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Scientist Profile

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Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh

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Dr. Salvador Lyngdoh
Scientist - E

Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, India.

+91-0135-2646281

salvador [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in

 

About
His main expertise include carnivore ecology and mountain ecology. He has an experience of working on carnivores in North eastern, Western and Trans-Himalayan region of India for close to two decades. Interests include population estimation techniques, foraging behaviour as well as assessing wildlife human conflict with respect large carnivores, particularly dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Salvador was one of the leads in studying, Ecology and conservation of Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus) project in states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. He is member of IUCN Cat, Canid, Pangolin and small carnivore specialists groups. He loves music and sports.
Academic Positions
  • Technical Associate - Forest Survey of India Jul 2008-Jul 2009
  • JRF - 2009-2011
  • SRF 2011-2013 (WII - RGNF Fellow)
  • 2013-2018 -Scientist C
  • 2018-2021 - Scientist D, 2021- present Scientist E
Education
  • B.Sc Environment Science, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University
  • M.Sc Environmental Management, Forest Research Institute
  • P.hD Wildlife Institute of India, Saurashtra University
Research Interest
  • Carnivore ecology
  • Mountain ecology
  • Movement ecology
  • Human Dimensions
  • North East India
Publications
  • U Bhatt and Lyngdoh, S* (2023) Do dholes segregate themselves from their sympatrids? Habitat use and carnivore co-existence in the tropical forest Mammalian Biology 103 (6), 591-601
  • Biswas, S., Kumar, S., Bandhopadhyay, M., Patel, S. K., Lyngdoh, S., Pandav, B., & Mondol, S. (2023). What drives prey selection? Assessment of Tiger (Panthera tigris) food habits across the Terai-Arc Landscape, India. Journal of Mammalogy, 104(6), 1302-1316
  • Bhatt, U., & Lyngdoh, S* (2023). Secrets of the clouded leopard: abundance, habitat use and carnivore coexistence in tropical forest of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Oryx, 57(6), 757-768
  • Das, P., Goyal, S. P., & Lyngdoh, S* (2023). Spatial vigilance architecture of Indian flying fox colonies in rural parts of Barak Valley, Northeast India. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77(6), 66
  • Singh, N, Yadav S.N and Lyngdoh, S* (2023) Identifying conservation values: A case Study in Trans-Himalayan Region of Thanpattan, Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. Parks Vol 29.2 Nov 2023
  • Lyngdoh, S., & Bhatt, U. (2024). Caught in the Act: Camera Traps Capture Rare Mammal Species from Biodiversity Hotspot of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 121
  • Bhatt, U and Lyngdoh, S* (2023) Caught in the act: camera-traps capture rarest mammal species from biodiversity hotspot of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. Accepted Jan 2023 (IF: 0.17)
  • Reshamwala, H.S., Bhattacharya, A., Khan, S., Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S.B., Goyal, S.P., Kanagaraj, R. and Habib, B., 2022. Modeling Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution of Wooly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, p.310. (IF: 4.5)
  • Singh, N., U. Bhatt, S. Chaudhary & S. Lyngdoh* (2023). First photographic evidence of Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata Geoffroy, 1803 (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae), in Colonel Sher Jung National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(1): 22505–22509. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8244.15.1.22505-22509 (IF: 0.25)
  • Bhatt, U., Adhikari, B.S. and Lyngdoh, S*., (2022). Monitoring diversity and abundance of mammals with camera-traps: a case study of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Check List, 18(5). (IF: 0.6)
  • Shrotriya, S., Reshamwala, H., Lyngdoh, S.B., Jhala, Y.V. and Habib, B., (2022). Feeding patterns of three widespread carnivores-the wolf, snow leopard and red fox-in the Trans-Himalayan landscape of India. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, p.629. (IF: 4.5)
  • Lyngdoh, S*. and Habib, B., 2022. Understanding conflict and co-existence among Spiti Bhot community and large carnivores in high Himalaya: The case of Himalayan wolves. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, p.739181. (IF 4.5)
  • Targe, K., Lyngdoh, S., Bussmann, R.W. and Adhikari, B.S., 2022. Conservation linkages of rare and endangered medicinal plants used in the traditional health care system in Pin Valley National Park, Himachal Pradesh. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 24, pp.1-22. (IF: 0.26)
  • Reshamwala, H. S., Shrotriya, S., Bora, B., Lyngdoh, S., Dirzo, R., & Habib, B. (2018). Anthropogenic food subsidies change the pattern of red fox diet and occurrence across Trans-Himalayas, India. Journal of Arid Environments
  • Kanagaraj, R., Araujo, M.B., Barman, R., Davidar, P., De, R., Digal, D.K., Gopi, G.V., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Kakati, K., Kramer‐Schadt, S., Lamichhane, B.R., Lyngdoh, S. et al 2019. Predicting range shifts of Asian elephants under global change. Diversity and Distributions, 25(5), pp.822-838
  • Lyngdoh S*, B. Habib, and S. Shrotriya (2020). Dietary spectrum in Himalayan wolves: comparative analysis of prey choice in conspecifics across high‐elevation rangelands of Asia. Journal of Zoology 310.1: 24-33
  • Joshi, B., Lyngdoh, S*., Singh, S.K., Sharma, R., Kumar, V., Tiwari, V.P., Dar, S.A., Maheswari, A., Pal, R., Bashir, T. and Reshamwala, H.S., 2020. Revisiting the Woolly wolf (Canis lupus chanco) phylogeny in Himalaya: Addressing taxonomy, spatial extent and distribution of an ancient lineage in Asia. PloS one, 15(4), p.e0231621
  • Bhatt, U., Singh Adhikari, B., Habib, B. and Lyngdoh, S*., 2021. Temporal interactions and moon illumination effect on mammals in a tropical semi-evergreen forest of Manas National Park, Assam, India. Biotropica, 53(3), pp.831-845
  • Khan, S., Shrotriya, S; Sadhukhan, S., Lyngdoh, S., Goyal, S.P and Habib, B (2022). Comparative ecological perspectives of two ancient lineages of grey wolves: Woolly wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. P 10
  • Reshamwala, H.S., Bhattacharya, A., Khan, S., Shrotriya, S., Lyngdoh, S.B., Goyal, S.P., Kanagaraj, R. and Habib, B., 2022. Modeling Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution of Wooly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, p.310
  • Kazi, A.A., D.N. Rabari, M.I. Dahya & S. Lyngdoh (2021). Reappearance of Dhole Cuon alpinus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in Gujarat after 70 years. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(6): 18655–18659. https://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6415.13.6.18655-18659
  • Bhatt, U., Singh Adhikari, B., Habib, B., & Lyngdoh, S*. (2021). Wildlife Behaviour: Temporal Interaction. Current Science, 120(6), 976. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2019.1597390
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