The CaFE Lab

The Science of Living with Neighbors

Other plants around a plant can influence its life trajectory. How plants respond to neighbors can affect their numbers and shape the plant community. Read More
Where The Seedling Stands

A new plant comes up only when the seed manages to grow new roots and shoots where it lands. This is called seedling recruitment. Read More
Seed Dispersal: When Plants Move

Plants get to new places using wind, water or animals. Seed dispersal is crucial for plants to maintain their populations. Read More

Krishnadas, M., Sankaran, M., Page, N., Joshi, J., Machado, S., Nataraj, N., Chengappa, S. K., Kumar, V., Kumar, A., and Krishnamani, R. (2021). Seasonal drought regulates species distributions and assembly of tree communities across a tropical wet forest region. Global Ecology and Biogeography, July, geb.13350.
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Krishnadas, M., and Stump, S. M. (2021). Dispersal limitation and weaker stabilizing mechanisms mediate loss of diversity with edge effects in forest fragments. Journal of Ecology, 109(5), 2137–2151.
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Shahabuddin G, Goswami R, Krishnadas M, Menon T. 2021. Decline in forest bird species and guilds due to land use change in the Western Himalaya. Global Ecology and Conservation 25: e01447.
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Krishnadas M and Osuri A.M. 2020. Environment shapes the spatial organization of tree diversity in fragmented forests across a human-modified landscape. Ecological Applications Online early: e02244.
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