d/1aDEtQr…

Highlights from our recent study on snow leopards 🐾🏔️

The snow leopard, one of the world’s most elusive big cats, is famously hard to track. A recent study over 2 yrs and 59,000 sq. km. estimated ~477 snow leopards -- about 68% of India’s total snow leopard population. ✒️@randomcards india.mongabay.com/2025/07/snow-l…

🐅 India’s tiger population doubled between 2006 and 2018, increasing its range by 30%. The country now hosts nearly three-quarters of the world’s wild tigers. 🔗 Find out more: go.nature.com/4kTziWQ #NatureIndia

Our latest study with SonjaBjelobaba, Lorna Waddington, Mike Perkins, Tomas Foltynek and Debora Weber-Wulff, explored ethical challenges of using GenAI in various stages of the research cycle. Link to Article: lnkd.in/dziGif8H

🦌 Chital in Kanha sync breeding with seasonal forage—rutting post-monsoon, lactation after summer fires.🐅 Tiger births overlap with chital fawning, linking predator-prey cycles. Insights in Chital Ecology: rdcu.be/eupkg @ntca_india @wii_india @TrKanha @ShravanaGoswami

📢We are excited to launch the Indica School of Field Ecology and Conservation, generously supported by a grant from the Murty Trust! It aims to provide immersive, field-based training for PhD students, early-career researchers, conservation practitioners, & forest managers.🧵👇

🦣New paper: #Megafauna with large size & flat-footedness + less related to tropical African/Asian fauna were more likely to go extinct in recent prehistory; consistent w direct #hunting including pre-sapiens human filtering👣 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology

Here are some creative ways to putting invasive plants biomass to use for community benefits. Widespread and dense invasions across India are creating socioeconomic socioecological entanglement that drives the future of ecosystems and people @moefcc @atree_org @BioinvNet