Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Singh R. and Jain M. (2020). Variation in call types, calling activity patterns and relationship between call frequency and body size in a field cricket, Acanthogryllus asiaticus. Bioacoustics, 1-19.
  • Sekhar M., Singh R., Bhat A. and Jain M. (2019). Feeding in murky waters: acclimatization and landmarks improve foraging efficiency of zebrafish (Danio rerio) in turbid waters. Biology Letters, 15(7), 20190289.
  • Raghuram H., Jain M. and Balakrishnan R. (2014). Species and acoustic diversity of bats in a palaeotropical wet evergreen forest in southern India. Current Science, 107(04):631-641.
  • Balakrishnan R., Bahuleyan J., Nandi D. and Jain M. (2014). Modeling the effects of chorus species composition and caller density on acoustic masking interference in multispecies choruses of crickets and katydids Ecological Informatics, 21: 50-58.
  • Jain M., Diwakar S., Bahuleyan J., Deb R. and Balakrishnan R. (2014). A Rain Forest Dusk Chorus: cacophony or sounds of silence? Evolutionary Ecology, 28(1): 1-22.
  • Rajaraman K., Mhatre N., Jain M., Postles M., Balakrishnan R. and Robert D. (2013). Low pass filters and differential tympanal tuning in a paleotropical bushcricket with an unusually low frequency call. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 777-787.
  • Jain M. and Balakrishnan R. (2012). Does acoustic adaptation drive vertical stratification? A test in a tropical cricket assemblage. Behavioral Ecology, 23(2): 343-354.
  • Jain M. and Balakrishnan R. (2011). Microhabitat selection in an assemblage of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of a tropical evergreen forest in Southern India. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4(2): 152-158.
  • Jain M., Kuriakose G. and Balakrishnan R. (2010). Evaluation of methods to estimate foliage density in the understorey of a tropical evergreen forest. Current Science, 98(4): 508-515.
  • Diwakar S., Jain M. and Balakrishnan R. (2007). Psychoacoustic sampling as a reliable, non-invasive method to monitor orthopteran species diversity in tropical forests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16 (14): 4081-4093.

Other Selected Publications

  • Singh R., Prathibha P. and Jain M. (2020). Effect of temperature on life-history traits and mating calls of a field cricket, Acanthogryllus asiaticus. bioRxiv.
  • Yambem S. D., Chorol S. and Jain M. (2020). Structural and functional complexity of vocalizations in a cooperatively breeding passerine, Jungle Babbler. bioRxiv.
  • Jain M. (2018). Amotz Zahavi: Tale of a swamp and peacock tails. Resonance, 23: 525-533.
  • Jain M., Balakrishnan R. (2013). From leaf litter to canopy: noninvasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rainforest. In Treetops at Risk. Challenges of Global Forest Canopies (Eds) Lowman M., Soubadra M. D. and Ganesh T. Springer Verlag.
  • Jain M. (2012). Songsters in the canopy: cricket acoustics. In Forest Canopies of South Asia- a glimpse (Eds) Soubadra M. D., Ganesh T. and Tripathy A. ATREE.
  • Jain M. (2011). Statistics for everyone, by Gore A, Paranjpe S and Kulkarni M. (Book Review) Current Science, 101: 1595-1596.

Selected Talks and Conference Presentations

* Oral presentation, † Invited Talk, ‡ Poster

  • 2019. International Symposium on Biological Rhythms, CCSU, Meerut, India †
  • 2019. Understanding Behaviour, IISER Kolkata, Kolkata, India †
  • 2018. 42nd Annual meet of ESI, University of Calicut, Calicut, India †
  • 2018. 13th Western-Pacific Acoustic Conference, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India †
  • 2018. SERB School for Chemical Ecology, CES, IISc, Bangalore, India †
  • 2017. SERB School for Chemical Ecology, NCBS, Bangalore, India †
  • 2017. 40th Annual meet of ESI, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Bhuj, India †
  • 2017. International Bioacoustics Council Meeting, Haridwar, India ‡
  • 2014. National Symposium on Behavioral Ecology, B. H. U., Varanasi, India †
  • 2013. Workshop on Bioacoustics in Ecology, YETI, Nagaland University, India †
  • 2013. National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneshwar, India †
  • 2011. Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark †
  • 2011. IEBES, University of Zurich, Switzerland *
  • 2011. 23rd meeting of International Bioacoustics Council, La Rochelle, France ‡
  • 2009. 5th International Canopy Conference, ATREE, Bangalore, India *
  • 2009. 22nd meeting of International Bioacoustics Council, Lisbon, Portugal *
  • 2009. 22nd meeting of International Bioacoustics Council, Lisbon, Portugal ‡