Scientific Articles

Samad, I., Patil, H., Cantor M., Farine D. R., Sutaria, D. & Shanker, K. (in review). Human activities drive novel behaviours and transitions in dolphins. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.10.663819

Samad, I., Sutaria, D., Farine D. R., Shanker, K. & Cantor M. (in review). Integrated deep learning and geo-referencing for flexible drone-based animal tracking. Methods in Ecology & Evolution.  https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.05.636599

Samad, I., Sutaria, D., Shanker, K. (in review). Species rich but data poor: leveraging distribution modelling techniques to map cetacean occurrence around South Asian waters. Biodiversity & Conservation.  https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.27.630491

Patil, H., Samad, I., Shanker, K. (in review). Understanding sustainability in nearshore fisheries by exploring their drivers and dynamics in Malvan, Sindhudurg. Regional Studies in Marine Science.

Dunkley, K., Cantor, M., ... Samad, I., et al. (in review). Cues and signals in animal interspecies cooperation. Animal Behaviour.

Petchiappan, A., Swaminathan, A., Samad, I., Namboothri, N. & Shanker, K. (in review). To drift or not to drift: post-nesting migrations of leatherback sea turtles in the Indian Ocean. Endangered Species Research.

Samad, I., Patil, H., Tamarapalli, S.C.P., Sutaria, D., Hines, E., Shanker, K. (2025). Drivers of elasmobranch catch are site and fishery specific: Insights from a comparative assessment of fisheries across the east and west coasts of India. Ocean & Coastal Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107849

Pakpien S., Vinitpornsawan S., Samad I., Sharma S., Barbee R., Harihar A. & Kumhom P. (2025). A low-density yet stable population of Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti) may be the key to recovery in a half-empty landscape in eastern Thailand. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111043

Bora, G., Samad, I., Dsouza, S. & Shanker, K. (2024). Sharks and Rays of Malvan. Dakshin Foundation. https://shorturl.at/KFuko

Lahkar, D., Ahmed, M.F., Begum, R.H., Das, S.K., Samad, I., Goodrich, J.M. & Harihar, A. (2024). Rapid recovery of tigers (Panthera tigris) in a post-conflict landscape: implications of immediate and sustained conservation efforts. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110837

Suksavate, S., Dumsrisuk, Y., Indarabut, P., Godfrey, A., Saosoong, S., Harihar, A., Samad, I., Sukmasuang, R. & Duengkae, P. (2022) Spatial and temporal habitat use by the main prey species of Tigers in two protected areas of Thailand’s southern Western Forest Complex. The Environment and Natural Resources Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.32526/ennrj/20/202200046

Rana, D., Samad, I. & Rastogi, S. (2022). To a charismatic rescue: Designing a blueprint to steer Fishing Cat conservation for safeguarding Indian wetlands. Journal of Nature Conservation, 126225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126225

Samad, I., Kelkar, N. & Krishnaswamy, J. (2022). Life at the borderline: Responses of Ganges river dolphins to dry-season flow regulation of river and canal habitats by the Farakka barrage. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(2), 294– 308. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3763