The Event
A total of 24 talks were selected for SPEEC-Up 2017 and these were divided into two themes- Ecology and Conservation. The speed talks presented in each theme were evaluated by a panel of judges.
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1 | Participant | Talk Title |
2 | SESSION 1 | Ecology |
3 | Vignesh Venkateswaran | Resource dispersion influences dispersal in fig wasp communities |
4 | Nikita Zachariah | Building mud castles: a perspective from brick-laying termites |
5 | Kruttika Phalnikar | Butterflies and their bacteria! |
6 | Aparna agarwal | The microbe advantage: Adaptation to a novel diet through a change in the microbiome |
7 | Ebi George | Individual Differences and Social Regulation of the Honey Bee Waggle Dance Activity |
8 | Karthik Teegalapalli | Linking tree growth rates and functional traits in savannas |
9 | Rittik Deb | Understanding the ecology and evolution of host-microbiome interaction |
10 | Harish Prakash | Foraging ecology of the lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma |
11 | Viraj R. Torsekar | Predation risk of alternative mate finding strategies in acoustically communicating crickets |
12 | Manvi Sharma | Oviposition site selection response to larval predation risk in a mosquito |
13 | Pratibha Yadav | Breaking into a safe: Host location by exploiters in a nursery pollination mutualism |
14 | Priti Bangal | Finding allies: What rules govern the formation of mixed-species bird flocks? |
15 | Aparna Lajmi | Aridification drives evolution of terrestrial geckos in Indian subcontinent |
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17 | SESSION 1 | Conservation |
18 | Shawn Dsouza | Shifts in the butterfly communities of the Tamhini-Sudhagad Sanctuary |
19 | Hugo Francisco de Souza | Who let the Cerberus out? : Population estimation and morphometric description of Cerberus rynchops from its type locality in Ganjam, Odisha. |
20 | Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar | Can Snow Leopards Survive in a Multi-use landscape ? |
21 | Trisha Gupta | Fish or Chips? Impact of a potential dietary shift on Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) chicks |
22 | Sahila Kudalkar | How do microhabitats affect rodent abundance in northeastern India's forests? |
23 | Chetan Rao | Effects of fishing practices on sea snake assemblages of the Sindhudurg coast, Maharashtra |
24 | Aniruddha Marathe | Drivers of ant species richness across elevation gradients in the Eastern Himalaya (India) |
25 | Dincy Mariyam | Human-Wildlife Interactions around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve |
26 | Ishaan Khot | Long term monitoring of pole and line tuna fishery dynamics in the Lakshadweep Islands through community-based approaches |
27 | Ridhi | Conflict to coexistence: Can “ecotourism” be a game changer? |
28 | Muralidharan Manoharakrishnan | Who endangered the olive ridley: Threats, ecology or conservation? |
The Winners
Ecology: Viraj Torsekar (1st prize), Aparna Agarwal and Vignesh Venkateswaran (joint winners of the 2nd prize)
Conservation: Trisha Gupta (1st prize), Aniruddha Marathe (2nd) and Chetan Rao (3rd prize)
Conservation: Trisha Gupta (1st prize), Aniruddha Marathe (2nd) and Chetan Rao (3rd prize)