Tropical Ecology & Evolution Lab
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Research
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Ecology and evolution of plants in Zingiberaceae and Gesneriaceae.
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Floral evolution in sympatric species.
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Community ecology and plant-pollinator interactions.
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Reproductive ecology of House sparrows.
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Resource limitation and sex determination in plants.
Recent Publications
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Rhuthuparna, S.B., & Gowda, V. (2026). Morph bias in inflorescences and individual plants reduces opportunities for geitonogamy in a monomorphic enantiostylous species. bioRXiv.
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Ashokan, A., & Gowda, V. (2026). Lectotypification of Hedychium thyrsiforme Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (Zingiberaceae). Adansonia.
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Ashokan, A., & Gowda, V. (2025), Things aren't always black or white — Phylogenetic systematics of ginger-lilies with insights into species complexes. TAXON.
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Francila, A. F., Akhilan, K.M., Duraisamy, G., & Gowda, V. (2025). The price of urban living—lower fledging success despite higher parental care in urban house sparrows. Biotropica 57, no. 6: e70120.
News
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March 2026: Vinita was quoted in the article 'As forests shrink, these Mumbaikars fight plant blindess' from Times of India.
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February 2026: Article titled 'Urban penalty leaves mother sparrows working more, raising less' in Mongabay, India features work from the lab.
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February 2026: A new article titled "Urban penalty leaves mother sparrows working more, raising less" is published in Mongabay India
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November 2025: Sanika received the SSB Graduate Student Research Grant
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August 2025: Anupama received the Mary Sue Ittner Grant from the Pacific Bulb Society.
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June 2025: Sanika received the LinnéSys: Systematics Research Fund Grant.
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May 2025: Jyotil received the AOS Margaret Morse Nice Research Grant.