Priya Davidar

Professor
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Pondicherry University
India

Biography

Priya Davidar obtained graduation and post-garduation from Madras University; Ph.D. from Bombay University and S.M. from Harvard University. She currently holds as a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences at Pondicherry University. She has 22 years of research experience. She has been awarded from Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.

Research Intrest

Pollination biology and ecosystem services, Factors influencing the large scale patterns of species distributions,Human impact on forests

List of Publications
Carr, S., Davidar, P.  Pollinator dependency, pollen limitation and pollinator visitation rates to six vegetable crops in southern India. Journal of Pollination Ecology 16: 51-57.
Slik, F., … Davidar, P.    et al. An estimate of the number of tropical tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 112.24: 7472-7477. 
Puyravaud, J. Ph., Davidar, P., Srivastava, R., Wright B. Modelling harvest of Asian elephants based upon faulty assumptions promotes dangerous management solutions.Â