Krushnamegh Kunte: Academic Publications

Tiple, A., D. Agashe, A. M. Khurad and K. Kunte. Population dynamics and seasonal polyphenism of Chilades pandava butterfly (Lycaenidae) in central India. Current Science, provisionally accepted.

Kunte, K. 2009. Female-limited mimetic polymorphism: A review of theories and a critique of sexual selection as balancing selection. Animal Behaviour, in press. PDF file (616KB, includes a color figure).

Kunte, K. 2009. The diversity and evolution of Batesian mimicry in Papilio swallowtail butterflies. Evolution, 63:2707–2716. PDF file (987KB, includes a color figure).

Kunte, K. 2009. Biogeographic origins and habitat use of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, southwestern India. In D. R. Priyadarshan, K. A. Subramanian, M. S. Devy & N. A. Aravind (eds.) Invertebrates in the Western Ghats - Diversity and Conservation. In press.

Kunte, K. 2008. Mimetic butterflies support Wallace's model of sexual dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 275:1617-1624. Featured on Science website (Pennisi, E. Females that change color don't always have sex on their minds. ScienceNOW daily news, 16 April 2008). PDF file of the paper (404KB) or of the coverage in Science (884KB).

Kunte, K. 2008. The Wildlife (Protection) Act and conservation prioritization of butterflies of the Western Ghats, southwestern India. Current Science, 94:729-735. PDF file (132KB). Also featured in "In This Issue" (PDF file 30KB) and on the cover. A PDF file of this article with an appendix giving the conservation values of all the Western Ghats butterfly species may be downloaded here (PDF file 300KB).

Kunte, K. 2008. Competition and species diversity: Removal of dominant species increases diversity in Costa Rican butterfly communities. Oikos, 117:69-76. PDF file (120KB)

Kunte, K. 2007. Allometry and functional constraints on proboscis lengths in butterflies. Functional Ecology, 21:982-987. PDF file (128KB)

Kunte, K. 2005. Species composition, sex-ratio and movement patterns in danaine butterfly migrations in southern India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 102:280-286. PDF file (680KB)

Jog, M., R. R. Marathe, S. S. Goel, S. P. Ranade, K. Kunte, and M. G. Watve. 2005. Sarcocystosis of chital (Axis axis) and dhole (Cuon alpinus): ecology of a mammalian prey-predator-parasite system in Peninsular India. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21:479-482. PDF file (96KB)

Das, I. and K. Kunte. 2005. New species of Nyctibatrachus (Anura: Ranidae) from Castle Rock, Karnataka State, Southwest India. Journal of Herpetology, 39:465-470. PDF file (176KB)

Thakar, J., K. Kunte, A. K. Chauhan, A. V. Watve, and M. G. Watve. 2003. Nectarless flowers: floral ecological correlates and evolutionary stability. Oecologia, 136:565-570. PDF file (188KB)

Kunte, K. J., A. P. Joglekar, G. Utkarsh, and P. Pramod. 1999. Patterns of butterfly, bird and tree diversity in the Western Ghats. Current Science, 77:577-586. PDF file (7.6MB)

Kunte, K. J. 1997. Seasonal patterns in butterfly abundance and species diversity in four tropical habitats in northern Western Ghats. Journal of Biosciences, 22:593-603. PDF file (220KB)

Kunte, K. 2000. Butterflies of Peninsular India (India: A Lifescape. Series Editor: Madhav Gadgil). Universities Press (Hyderabad) and Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore).

Kunte, K. 2005. Measuring Biological Diversity, by Anne E. Magurran. 2003. Blackwell Publishing, MA. Current Science, 89:2170-2171. PDF file (72KB)

Kunte, K. 2002. The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin’s Puzzle, by Amotz Zahavi and Avishag Zahavi. 1997. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York. Current Science, 82:1047-1049.

Kunte, K. 2007. About distastefulness and mimicry: A comment on Peter Smetacek's article (J. Lep. Soc., 60:82-85). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 61:57.

Kunte, K. and A. Sinha. 2000. Courtship and nesting behaviour of the frog, Rhacophorus malabaricus. Current Science, 79:260-261.

I have reviewed manuscripts for the following research journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Insect Physiology, Current Science, Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, Tropical Lepidoptera Research, Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, and Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. I am on the editorial boards of the Himalayan Journal of Sciences and Journal of Threatened Taxa. I have also reviewed research funding proposals for the British Ecological Society, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Rufford Small Grants Foundation, and the Lepidoptera Research Foundation.

Apart from my scientific work, I also extensively publish descriptive natural history work on Indian fauna. Full listing may be found at: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kunte/NaturalHistory.htm

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