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Ranjit Pandey, Ph.D. student. Major advisor: Monica Papeş. Landscape fragmentation and connectivity, Climate change, Niche modelling.
M.S. 2006, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Email: ranjit.pandey@okstate.edu |
Specific Interests
Climate change and its impacts on species and ecosystem level
I am interested in impacts of climate change on butterflies, an indicator species. I want to study phenology of butterflies at different altitudinal ranges at Himalaya and predict future distribution ranges in the light of climate change. I hope yardstick developed from study of indicator species helps to estimate impacts of climate change at community and ecosystem level.
Habitat fragmentation and connectivity
I am also interested in habitat fragmentation and connectivity. I want to study how landscape/habitat has changed over the years and how it affects connectivity of different wildlife.
Publications
- “Conservation research allocation in a biodiversity rich country: a review of geographic and taxonomic bias” 2013. Ranjit Pandey, Kapil Kishor Khadka and Monica Papes, Journal for Nature Conservation (under review).
- “Changes in the distribution of Lesser Adjutant Strokes (Leptoptilos javanicu) in South and Southeast Asia: a plausible evidence of global climate and land use change effect?” 2013. Kapil Kishor Khadka and Ranjit Pandey. Journal of Zoological Research (in press).
- “Vegetation Composition and Dietary Relationship between Himalayan Tahr and Livestock in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal” 2009. Ranjit Pandey, Shant Raj Jnawali and Bikram Shrestha, Contemporary Research in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) Region, Nepal 2010, pp. 237-243, Eds. P. K. Jha and I. P. Khanal, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur.