Jagdish Krishnaswamy

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EDUCATION:

1999    PhD, Environmental Science Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University Durham,

             United States of America

1999    MS, Statistics and Decision Sciences Duke University Durham, United States of America
1989    BTech, Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 

Countries: India, USA, Costa Rica, UK
States: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Punjab
Cities: Bengaluru, New Delhi, Bhagalpur
Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil

Jagdish Krishnaswamy is the Dean, School of Environment and Sustainability (SES) at IIHS. He has a BTech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, and an MS in Statistics and Decision Sciences and PhD in Environmental Science with a focus on soils and hydrologic science from Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

 

As the Dean of SES, Jagdish leads the build-out of the School, providing strategic direction and operational guidance to expand its academic footprint, research activities and network, practice portfolio, and capacity-building initiatives. Jagdish helps in the development of the IIHS Kengeri campus and its environs as India’s first Long-Term Urban Ecological Observatory (LTUEO) and strengthen IIHS’s profile in ecology and conservation science.

 

Jagdish’s research has spanned the entire continuum from the semi-wild to the urban covering USA, Costa Rica, Africa, and India in ecohydrology, landscape ecology and biodiversity. His work on conservation science and planning led to the nomination of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot as a UNESCO World Heritage Site besides informing the investment of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) civil society-led pilot projects. His work in ecohydrology, impact of invasive species and ecological flows in rivers has influenced policy and management at the state and centre. He is part of the team that released a report for policymakers on state of the art on ecological restoration in India as well the first ever mapping of priority sites for both biodiversity and ecosystem service both sponsored by the Government of India’s Mission on Biodiversity and Human wellbeing.

 

Jagdish’s work in climate science and impact of extreme rain and warming on ecosystems across India using both, densely gauged catchments and remote sensing time-series data as well as his policy relevant work in conservation planning led to his nomination for the scoping and design of the IPCC Special Report on Land and Climate. He was soon nominated as coordinating lead author for the synthesis chapter of this special IPCC report on land and climate, besides contributing as an author to several parts of the entire report and negotiating it acceptance at the plenary with governments. In 2022, he was part of the team of IPCC authors who crafted and wrote the three volume Summary for Urban Policymakers, a synthesis of the urban relevant parts of all the IPCC AR6 cycle reports. In Bengaluru, his work on the LTUEO, the first of its kind for a mega-city in the Global South includes research, practice and training that connects food, water, ecology and biodiversity in an urbanising context.

 

Jagdish has supervised five PhD and over 10 master’s students. Jagdish serves on the editorial board of three interdisciplinary journals Urbanisation, Ecology, Economy and Society and Water Security and on the Board of Trustees of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.

Teaching

  • Ecology, Statistics, National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Environmental science, Statistics, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Ecosystems, National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Ecology and climate change, Environmental science, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
  • Urban Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS

 

Training

  • Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS

Journal Publications

  • Richter, D. D., Billings, S. A., Brantley, S. L., Gaillardet, J., Markewitz, D., Schlesinger, W. H., Amundson, R., Ashley, G. M., Bacon, A. R., Bales, R. C., Binkley, D., Brecheisen, Z., Calvo‐Alvarado, J., Cassar, N., Clifford, C., Derry, L. A., Edgeworth, M., Eppes, M., Fan, Y., … Wolf, M. (2024). Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene. Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024CN000237
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2024). Understanding Human–Environment Interactions Using Multiple Dimensions. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 7(2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v7i2.1400
  • Kumar, M., Sen, S., Kulkarni, H., Badiger, S., Varma, G. R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2024). Ecohydrological and hydrogeological dynamics of groundwater springs in Eastern Himalaya, India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 27, 101311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101311
  • Rege, A., Bhan, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Patil, S., Singh, I., Xu, W. & Zeng, S. (2024). Seeking a multi-dimensional approach to understand agricultural commodity expansion in Asian tropics, Biotropica. e13375. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13375
  • Sharma, P., Singh, P., Ramachandran, V., Goswami, R., Sondhi, S., Mukherjee, N., Krishnaswamy, J. & Kadur, S. (2024). Ornithological results of the Siang Biodiversity Expedition 2022, Arunachal Pradesh, India. India Birds, 20(2), 33-39.
  • Kumar, M., Bhutia, Y., Varma, G. R., Joseph, G., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2024). Role of transpiration in modulating ecosystem services in secondary tropical montane forests of Eastern Himalaya in India. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2024.04.001
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2024). 2023: The year that our planet’s environmental signals play loud and clear. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 7(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v7i1.1261
  • DeFries, R., Parashar, S., Neelakantan, A., Clark, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2023). Landscape connectivity for wildlife and water: The state of the literature. Current Landscape Ecology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40823-023-00091-0
  • Anoop, N. R., Krishnaswamy, J., Kelkar, N., Bunyan, M., & Ganesh, T. (2023). Factors determining the seasonal habitat use of Asian elephants, Wayanad plateau, Western Ghats, India. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 87(8), Article e22477.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22477
  • Srivathsa, A., Vasudev, D., Nair, T., Chakrabarti, S., Chanchani, P., DeFries, R., Deomurari, A., Dutta, S., Ghose, D., Goswami, V. R., Nayak, R., Neelakantan, A., Thatte, P., Vaidyanathan, S., Verma, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Sankaran, M., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2023). Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Nature Sustainability, 6, 568–577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01063-2
  • Kumar, M., Joseph, G., Bhutia, Y., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2023). Contrasting sap flow characteristics between pioneer and late-successional tree species in secondary tropical montane forests of Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Experimental Botany. Article erad207. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad207
  • Ramakant Nayak, R., Krishnaswamy, J., Vaidyanathan, S., Chappell, N. A., & Singh Bhalla, R. (2023). Invasion of natural grasslands by exotic trees increases flood risks in mountainous landscapes in South India. Journal of Hydrology, Article 128944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128944
  • Das, D., Banerjee, S., Lehmkuhl, J., Krishnaswamy, J., & John, R. (2022). The influence of abiotic and spatial variables on woody and herbaceous species abundances in a woodland–grassland system in the Eastern Terai of India. Journal of Plant Ecology, 15(1), 155-167.
  • Kelkar, N., Arthur, R., Dey, S., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2022). Flood-pulse variability and climate change effects increase uncertainty in fish yields: Revisiting narratives of declining fish catches in India’s Ganga River. Hydrology, 9(4), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9040053
  • Jumani, S., Deitch, M. J., Valle, D., Machado, S., Lecours, V., Kaplan, D., Krishnaswamy, J., Howard, J. (2022). A new index to quantify longitudinal river fragmentation: Conservation and management implications. Ecological Indicators, 136, Article 108680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108680
  • Deshpande, K., Vanak, A. T., Devy, M. S., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2022). Forbidden fruits? ecosystem services from seed dispersal by fruit bats in the context of latent zoonotic risk. Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08359
  • Samad, I., Kelkar, N., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Life at the borderline: Responses of Ganges river dolphins to dry-season flow regulation of river and canal habitats by the Farakka barrage. Aquatic Conservsation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3763
  • Deshpande, K., Kelkar, N., Krishnaswamy, J., & Sankaran, M. (2021). Stretching the habitat envelope: Insectivorous bat guilds can use rubber plantations, but need understorey vegetation and forest buffers. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, Article 751694. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.751694
  • Momblanch, A., Kelkar, N., Braulik, G., Krishnaswamy, J., & Holman, I. P. (2021). Exploring trade-offs between SDGs for Indus River Dolphin conservation and human water security in the regulated Beas River, India. Sustainability Science, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01026-6
  • Rao, S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Bhalla, R. S. (2021). Linking flow alteration with fish assemblage structure in a river regulated by a small hydropower project in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. River Research and Applications, 38(1), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3882
  • Marathe, A., Priyadarsanan, D. R., Krishnaswamy, J., & Shanker, K. (2021). Gamma diversity and under-sampling together generate patterns in beta-diversity. Scientific reports, 11. Article 21420. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99830-8
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Greening cities from within: Generating ecosystem services where we live. Urbanisation. https://doi.org/10.1177/24557471211047302
  • Manish, K., Øivind, H., Anne, S. D., Sumit Sen, Badiger, S., Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Measuring precipitation in Eastern Himalaya: Ground validation of eleven satellite, model and gauge interpolated gridded products. Journal of Hydrology, Article 126252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126252
  • Clark, B., DeFries, R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). India’s commitments to increase tree and forest cover: Consequences for water supply and agriculture production within the central Indian highlands. Water, 13(7), Article 959. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070959
  • Lapworth, D. J., Dochartaigh, B. Ó., Nair, T., O’Keeffe, J., Krishan, G., MacDonald, A. M., Khan, M., Kelkar, N., Choudhary, S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Jackson, C. R. (2021). Characterising groundwater-surface water connectivity in the lower Gandak catchment, a barrage regulated biodiversity hotspot in the mid-Gangetic basin. Journal of Hydrology, 594, Article 125923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125923
  • Marathe, A., Shanker, K., Krishnaswamy, J., & Priyadarsanan, D. R. (2021). Species and functional group composition of ant communities across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Himalaya. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 24(4), 1244-1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2021.08.009
  • Bawa, K. S., Sengupta, A., Chavan, V., Chellam, R., Ganesan, R., Krishnaswamy, J., Mathur, V. B., Nawn, N., Olsson, S. B., Pandit, N., Quader, S., Rajagopal, P., Ramakrishnan, U., Ravikanth, G., Sankaran, M., Shankar, D., Seidler, R., Shaanker, R. U., & Vanak, A. T. (2021). Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national Mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India. Biological Conservation, 253, Article 108867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108867
  • Pinto, N., Vaidyanathan, S., Varughese, S., Krishnaswamy, J., Massar, B., & Haokip, J. V. (2021). Establishment of community-led fish conservation zones in Meghalaya and Manipur, India. Oryx, 55(4), 493-494. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000338
  • Jumani, S., Deitch, M. J., Kaplan, D., Anderson, E. P., Krishnaswamy, J., Lecours, V., & Whiles, M. R. (2020). River fragmentation and flow alteration metrics: a review of methods and directions for future research. Environmental Research Letters, 15, Article 123009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abcb37
  • Athreya, V., Isvaran, K., Odden, M., Linnell, J. D., Kshettry, A., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, U. K. (2020). The impact of leopards (Panthera pardus) on livestock losses and human injuries in a human-use landscape in Maharashtra, India. PeerJ, 8, Article e8405. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8405
  • Jayadevan, A., Nayak, R., Karanth, K. K., Krishnaswamy, J., DeFries, R., Karanth, K. U., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2020). Navigating paved paradise: Evaluating landscape permeability to movement for large mammals in two conservation priority landscapes in India. Biological Conservation, 247, Article 108613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108613
  • Atkore, V., Kelkar, N., Badiger, S., Shanker, K., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2020). Multiscale Investigation of Water Chemistry Effects on Fish Guild Species Richness in Regulated and Unregulated Rivers of India’s Western Ghats: Implications for Restoration. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 149(3), 298-319. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10230
  • Marathe, A., Priyadarshan, D. R., Krishnaswamy, J., & Shanker, K. (2020). Spatial and climatic variables independently drive elevational gradients in ant species richness in the Eastern Himalaya. PLOS ONE, 15(1), Article e0227628. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227628
  • Bawa, K. S., Nawn, N., Chellam, R., Krishnaswamy, J., Mathur, V., Olsson, S. B., Pandit, N., Rajagopal, P., Sankaran, M., Shaanker, R. U., Shankar, D., Ramakrishnan, U., Vanak, A. T., & Quader, S. (2020). Opinion: Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(42), 25951-25955. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018436117
  • Nayak, R., Krishnaswamy, J., Vaidyanathan, S., Chappell, N., Kesavan, K., Ghatwai, P., & Bhalla, R. S. (2020). Exotic Plantations Increase Risks of Flooding in Mountainous Landscapes. Earth and Space Science Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10503675.2
  • Sebastian, D. E., Ganguly, S., Krishnaswamy, J., Duffy, K., Nemani, R., & Ghosh, S. (2019). Multi-scale association between vegetation growth and climate in India: a wavelet analysis approach. Remote Sensing, 11(22), Article 2703. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11222703
  • Dey, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Morisaka, T., & Kelkar, N. (2019). Interacting effects of vessel noise and shallow river depth elevate metabolic stress in Ganges river dolphins. Scientific reports, 9, Article 15426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51664-1
  • Jumani, S., Rao, S., Kelkar, N., Machado, S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2018). Fish community responses to stream flow alterations and habitat modifications by small hydropower projects in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28(4), 979-993. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2904
  • Hamel, P., Riveros‐Iregui, D., Ballari, D., Browning, T., Célleri, R., Chandler, D., Chun, K. P., Destouni, G., Jacobs, S., Jasechko, S., Johnson, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Poca, M., Vieira Pompeu, P., & Rocha, H. (2018). Watershed services in the humid tropics: Opportunities from recent advances in ecohydrology. Ecohydrology, 11(3), Article e1921. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1921
  • Hill, M. J., Hassall, C., Oertli, B., Fahrig, L., Robson, B. J., Biggs, J., Samways, M. J., Usio, N., Takamura, N., Krishnaswamy, J., & Wood, P. J. (2018). New policy directions for global pond conservation. Conservation Letters, 11(5), Article e12447. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12447
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Kelkar, N., & Birkel, C. (2018). Positive and neutral effects of forest cover on dry‐season stream flow in Costa Rica identified from Bayesian regression models with informative prior distributions. Hydrological Processes, 32(24), 3604-3614. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13288
  • Singh, C., Daron, J., Bazaz, A., Ziervogel, G., Spear, D., Krishnaswamy, J., Zaroug, M, & Kituyi, E. (2018). The utility of weather and climate information for adaptation decision-making: current uses and future prospects in Africa and India. Climate and Development, 10(5), 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2017.1318744
  • Agarwal, S., Marathe, A., Ghate, R., Krishnaswamy, J., & Nagendra, H. (2017). Forest protection in Central India: do differences in monitoring by state and local institutions result in diverse social and ecological impacts?. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(9), 2047-2066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1344-6
  • Chappell, N. A., Jones, T. D., Tych, W., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2017). Role of rainstorm intensity underestimated by data-derived flood models: Emerging global evidence from subsurface-dominated watersheds. Environmental Modelling & Software, 88, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.10.009
  • Atkore, V., Kelkar, N., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2017). Assessing the recovery of fish assemblages downstream of hydrological barriers in India’s Western Ghats. River Research and Applications, 33(7), 1026-1035. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3163
  • Clark, B., DeFries, R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2016). Intra-annual dynamics of water stress in the central Indian Highlands from 2002 to 2012. Regional Environmental Change
  • Vanak, A. T., Kulkarni, A., Gode, A., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2016). Extent and status of semiarid savanna grasslands in Peninsular India. ENVIS Bulletin on Ecology and Management of Grassland Habitats in India, 17, 192-201.
  • Atkore, V., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2016). Exploring freshwater science. Resonance, 21(11), 997-1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0410-9
  • Athreya, V., Odden, M., Linnell, J. D., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. U. (2016). A cat among the dogs: leopard Panthera pardus diet in a human-dominated landscape in western Maharashtra, India. Oryx, 50(1), 156-162.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605314000106
  • Varma, V., Ratnam, J., Viswanathan, V., Osuri, A. M., Jacobus C. Biesmeijer,  Madhusudan, M.D., Sankaran, M., Krishnadas, M., Barua, D., Budruk, M., Isvaran, K., Jayapal, R., Joshi, J., Krithi K. Karanth, Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, R., Mukherjee, S., Nagendra, H., Niphadkar, M., Owen, N., Page, N., Soumya Prasad,  Suhel Quader, Nandini, R., Robin, V.V., Steven M. Sait, Manzoor A. Shah, Somanathan, H., Srinivasan, U., Sundaram, B. (2015). Perceptions of priority issues in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India. Biological Conservation. 187, 201-2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.031
  • Atkore, V. M., Knight, J. M., Devi, K. R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2015). A New Species of Pethia from the Western Ghats, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Copeia, 103(2), 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-12-172
  • Varma, V., Ratnam, J., Viswanathan, V., Osuri, A. M., Biesmeijer, J. C., Madhusudan, M. D., Sankaran, M., Krishnadas, M., Barua, D., Budruk, M., Isvaran, K., Jayapal, R., Joshi, J., Karanth, K. K. and Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, R., Mukherjee, S., Nagendra, H. (2015). Perceptions of priority issues in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India. Biological Conservation, 187, 201-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.031
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Vaidyanathan, S., Rajagopalan, B., Bonell, M., Sankaran, M., Bhalla, R. S., & Badiger, S. (2015). Non-stationary and non-linear influence of ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole on the variability of Indian monsoon rainfall and extreme rain events. Climate Dynamics, 45(1-2), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2288-0
  • Sundaram, B., Hiremath, A. J., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2015). Factors influencing the local scale colonisation and change in density of a widespread invasive plant species, Lantana camara, in South India. NeoBiota, 25, 27-46. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.25.8354
  • Krishnaswamy, J., John, R., & Joseph, S. (2014). Consistent response of vegetation dynamics to recent climate change in tropical mountain regions. Global Change Biology, 20(1), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12362
  • Nayak, R. R., Vaidyanathan, S., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2014). Fire and grazing modify grass community response to environmental determinants in savannas: Implications for sustainable use. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 185, 1, 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.002
  • Athreya, V., Odden, M., Linnell, J. D., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, U. (2013). Big cats in our backyards: persistence of large carnivores in a human dominated landscape in India. PLOS ONE, 8(3), Article e57872. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057872
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Bonell, M., Venkatesh, B., Purandara, B. K., Rakesh, K. N., Lele, S., Kirna, M. C., Reddy, V., & Badiger, S. (2013). The groundwater recharge response and hydrologic services of tropical humid forest ecosystems to use and reforestation: Support for the infiltration-evapotranspiration trade-off hypothesis. Journal of Hydrology, 498, 191-209. https://doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.06.034
  • Vira, B., Adams, B., Agarwal, C., Badiger, S., Hope, R. A., Krishnaswamy, J. & Kumar, C. (2012). Negotiating trade-offs: making informed choices for ecosystem services. Economic and Political Weekly, 47(9), 67-75.
  • Laurance, W.,F, Useche, D.C., Rendeiro, J., Kalka, M., Bradshaw, C.J., Sloan, S.P., Laurance, S.G., Campbell, M., Abernethy, K., Alvarez, P., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Ashton, P., Benítez-Malvido, J., Blom, A., Bobo, K.S., Cannon, C.H., Cao, M., Carroll, R., Chapman, C., Coates, R., Cords, M., Danielsen, F., De Dijn, B., Dinerstein, E., Donnelly, M.A., Edwards, D., Edwards, F., Farwig, N., Fashing, P., Forget, P.M., Foster, M., Gale, G., Harris, D., Harrison, R., Hart, J., Karpanty, S., Kress, W.J., Krishnaswamy, J. (2012). Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature, 489(7415), 290-294. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11318
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Bonell, M., Venkatesh, B., Purandara, B. K., Lele, S., Kiran, M. C. & Rakesh, K. N. (2012). The rain–runoff response of tropical humid forest ecosystems to use and reforestation in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Hydrology, 472, 216-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.016
  • Sandeep, K., Shankar, R., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2011). Assessment of suspended particulate pollution in the Bhadra River catchment, Southern India: An environmental magnetic approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 62(3), 625-637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0552-0
  • Bonell, M., Purandara, B. K., Venkatesh, B., Krishnaswamy, J., Acharya, H. A. K., Singh, U. V., Jayakumar, R., & Chappell, N. (2010). The impact of forest use and reforestation on soil hydraulic conductivity in the Western Ghats of India: Implications for surface and sub-surface hydrology. Journal of Hydrology, 391(1-2), 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.004
  • Vaidyanathan, S., Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, N. S., Dhanwatey, H., Dhanwatey, P., & Karanth, K. U. (2010). Patterns of tropical forest dynamics and human impacts: Views from above and below the canopy. Biological conservation, 143(12), 2881-2890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.027
  • Ranganathan, J., Krishnaswamy, J., & Anand, M. O. (2010). Landscape-level effects on avifauna within tropical agriculture in the Western Ghats: Insights for management and conservation. Biological Conservation, 143(12), 2909-2917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.018
  • Anand, M. O., Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, A., & Bali, A. (2010). Sustaining biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes in the Western Ghats: remnant forests matter. Biological Conservation, 143(10), 2363-2374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.013
  • Kelkar, N., Krishnaswamy, J., Choudhary, S., & Sutaria, D. (2010). Coexistence of fisheries with river dolphin conservation. Conservation Biology, 24(4), 1130-1140. 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01467
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Ganeshaiah, K. N., & Kiran, M. C. (2009). Quantifying and mapping biodiversity and ecosystem services: Utility of a multi-season NDVI based Mahalanobis distance surrogate. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113(4), 857-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.12.011
  • Krishna, Y. C., Clyne, P. J., Krishnaswamy, J., & Kumar, N. S. (2009). Distributional and ecological review of the four horned antelope, Tetracerus quadricornis. Mammalia, 73(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2009.003
  • Anand, M. O., Krishnaswamy, J., & Das, A. (2008). Proximity to forests drives bird conservation value of coffee plantations: Implications for certification. Ecological Applications, 18(7), 1754-1763. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1545.1
  • Krishna, Y. C., Krishnaswamy, J., & Kumar, N. S. (2008). Habitat factors affecting site occupancy and relative abundance of four‐horned antelope. Journal of Zoology, 276(1), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00470.
  • Mehta, V. K., Sullivan, P. J., Walter, M. T., Krishnaswamy, J., & DeGloria, S. D. (2008). Ecosystem impacts of disturbance in a dry tropical forest in southern India. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, Land and Water Process Interactions, Ecohydrogeomorphology, 1(2), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.14
  • Mehta, V. K., Sullivan, P. J., Walter, M. T., Krishnaswamy, J., & DeGloria, S. D. (2008). Impacts of disturbance on soil properties in a dry tropical forest in Southern India. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, Land and Water Process Interactions, Ecohydrogeomorphology, 1(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.15
  • Bali, A., Kumar, A., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2007). The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India. Biological conservation, 139(1-2), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.017
  • Das, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Kiran, M. C., Srinivas, V., Kumar, N. S., & Karanth, K. U. (2006). Prioritisation of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India. Biological conservation, 133(1), 16-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.023
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Bunyan, M., Mehta, V. K., Jain, N., & Karanth, K. U. (2006). Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response in a tropical catchment in Kudremukh, Western Ghats, India. Forest Ecology and Management, 224(1-2), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.018
  • Prasad, S., Krishnaswamy, J., Chellam, R., & Goyal, S. P. (2006). Ruminant-mediated seed dispersal of an economically valuable tree in Indian dry forests. Biotropica, 38(5), 679-682. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00182.x
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Kiran, M. C., & Ganeshaiah, K. N. (2004). Tree model based eco-climatic vegetation classification and fuzzy mapping in diverse tropical deciduous ecosystems using multi-season NDVI. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(6), 1185-1205. https://doi.org/10.1080/0143116031000149989
  • Prasad, S., Chellam, R., Krishnaswamy, J., & Goyal, S. P. (2004). Frugivory of phyllanthus emblica at Rajaji National park, northwest India. Current Science, 87(9), 1188-1190.
  • Krishnaswamy, J., & Richter, D. D. (2002). Properties of advanced weathering‐stage soils in tropical forests and pastures. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66(1), 244-253. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2002.2440
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Richter, D. D., Halpin, P. N., & Hofmockel, M. S. (2001). Spatial patterns of suspended sediment yields in a humid tropical watershed in Costa Rica. Hydrological Processes, 15(12), 2237-2257. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.230
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Halpin, P. N., & Richter, D. D. (2001). Dynamics of sediment discharge in relation to land-use and hydro-climatology in a humid tropical watershed in Costa Rica. Journal of Hydrology, 253(1-4), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00474-7
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Lavine, M., Richter, D. D., & Korfmacher, K. (2000). Dynamic modeling of long-term sedimentation in the Yadkin River basin. Advances in Water Resources, 23(8), 881-892. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0309-1708(00)00013-0

Books

  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, K.U., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2020). Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India. Springer.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests. Springer.
  • Daniels, R. J. R., & Krishnaswamy J. (2009). Environmental studies. Wiley.

Books Chapters

  • Mangrulkar, A., Bakhale, G., Krishnaswamy, J., Deshpande, K., Kulkarni, M., Khare, N. A., Jambhekar, R., Satish, R., & Atri, S.R. (2024). In A. Revi, J. Krishnaswamy, R. Mehrotra, & S. Prakash (Eds.), Natural history of IIHS campus: A future of urban biodiversity. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Mangrulkar, A., Archita, S., Abraham, E. S., & Sagar, P. (2024). In A. Revi, J. Krishnaswamy, R. Mehrotra, & S. Prakash (Eds.), Flowing towards sustainability: Innovations in campus water management. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, U. K., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Introduction: The conservation issue. In Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India (pp. 1-33). Springer.
  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, U. K., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Development of hierarchical spatial models for assessing ungulate abundance and habitat relationships. In Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India (pp. 35-82). Springer.
  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, U. K., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Model-based assessment of ungulate-habitat relationships. In Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India (pp. 83-165). Springer.
  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, U. K., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Assessing threats to ungulates and management responses. In Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India (pp. 167-184). Springer.
  • Kumar, N. S., Karanth, U. K., Nichols, J. D., Vaidyanathan, S., Gardner, B., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2021). Conservation of tropical forest ungulates: The way forward. In Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India (pp. 185-195). Springer.
  • Hurlbert, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Davin, E., Johnson, F. X., Mena, C.F., Morton, J., Myeong, S., Viner, D., Warner, K., Wreford, A., Zakieldeen, S., Zommers, Z., Bailis, R., Baptiste, B., Bowman, K., Byers, E., Calvin, K., Diaz-Chavez, R., Evans, J., … Warner, A. (2019). Risk management and decision making in relation to sustainable development. In Climate change and land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems (pp. 673-800). IPCC.
  • Arneth, A., Barbosa, H., Benton, T., Calvin, K., Eduardo, C., Connors, S., Cowie, A., Davin, E., Denton, F., Van Diemen, R., Driouech, F., Elbehri, A., Evans, J., Ferrat, M., Harold, J., Haughey, E., Herrero, M., House, J., Howden, M., … Zommers, Z. (2019). Summary for Policymakers. In Climate change and land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. IPCC.
  • Lele, S., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2019). Climate change and India’s forests. In N. K. Dubash (Ed.), India in a warming world: Integrating climate change and development (pp. 478-497). Oxford University Press. Badrinarayanan, S., Krishnaswamy, J.,  Lele, S., & Chandrashekara, K. (2001). Consequences of forest conversion to coffee plantation on litter beetle and ant communities. In K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. U. Shaanker, & K. S. Bawa, (Eds.), Proceedings of international conference on tropical ecosystems: Structure, diversity and human welfare (pp. 162-163). Oxford-IBH Publishing.
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Kelkar, N., Aravind, N. A., & Vaidyanathan, S. (2018). Climate change impacts on aquatic biodiversity. In J. R. Bhatt, A. Das, & Shanker, K (Eds.), Biodiversity and climate change: An Indian perspective (pp. 163-190). Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2017). Forest management and water in India. In P. A. Garcia-Chevesich, D. G. Neary, D. F. Scott, R. G. Benyon, & T. Reyna (Eds.), Forest management and the impact on water resources: a review of 13 countries (pp. 87–104). United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Hydrological Program.
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Kumar, M., Kelkar, N., Nair, T., & Atkore, V. (2017). Moving from requiem to revival: India’s rivers and riverine ecosystems. In A. J. Hiremath, N. D. Rai & A. Siddhartha (Eds.), Transcending boundaries: Reflecting on twenty years of action and research at ATREE (pp. 94-103). Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Role of wildlife protected areas in India. In G. V. Reddy, K. U. Karanth, N. S. Kumar, & J. Krishnaswamy, K. K Karanth (Eds.), Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests (pp. 1-11). Springer.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Study species, habitats and hypotheses. In G. V. Reddy, K. U. Karanth, N. S. Kumar, & J. Krishnaswamy, K. K Karanth (Eds.), Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests (pp. 13-21). Springer.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Survey design, field and analytical methods. In G. V. Reddy, K. U. Karanth, N. S. Kumar, & J. Krishnaswamy, K. K Karanth (Eds.), Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests (pp. 23-41). Springer.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Results and findings. In G. V. Reddy, K. U. Karanth, N. S. Kumar, & J. Krishnaswamy, K. K Karanth (Eds.), Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests (pp. 43-84). Springer.
  • Reddy, G. V., Karanth, K. U., Kumar, N. S., Krishnaswamy, J., & Karanth, K. K. (2016). Synthesis, discussion and conclusions. In G. V. Reddy, K. U. Karanth, N. S. Kumar, & J. Krishnaswamy, K. K Karanth (Eds.), Recovering biodiversity in Indian forests (pp. 85-91). Springer.
  • Vanak, A. T., Kulkarni, A., Gode, A., Sheth, C., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2016). Extent and status of semiarid savanna grasslands in Peninsular India. In G. S. Rawat & B. S. Adhikari (Eds.), ENVIS bulletin on ecology and management of grassland habitats in India (pp. 192-201). Wildlife Institute of India.
  • Krishnaswamy J. (2016). Forest management and water in India. In P. A. Garcia-Chevesich, D. G. Neary, D. F. Scott, R. G. Benyon, T. Reyna (Eds.), Forest management and the impact on water resources: A review of 12 nations, IHP – VIII, technical document (pp.  87-104). UNESCO.
  • Kelkar, N., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2014). Restoring the Ganga for its fauna and fisheries. In M. D. Madhusudan, M. Rangarajan, & G. Shahabuddin (Eds.) Nature without Borders (pp. 58-77). Orient BlackSwan.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2013). Assessing canopy processes at large landscape scales in the Western Ghats using remote sensing. In M. Lowman, S. Devy &  T. Ganesh (Eds.), Treetops at risk: Challenges of global canopy ecology and conservation (pp 289-294). Springer.

Technical Reports

  • Raghurama, M., Dutta, S., Nair, T., Sankaran, M., Raman, T. R. S., Mudappa, D., Osuri, A. M., Krishnaswamy, J., Ramakrishnan, U., Pandit, N., Krishen, P., Nerlekar, A., Agrawal, I., Blanchflower, P., Borawake, N., Bosco, G. V., Das, A., Datar, M. N., Datta, A … Bawa, K. (2023). Restoring India’s terrestrial ecosystems: Needs, challenges and policy recommendations. National Mission on Biodiversity & Human well-being; Biodiversity Collaborative.
  • Grafton, R. Q., Krishnaswamy, J., & Revi, A. (2023). The water cycle and the economy (Technical Report). Global Commission on the Economics of Water. https://watercommission.org/publication/the-water-cycle-and-the-economy/
  • Gallardo, L., Hamdi, R., Islam, A. K. M. S., Klaus, I., Klimont, Z., Krishnaswamy, J., Pinto, I., Otto, F., Raghavan, K., Revi, A., Sörensson, A. A., & Szopa, S. (2022). What the latest physical science of climate change means for cities and urban areas. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV108.2022
  • Adelekan, I., Cartwright, A., Chow, W., Colenbrander, S., Dawson, R., Garschagen, M., Haasnoot, M., Hashizume, M., Klaus, I., Krishnaswamy, J., Lemos, M. F., Ley, D., McPhearson, T., Pelling, M., Kodira, P. P., Revi, A., Sara, L. M., Simpson, N. P., Singh, C., … Trisos, C. (2022). What the latest science on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability means for cities and urban areas. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV209.2022
  • Babiker, M., Bazaz, A., Bertoldi, P., Creutzig, F., De Coninck, H., De Kleijne, K., Dhakal, S., Haldar, S., Jiang, K., Kılkış, Ş., Klaus, I., Krishnaswamy, J., Lwasa, S., Niamir, L., Pathak, M., Pereira, J. P., Revi, A., Roy, J., Seto, K. C., … Ürge-Vorsatz, D. (2022). What the latest science on climate change mitigation means for cities and urban areas. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV310.2022
  • Revi, A., Roberts, D., Klaus, I., Bazaz, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Singh, C., Eichel, A., Kodira, P. P., Seth, S., Adelekan, I., Babiker, M., Bertoldi, P., Cartwright, A., Chow, W., Colenbrander, S., Creutzig, F., Dawson, R., De Coninck, H., De Kleijne, K., … Ürge-Vorsatz, D. (2022). The summary for urban policymakers of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV511.2022
  • Bharucha, Z. P., Chattopadhyay, R., Bhave, A., Green, M., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2019). Stakeholder engagement in hydro-climatic services in India: Report of pump priming project. India-UK Water Centre, Wallingford, UK and, Pune, India. https://iukwc.org/sites/default/files/images/UK-I%20A4%20Gen_Report_Bharucha%20Report%20EB%20v0.6.pdf

Popular Articles

  • Kumar, M., Sen, S., Badiger, S., Kulkarni, H., & Krishnaswamy, J. (2024). Impact of land-use management and climate variability on hydrological responses of representative groundwater spring typologies in Eastern Himalaya (No. EGU24-750). Copernicus Meetings.
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Chandrasekharan, K., Mayavel, D., & Jambhekar, R. (2024). Role of blue and green spaces in mitigating heat stress and providing biodiversity co-benefits in India’s cities (No. EGU24-20974). Copernicus Meetings.
  • Kumar, M., Varma, G., Khanna, J., Krishnaswamy, J., & Sen, S. (2024). Comparative study of conifer and broadleaf forest tree transpiration in the Indian central Himalayas: Sap flow measurements using fabricated and commercial sensors. American Geophysical Union 2023.
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Daniel, D., Sen, S., & Khanna, J (2023, April 23-28). Emerging ecological and environmental hazards in the Himalayas [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-11871
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2020, February 24-28). Forest hydrology and water quality. In Science and art of river rejuvenation through forestry [Symposium]. Namami Gange, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Government of India. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2019, November 23). Hydrological and ecosystem dynamics of Cauvery [Conference session]. National seminar on Interrogating Cauvery Calling: Issues of Ecologies, Cultures and Livelihoods. ESG India, Bangalore.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2019, December 15). Why does the river need to flow from the mountains to the sea? [Video], Science Gallery, Bengaluru. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Adb4k6I0E
  • Dochartaigh, B., MacDonald, A., Christopher, J.,  Krishnaswamy, J., Chaudhary, S., Nair, T., O’Keeffe, J.,  Varma, G., Khan, M., & Krishan, G. (2019, 23-27 September).  Groundwater recharge sources in the Gandak alluvial aquifer, NE India : How important is leakage from irrigation canals? [Poster presentation]. 46th IAH Congress, Malaga, Spain.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2018, September 28). Winds of change.125th anniversary summit of the United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI), Coonoor.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2018, October 9-10). Climate and global change in the Himalayas: An ecological perspective [Conference session]. Third International conference on Mountains in the Changing World, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2018, October 21). Natural events, national disasters [Conference session]. Madras Institute of Developmental Studies, Chennai.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2018, November 24-26). Can India rejuvenate Ganga? [Conference session].  India Rivers Week, New Delhi.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2017, September 25-28). Biogeography of India’s rivers [Conference session]. International Biogeography Society Conference, Bangalore.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2016, March 9). Ecosystem responses to global change: Insights from the Indian Experience [Conference session]. Lecture on Dynamic response of Indian Monsoon and high-intensity rain events to ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2016, June 5-9). Ecohydrology in the anthropocene: Challenges and opportunities in India [Conference session]. AGU Chapman Conference on Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology, Cuenca, Ecuador. https://chapman.agu.org/ecohydrology/invited-speakers
  • Krishnaswamy, J., & Vaidyanathan, S.  (2015, December 14-18). La Nina and Indian ocean dipole influence on distribution of daily rain intensities in India [Conference session]. American Geophysical Union, California, San Francisco.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2015, August 21). Effects of land cover and land use on hydrologic services in the Western Ghats of India [Conference session]. Sirsi College of Forestry, Sirsi.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2015, November, 4). Water from the Woods: Linking hydrologic functions to biodiversity and land use across space and time [Conference session]. International Conference on Water Resource Management in the Eastern Himalayan Region. Shillong.
  • Krishnaswamy, J. (2013, January 4-8). Bayes by the Bay – A Pedagogical Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Science, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 50th Year Celebration, Pondicherry. https://www.imsc.res.in/~bayesmeeting/schedule.html
  • Improving Green and Blue Spaces in Urban India: Restoration of Hennagara lake in Bengaluru
  • Greening Urban Food Systems: Building Sustainable Urban Agriculture Practices in Bengaluru through Nature-Based Solutions
  • Restoration of Social-Ecological Systems of Tamiraparani Riverscape
  • Global Commision on the Economics of Water (GCEW)
  • Replicating Community Managed Fish Conservation Zones in Free-Flowing Rivers