publications
In preparation/review:
Balaban-Feld, J, Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T.E, Abramsky, Z. 2020. Evaluated experience makes you wiser: experienced fish groups take fewer risks than naïve ones to forage.
Published:
1. Balaban-Feld, J*, Vijayan, S*, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Badichi, S, Abramsky, Z. 2022. High risk of predation may conceal the differential behavioural response to predators of individuals with different personalities (bold-shy). Behaviour (2022) DOI:10.1163/1568539X-bja10179* equal contribution
2. Vijayan, S*, Balaban-Feld, J*, Badichi, S, Lotan T.T, Kotler, B.P, Abramsky, Z. 2021. The bigger the better: Size-dependent prey availability and foraging games in a patchy environment. Ethology, Ecology &Evolution 34(1):1-15 . *equal contribution
3. Vijayan, S, Lotan. T.T, Vardi, R, Pyakurel, A, Abramsky, Z. 2019. Foraging Innovation in an artificial environment: a case of little egret luring prey goldfish through beak dipping. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22244662-201.
4. Balaban-Feld, A, Kotler, B.P, Mitchell, W.A, Vijayan, S, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2019. The costs and benefits of individual spatial positioning and leadership under predation risk in a social fish. Proc. Royal Society. B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0826.
5. Vijayan, S, Lee, J.K, Balaban-Feld, J, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z.2019. Time to revisit? A predator’s previous successes and failures in prey capture determine its return time to patches. Oecologia. 190(2):387-397.
6. Balaban-Feld, J, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Vijayan, S, Lotan T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2019. State-dependent foraging among social fish in a risky environment. Oecologia. 190(1):37-45.
7. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T and Abramsky, Z. 2019. Effect of predation risk on microhabitat use by Goldfish. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 31:1, 1-11.
8. Vijayan, S, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban-Feld, J, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2018. Influence of prey food abundance on predator-prey foraging games: a test with little egrets and goldfish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:455-468.
9. Vijayan, S, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban-Feld, J, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2018. A predator-prey foraging game in experimental aviaries: the effects of the number of goldfish and refuge size. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:333-352.
10. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T, Mitchell, W.A, Abramsky, Z. 2018. Binary Patch Assessment by Goldfish under Safe and Risky Conditions. Behavioural Processes. 157: 417-421.
11. Vijayan, S, Mitchell W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban, J Lotan, TT, Abramsky, Z. 2018. The influence of manipulated risk of predation on a predator-prey foraging game in a patchy environment: Egret and goldfish in experimental aviaries. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:319-332.
12. Balaban-Feld, A., Kotler, B. P, Mitchell, W. A, Vijayan, S, Lotan, T. T, Abramsky, Z 2018. Influence of predation risk on an individual spatial positioning and leadership activity in a social benthic fish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:87.
13. Morris, D.W, and Vijayan, S. 2018. Trade-offs between sightlines and escape habitat determine spatial strategies of risk management by a keystone herbivore. FACETS, 3:338–357 Canadian Science Publishing.
14. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, McLaren, B.E and Mukherjee, S. 2017: Domestic ungulates in protected areas and the potential for indirect interactions. Biodiversity, 18 (4): 129-136.
15. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P and Abramsky, Z. A. 2017. Predator equalizes the rate of capture of a schooling prey in a patchy environment. Behavioural Processes: 138:91-95.
16. Vijayan, S, Lotan, T.T, Vardi, R, Koplovich, A, Dubinsky, Y, Pyakurel, A and Abramsky, Z. 2016. Case Report: Prey luring a behavior using beak tip by little egret Egretta garzetta. Zoo’s Print 31(5)21-22.
17. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, and McLaren, B.E. 2013. Understanding indirect interactions when livestock occupy protected areas. Biodiversity Science 10.
18. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, and McLaren, B.E. 2012. Prey habitat selection under shared predation: Tradeoffs between risk and competition? Oikos 121: 783–789.
19. Vijayan, S, McLaren, B.E, and Morris, D.W. 2012. Can rare positive interactions become common when large carnivores consume livestock? Ecology 93: 272–280.
20. Morris, D.W, Kotler, B. P, Brown, J. S, Vijayan. S and Ale S. 2009. Behavioural indicators for conserving mammal diversity. The Year in Ecology and Conservation, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1162: 334-356.
21. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Mukherjee, S, Brown, J.S, and Bouskila, A. 2007. Influence of cover on the foraging behavior of Negev desert gerbils. Basic and Applied Dryland Research 1: 51-66.
22. Pathak, B.J, Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. 2005. Observations on chick mortality in Darter, Anhinga melanogaster in Gir forest Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 310.
23. Pati, B.P, Hirapara, R.K, Solanki, R and Vijayan, S. 2005. A trend analysis of marked leopards captured and recaptured around Gir protected area, Gujarat. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 440-442.
24. Pathak, B.J, Vijayan, S, Pati, B.P. and Belim, H. 2005. Black storks survey in Gir forest. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 311.
25. Vijayan, S and Pati B.P. 2002. Impact of changing cropping pattern on man-animal conflicts around Gir Protected Area with specific reference to Talala Sub-District. Population and Environment 23: 541-555.
26. Pati. B.P. and Vijayan. S. 2002. Cub mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat. India: A cause for population stabilisation? The Indian Forester, 128(10):1159-1163.
27. Pati, B.P, Vijayan, S and Mehra, B.S. 2001. Observations on the food habits and distribution of Ratel (Mellivora capensis indica) in Gir, India. The Indian Forester, 127(10): 1143-1147.
Technical Reports/Projects:
1. Vijayan, S and Ballard, BM (2021): Breeding population survey of mottled duck population in western Gulf coast. Submitted to USFWS
2.Vijayan, S and Pang Y.M. (2013): Movement ecology of African elephants in relation to habitat and river edges. Sir Sandford Fleming College (GIS co-operative project with University of KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa).
3. Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. (2002): Lion and ungulate census in Gir protected area: A way to determine habitat preference of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica). Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
4. Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. (2002): Changes in a season of fire line preparation in Gir: effects on wildfire spread and wildlife. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
5. Vijayan, S., Belim, H and Pati, B.P. (2002): Impact of drought on population and distribution of Marsh crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in and around Gir protected area. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
6. Vijayan, S and Umesh, S. (2002): Study on road mortality in Billgiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary. Ashoka Trust for Ecology and Environment.
7. Vijayan, S, Pati, B.P., and Pathak, B.J. (2001): Factors affecting wildlife tourism in Gir protected area. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
8. Pati, B.P, and Vijayan, S. (2000): Status of Sambar (Cervus unicolor) in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat, India: Habitat, Distribution, Density, Herd structure, Sex ratio and diet. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
9. Sinha, S.P, Sinha B.C., Vijayan, S. (2000): Studies on impact of tourism in Gir protected area, Report submitted to Gujarat State Forest Department for Eco-Development project.
10. Sinha, S.P, Aich, B., Biswas, G & Vijayan, S. (2000): Human-wildlife conflicts in and around Gir Protected Area. Report submitted to Gujarat State Forest Department for Eco-Development project.
Balaban-Feld, J, Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T.E, Abramsky, Z. 2020. Evaluated experience makes you wiser: experienced fish groups take fewer risks than naïve ones to forage.
Published:
1. Balaban-Feld, J*, Vijayan, S*, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Badichi, S, Abramsky, Z. 2022. High risk of predation may conceal the differential behavioural response to predators of individuals with different personalities (bold-shy). Behaviour (2022) DOI:10.1163/1568539X-bja10179* equal contribution
2. Vijayan, S*, Balaban-Feld, J*, Badichi, S, Lotan T.T, Kotler, B.P, Abramsky, Z. 2021. The bigger the better: Size-dependent prey availability and foraging games in a patchy environment. Ethology, Ecology &Evolution 34(1):1-15 . *equal contribution
3. Vijayan, S, Lotan. T.T, Vardi, R, Pyakurel, A, Abramsky, Z. 2019. Foraging Innovation in an artificial environment: a case of little egret luring prey goldfish through beak dipping. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22244662-201.
4. Balaban-Feld, A, Kotler, B.P, Mitchell, W.A, Vijayan, S, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2019. The costs and benefits of individual spatial positioning and leadership under predation risk in a social fish. Proc. Royal Society. B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0826.
5. Vijayan, S, Lee, J.K, Balaban-Feld, J, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z.2019. Time to revisit? A predator’s previous successes and failures in prey capture determine its return time to patches. Oecologia. 190(2):387-397.
6. Balaban-Feld, J, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Vijayan, S, Lotan T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2019. State-dependent foraging among social fish in a risky environment. Oecologia. 190(1):37-45.
7. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T and Abramsky, Z. 2019. Effect of predation risk on microhabitat use by Goldfish. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 31:1, 1-11.
8. Vijayan, S, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban-Feld, J, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2018. Influence of prey food abundance on predator-prey foraging games: a test with little egrets and goldfish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:455-468.
9. Vijayan, S, Mitchell, W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban-Feld, J, Lotan, T.T, Abramsky, Z. 2018. A predator-prey foraging game in experimental aviaries: the effects of the number of goldfish and refuge size. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:333-352.
10. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Lotan, T.T, Mitchell, W.A, Abramsky, Z. 2018. Binary Patch Assessment by Goldfish under Safe and Risky Conditions. Behavioural Processes. 157: 417-421.
11. Vijayan, S, Mitchell W.A, Kotler, B.P, Rosenzweig, M.L, Balaban, J Lotan, TT, Abramsky, Z. 2018. The influence of manipulated risk of predation on a predator-prey foraging game in a patchy environment: Egret and goldfish in experimental aviaries. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19:319-332.
12. Balaban-Feld, A., Kotler, B. P, Mitchell, W. A, Vijayan, S, Lotan, T. T, Abramsky, Z 2018. Influence of predation risk on an individual spatial positioning and leadership activity in a social benthic fish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:87.
13. Morris, D.W, and Vijayan, S. 2018. Trade-offs between sightlines and escape habitat determine spatial strategies of risk management by a keystone herbivore. FACETS, 3:338–357 Canadian Science Publishing.
14. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, McLaren, B.E and Mukherjee, S. 2017: Domestic ungulates in protected areas and the potential for indirect interactions. Biodiversity, 18 (4): 129-136.
15. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P and Abramsky, Z. A. 2017. Predator equalizes the rate of capture of a schooling prey in a patchy environment. Behavioural Processes: 138:91-95.
16. Vijayan, S, Lotan, T.T, Vardi, R, Koplovich, A, Dubinsky, Y, Pyakurel, A and Abramsky, Z. 2016. Case Report: Prey luring a behavior using beak tip by little egret Egretta garzetta. Zoo’s Print 31(5)21-22.
17. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, and McLaren, B.E. 2013. Understanding indirect interactions when livestock occupy protected areas. Biodiversity Science 10.
18. Vijayan, S, Morris, D.W, and McLaren, B.E. 2012. Prey habitat selection under shared predation: Tradeoffs between risk and competition? Oikos 121: 783–789.
19. Vijayan, S, McLaren, B.E, and Morris, D.W. 2012. Can rare positive interactions become common when large carnivores consume livestock? Ecology 93: 272–280.
20. Morris, D.W, Kotler, B. P, Brown, J. S, Vijayan. S and Ale S. 2009. Behavioural indicators for conserving mammal diversity. The Year in Ecology and Conservation, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1162: 334-356.
21. Vijayan, S, Kotler, B.P, Mukherjee, S, Brown, J.S, and Bouskila, A. 2007. Influence of cover on the foraging behavior of Negev desert gerbils. Basic and Applied Dryland Research 1: 51-66.
22. Pathak, B.J, Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. 2005. Observations on chick mortality in Darter, Anhinga melanogaster in Gir forest Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 310.
23. Pati, B.P, Hirapara, R.K, Solanki, R and Vijayan, S. 2005. A trend analysis of marked leopards captured and recaptured around Gir protected area, Gujarat. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 440-442.
24. Pathak, B.J, Vijayan, S, Pati, B.P. and Belim, H. 2005. Black storks survey in Gir forest. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 101 (2): 311.
25. Vijayan, S and Pati B.P. 2002. Impact of changing cropping pattern on man-animal conflicts around Gir Protected Area with specific reference to Talala Sub-District. Population and Environment 23: 541-555.
26. Pati. B.P. and Vijayan. S. 2002. Cub mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat. India: A cause for population stabilisation? The Indian Forester, 128(10):1159-1163.
27. Pati, B.P, Vijayan, S and Mehra, B.S. 2001. Observations on the food habits and distribution of Ratel (Mellivora capensis indica) in Gir, India. The Indian Forester, 127(10): 1143-1147.
Technical Reports/Projects:
1. Vijayan, S and Ballard, BM (2021): Breeding population survey of mottled duck population in western Gulf coast. Submitted to USFWS
2.Vijayan, S and Pang Y.M. (2013): Movement ecology of African elephants in relation to habitat and river edges. Sir Sandford Fleming College (GIS co-operative project with University of KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa).
3. Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. (2002): Lion and ungulate census in Gir protected area: A way to determine habitat preference of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica). Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
4. Vijayan, S and Pati, B.P. (2002): Changes in a season of fire line preparation in Gir: effects on wildfire spread and wildlife. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
5. Vijayan, S., Belim, H and Pati, B.P. (2002): Impact of drought on population and distribution of Marsh crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in and around Gir protected area. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
6. Vijayan, S and Umesh, S. (2002): Study on road mortality in Billgiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary. Ashoka Trust for Ecology and Environment.
7. Vijayan, S, Pati, B.P., and Pathak, B.J. (2001): Factors affecting wildlife tourism in Gir protected area. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
8. Pati, B.P, and Vijayan, S. (2000): Status of Sambar (Cervus unicolor) in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat, India: Habitat, Distribution, Density, Herd structure, Sex ratio and diet. Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Gujarat State Forest Dept.
9. Sinha, S.P, Sinha B.C., Vijayan, S. (2000): Studies on impact of tourism in Gir protected area, Report submitted to Gujarat State Forest Department for Eco-Development project.
10. Sinha, S.P, Aich, B., Biswas, G & Vijayan, S. (2000): Human-wildlife conflicts in and around Gir Protected Area. Report submitted to Gujarat State Forest Department for Eco-Development project.