Humboldt Day 2020 – India Event
Organized by Uma Ramakrishnan, VV Robin, and Vivek Ramashandran.
Day 1: 14th September, 2020 | ||
Kamal Bawa | Introduction to biogeography and biodiversity in India | 0900 – 0915 |
Karthick Bala | Biogeographic patterns and community structure of diatoms across the Western Ghats | 0915 – 0940 |
Jahnavi Joshi | The Centipede’s Sanctuary: Exploring Ancient Refugia from peninsular India | 0940-1005 |
Ishan Agarwal | Evolution of the Indian dry zone | 1005-1030 |
Navendu Page | Phytogeographic mysteries of the Indian subcontinent | 1030-1055 |
SP Vijayakumar | Meditating on endemism: history, assembly and politics | 1055-1120 |
Nishma Dahal | High altitude biodiversity and impacts of climate change, the case study of the Himalayan pikas | 1120-1145 |
Krishnapriya Tamma | Rodents and ecosystems of the North Eastern India | 1145-1210 |
Ashwin Viswanathan | State of India’s Birds: Population trends and distribution maps | 1235-1300 |
Day 2: 15th September, 2020 – Moderator: Praveen Karanth | ||
T.B Smith | A biological view on avian diversification | 1800 to 1830 IST |
Rauri Bowie | Penguin phylogenomics | 1830 to 1900 IST |
Day 3: 16th September, 2020 – Moderator: Kartik Shanker | ||
Walter Jetz | TBA | 1800 to 1830 IST |
Rosemarie Gillespie | TBA | 1830 to 1900 IST |
Day 4: 17th September, 2020 – Moderator: Jayashree Ratnam | ||
Sushma Reddy | Birds of Madagascar, a conundrum of island biogeography | 1800 to 1830 IST |
Rauri Bowie | Sky Islands of Africa | 1830 to 1900 IST |
Day 5: 18th September, 2020 – Moderator: Nandini Rajamani | ||
Rob Moyle | Pantropical biogeography, with some recent work on passerines, trogons, and Coraciiformes. | 1730 to 1800 IST |
Sampath Senevirathne | From Wallace to warblers – island biogeography from a Sri Lanka standpoint | 1800 to 1830 IST |
Martin Packert | Mountain biodiversity – the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau a center of bird diversification | 1830 to 1900 IST |
September 14 @ 09:00
09:00 — 13:00 (4h)
Asia, India
Uma Ramakrishnan, Vivek Ramashandran, VV Robin