Dr. Ankila Hiremath

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Dr. Ankila Hiremath
Senior Adjunct Fellow
hiremath@atree.org

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment C-86, BK Dutt Colony (2nd floor) New Delhi 110 003, INDIA Telefax: +91 11 2460 3134            E-mail: hiremath@atree.org

Academic Record

  • Ph.D. in botany (ecology). 1999. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
  • M.Sc. in environmental science. 1992. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • B.A. in environmental studies. 1989. The British Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Research Interests

Ankila Hiremath is a plant ecologist with an interest in the dynamics and resilience of social-ecological systems, and in ecosystem restoration and novel ecosystems. She works in tropical dry forests and savannas on invasive species and their ecological and socio-economic impacts. She is also interested in fire, and in the management of non-timber forest products.

    Editorial Affiliations

    Associate-editor: Current Conservation (www.currentconservation.org), 2007 – 2020

    Associate Editor: Tropical Ecology (www.tropecol.com), 2008 – 2015

    Guest editor: Conservation & Society (www.conservationandsociety.org), 2004

    Editorial Board: Tree Physiology (treephys.oxfordjournals.org), 2000-2001


    Graduated (Students)

    • Bharath Sundaram
    • Madhura Niphadkar

    Essays

    People Page

    Journal Articles

    Powers J., R.A. Montgomery, E.C. Adair, F.Q. Brearley, S.J. DeWalt, C.T. Castanho, J. Chave, E. Deinert, J.U. Ganzhorn, M.E. Gilbert, J.A. González-Iturbe, S. Bunyavejchewin, H.R. Grau, K.E. Harms, A. Hiremath, S. Iriarte-Vivar, E. Manzane, A.A. de Olivei 2009 Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and faunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient Journal of Ecology 97: 801-811.
    Teegalapalli K., A.J. Hiremath, and D. Jathana 2008 The role of perches in accelerating seed arrival in human-abandoned clearings within Bhadra Tiger Reserve, India Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 105: 317-322.

    Popular Writings

    Schmerbeck J., A.J. Hiremath, C. Ravichandran