Experts --> Dr. Soumyajit Chowdhury
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Name: Dr. Soumyajit Chowdhury |
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Publications: (a) Journals and Newsletters • Chowdhury, S. and R. Soren. 2011. An uncommon evasive strategy of Tajuria jehana Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) observed in Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Bionotes, 13(3): 119. • Chowdhury, S. and R. Soren. 2011. Light attracted butterflies: A Review from the Indian sub-region with an inventory from West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(6): 1868 – 1871. • Chowdhury, S. and R. Soren. 2011. Butterfly Fauna of East Calcutta Wetlands, West Bengal, India. Checklist, 7(6): 700 - 703. • Chowdhury, S., P. Sanyal, J. Mukherjee and S. Hazra. 2011. Fiddler crabs: Trophic interactions in intertidal marshes with special reference to the mangrove ecosystems of Indian Sundarbans. Journal of Interacademicia, 15(4): 739 - 747. • Soren, R. and S. Chowdhury. 2011. Spider Nectivory by Phintella vittata Koch (Salticidae: Araneae) from the extra-floral nectaries of Urena lobata L. from the Indian Region. Current Science, 100(8): 1123. • Soren, R. and S. Chowdhury. 2011. Additions to Spider Fauna of Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Bionotes, 13 (1): 28. • Soren, R. and S. Chowdhury. 2010. Spider Fauna of Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Bionotes, 12(3): 103. • Chowdhury, S., P. Sanyal, S. Hazra and J. Mukherjee. 2010. Ecological contributions of fiddler crabs towards the sustenance of Sundarban Mangroves: A biotic influence in disaster management. Asian Studies, XXVIII (2): 88-93. • Chowdhury, S. 2010. Further Additions to Butterfly Fauna of Chintamoni Kar Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. Bionotes, 12(4): 124. • Chowdhury, S. and R. Soren. 2009. Rediscovery of Small Salmon Arab, Colotis amata Fabricius from Saline and Semi-Saline Areas of West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1(6): 351 – 352. • Chowdhury, S., R. Soren and S. Patra. 2009. Ixora chinensis Lam.: A New Host Plant for Common Silverline (Spindasis vulcanus Fabricius, Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from West Bengal. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 106(3): 348. • Chowdhury, S. and R. Soren. 2008. Common Banded Awl found laying eggs on Derris indica in Indian Botanic Gardens, Howrah, West Bengal. Indian Lepidoptera, 8: 2008.9. • Chowdhury, S., A. Sanyal and A. Chatterjee. 2008. Avian Diversity of Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, 5 (2): 127 – 133. • Chowdhury, S. 2008. Puddling Behaviour in Lepidopterans. Lobtulia, VIII (1): 21-23. • Chowdhury (Pal), D. and S. Chowdhury. 2007. Butterfly Fauna in the Mudiali Ecological Park, Kolkata, West Bengal. Bionotes, 9 (1): 25. • Chowdhury, S. and R. P. Das. 2007. Diversity of Butterflies in the Indian Botanic Garden, West Bengal. Bionotes, 9 (4): 131 – 132. • Chowdhury, S. and S. Sarkar. 2007. Black Rajah (Charaxes dolon Fabricius) Butterfly sighted in East Calcutta Wetlands, West Bengal. Indian Lepidoptera, 2007.11. • Chowdhury, S. and D. Chowdhury (Pal). 2006. Additions to the Butterfly Fauna of Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal. Bionotes, 8(3): 68. • Chowdhury, S. and D. Chowdhury (Pal). 2006. On the Butterfly Fauna of Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal. Bionotes, 8(1): 127-128. • Mitra, B., S. Chowdhury, D. Chowdhury, D. Banerjee, R. M. Sharma. 2005. Insect Diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Bionotes, 7(3): 82-83. • Chowdhury, S. 2004. An observation on the resident birds of Bolpur, West Bengal. Bionotes, 6(4): 104-105. • Chowdhury, S. 2004. The Bengal Floricans of West Bengal. Banabithi, Wildlife Issue, October: 37- 40. (b) Refereed book chapters Chowdhury, S. (In Press). fiddler crabs, bioturbation and ecosystem engineering (In V. K. Gupta (ed.) Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation: Vol. 2). Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. (c) Proceedings Chowdhury, S. 2008. Global Warming Affects Fiddler Crabs. Proceedings on Humboldt Kolleg on Global Warming in context to the Indian Subcontinent, Humboldt Club Calcutta, December, 11 – 13. (d) Selected contributed abstracts Chakrabarti, P. and S. Chowdhury. 2008. A Preliminary Survey of Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Fauna of Jayanti, Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. Nat. Sem. On Faunal Diversity: Status, Utilization and Impact on Human Health. Dept. of Zoology, University of Calcutta. (e) Poster presentation Chakrabarti, P. and S. Chowdhury. 2008. A Preliminary Survey of Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Fauna of Jayanti, Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. Nat. Sem. On Faunal Diversity: Status, Utilization and Impact on Human Health. Dept. of Zoology, University of Calcutta. (f) Work under preparation / communicated • S. Ghose, P.S. Ghose and S. Chowdhury. Butterflies attracted to Light at Night from Gangtok, Sikkim. • S. Chowdhury. Biodiversity of Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Sundarbans Deltaic Region, Eastern India. • S. Chowdhury. Butterfly Fauna of the Khatra and ranibundh Forest Divisions of Bankura, West Bengal. • S. Chowdhury. Butterfly Richness and Puddling communities in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. • S. Chowdhury and R. K. Goswami. Additions of Butterfly fauna in Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, West Bengal. Referee for Scientific Journals • Journal of Medicinal Plant Research (an open access journal publishing articles in all areas of Medicinal Plants research, Ethnopharmacology, Fitoterapia, Phytomedicine etc.) • Checklist (bimonthly peer-review online journal, devoted to publishing lists of species and notes on the geographic distribution of any taxon) Invited Lectures (a) Symposiums Habitat Destruction and Sundarban Butterflies: The Case of Small Salmon Arab (Colotis amata Fab) Humboldt Kolleg on “Global Warming and Sundarbans”, Humboldt Club Calcutta 2009 , (Dec 18-20) , Dayapur, Sundarbans (b)Popular Lectures Himalaya Chere Paschimbange Pakhir Parijan (Bird Migration to West Bengal from Himalayas) “Popular Science Lectures (Jana-Ojana)”, All India Radio, Akashbani Bhavan, Kolkata 2012, (Dec 21) , Kolkata Banglar Horin (Deers of Bengal) “Popular Science Lectures (Jana-Ojana)”, All India Radio, Akashbani Bhavan, Kolkata 2011, (Oct 26), Kolkata The Dwindling Ecosystem of Cherrapunjee and its Winged Jewels “Popular Talks”, Prakriti Samsad 2011, (Aug 27), Kolkata Banglar Projapoti (Butterflies of Bengal) “Popular Science Lectures (Jana-Ojana)”, All India Radio, Akashbani Bhavan, Kolkata 2011 , (June 27), Kolkata Fiddler Crabs of Sundarbans “Popular Talks”, Prakriti Samsad 2009, (July 25) , Kolkata Butterflies Around us and Butterflies as Eco-indicators “Popular Science Lectures”, Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata and Humboldt Club Calcutta 2009, (Apr 9) , Kolkata Photos: |
