Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders within sub-series are arranged in chronological order. See Scope and Content section for details.
RJ Ranjit Daniels is a tropical ecologist and conservationist. He is the fourth of five children born to David DW Daniels and Grace Thilagavathy Daniels, in a family with a deep interest in natural history.
Born and raised in Nagercoil, he completed a BSc in Agriculture from the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore in 1980, and an MSc in Agriculture, with a focus on entomology, from Agriculture College and Research Institute, Madurai in 1982. In 1990, he was awarded a PhD Degree in Ecology by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), supervised by Madhav Gadgil, for his work on a conservation strategy for birds in Uttara Kannada district.
Daniels' work has spanned research on birds, frogs, insects and fish in the Western Ghats, Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Bangladesh and Panama. He has held positions at IISc, the Madras Crocodile Bank, the Madras Snake Park, and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, and has served as visiting/guest faculty at the Wildlife Institute of India, National Centre for Biological Sciences, State Forest Service College (Coimbatore), Pondicherry University, Mangalore University and Bombay University. The author of 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the field of ecology and conservation, he has also written 13 books as well as several media articles, book chapters and book reviews.
Ranjit Daniels is a co-founder and trustee at Care Earth Trust in Chennai.
When quoting from this material, kindly use the following format: Collection id/identifier, name of collection, Archives (Eg MS-019-1-1-1-1, R J Ranjit Daniels Papers, Archives at NCBS).
The Collection primarily includes research material related to birds, herpetofauna, fish, insects, vertebrates and flora in India – the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands – and Barro Colorado Island in Panama. This largely takes the form of field notes, sketchbooks, book-drafts, illustrations, photos, slides, maps, graphs, transparencies, and hundreds of index cards detailing information about birds in the Uttara Kannada region (including local names), Goa and the Nilgiris and their habitat, photographs and slides. It also contains a list of key studies in ecology as reference material and habitat heterogeneity data on frogs in Panama.
The Collection, which spans papers from 1977 until the mid 2000s, also includes material about Daniels' education and career such as college notes on agricultural botany and horticulture, correspondence, summaries of lectures on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, newspaper articles referring to Daniels' work on birds, and a memoir about Daniels' time in Uttara Kannada with text, photographs and illustrations. The Collection indicates work done at institutions including the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.
The Collection has been arranged into the following series and sub-series. Series 1: Research Sub-series 1: Field diaries and field notebooks Sub-series 2: Research notes and data Sub-series 3: Sketchbooks and illustrations Sub-series 4: Reports and lectures Sub-series 5: Manuscripts and publications Sub-series 6: Index cards Series 2: Correspondence Series 3: Photographs, slides, negatives Sub-series 1: Uttara Kannada Sub-series 2: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Sub-series 3: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Lakshadweep Series 4: Media clippings about RJ Ranjit Daniels
Series 1 includes all material related to RJ Ranjit Daniels' research, a significant chunk of which pertains to birds and habitat in Uttara Kannada (formerly named North Kanara) district in Karnataka. All material in this series is arranged chronologically.
The first sub-series includes field diaries and notebooks with handwritten notes that largely list sightings of birds, amphibians, fish and insects between 1978 and 1990.
The second sub-series includes handwritten as well as typed research notes and data collected on plants, birds, amphibians and insects, with data on species, location, habitat, and notes on literature and research references. It also includes bird and frog checklists and data sheets – filled ones as well as a few empty ones have been included as samples. The third sub-series has three sketchbooks filled with drawings and sketches primarily of birds, but also including plants, insects and assorted animals, generally drawn from life, as well as a set of fish illustrations largely created for the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India. These include over 70 sheets of different sizes – most are original illustrations made on paper, while a small number are printed copies re-sized for the book.
The fourth sub-series contains a report on vertebrate diversity in the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, a compilation of lecture summaries from a summer course on principles of biodiversity conservation and sustainability development, and notes for a lecture on Sálim Ali along with transparencies.
The fifth sub-series includes manuscripts such as a draft paper on insect classification and on spatial distribution and habitat use of frogs on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, drafts for short articles for a column on birds in the Deccan Herald, and an unpublished memoir with photographs about Daniels' time spent in Uttara Kannada district, including descriptions of the landscape, work with collaborators, communities in the region and their customs. It also includes drafts and proofs of books on birds, fish and amphibians, some with annotations, as well as a number of maps, graphs and plots related to Daniels' PhD thesis and draft paper on frogs in Barro Colorado Island. In addition, it has published items such as newspaper clippings with articles authored by Daniels. The draft articles and illustrations for a column on birds are slightly fragile as many have adhered to one another during storage over the years, and require careful separation with a conservator's help before these can be viewed individually.
The sixth sub-series comprises index cards, most of which record the common names of birds spotted in Dharwad, Goa, IISc Bangalore, the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve and Uttara Kannada. It also has a small set of cards with the weight in grams of a few bird specimens, identified by common name, location and date and a small set of data punch cards retained as an example of how data was commonly processed by ecologists until the 1990s. Other sets include information on distribution and description of bird habitats in Uttara Kannada, Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, and Hangul taluk in Haveri district, Karnataka, as well as a substantial set with local names of birds, reptiles and mammals in Uttara Kannada. Several of the cards carry numbers that correspond to research grids that are recorded and indexed in a book that the donor is yet to locate. The index cards also include a set on herpetofauna species with corresponding grid numbers in the Eastern Ghats, and a large volume of research references used in Daniels' PhD. Many of the sets of cards in this sub-series have an introductory card with notes about the contents by Daniels.
Series 2 relates to correspondence, largely written to Daniels, about his fellowship at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to study frogs on Barro Colorado Island; from staff at Oxford University Press about the development and publishing of a field guide on birds of Southwestern India; and regarding an invitation to present a plenary lecture at the XXI International Ornithological Congress. This series has no sub-series.
Series 3 contains photographs, slides and negatives created by Daniels. The first sub-series contains photos and slides in Uttara Kannada related to landscapes and habitat, people, communities, festivals, local customs, and other miscellaneous photographs, including two satellite images of north and south Uttara Kannada. The second sub-series contains photos, slides and negatives of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. These include images of frogs, lizards, crabs, plants, markets, landscapes and other scenes from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, including the loading of a ship carrying local goods, elephants transporting logs, and so on. A significant portion of the photographs here pertain to the eastern coast of Great Nicobar Island. The third sub-series contains photographs and slides with miscellaneous images from the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, including Silent Valley in Kerala, and the Lakshadweep Islands.
Series 4 contains three clippings from newspaper articles that mention Daniels and his work. This series has no sub-series.
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Workshop -- The Western Ghats of India, A biodiversity hotspot
Contains an invitation from French Institute of Pondicherry to contribute to chapter on fauna for a book on biodiversity in Western Ghats. Also included is a schedule for a workshop to develop the book along with notes from the meeting and meeting minutes.
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Field diary
Diary recording observations made on terrain and animals, largely birds, spotted around Daniels' hometown Nagercoil, college campuses at Coimbatore and Madurai, and on trips and excursions. Also includes sketches of birds and reptiles. Later entries include birds spotted in Uttara Kannada region and miscellaneous notes.
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"Field Book I"
Field notes, field sightings of birds, amphibians, fish and reptiles in Uttara Kannada
"Field Note Book: Birds I"
Bird lists and sketches, Uttara Kannada
"Field Note Book: Insects Vol I, Birds Vol II"
Insect lists, bird lists, Uttara Kannada
"Field Note Book: Plants Vol. I"
Plant and bird lists made from field observations in Uttara Kannada and the Nilgiris
"Field Book" - 1
Bird lists from Uttara Kannada, including local bird names
"Field Notes: Birds"
Bird lists from Uttara Kannada
"Field Book" - 2
Bird lists from Uttara Kannada, Goa
"Field Notes 1990-"
Bird lists from IISc Bangalore, parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra
Field notes
Bird and frog lists, Karnataka and other states
"Encyclopaedia: Agriculture - Botany"
Notes on plants and disease made primarily while pursuing a BSc in Agriculture in Agricultural College, Coimbatore. Also includes later notes on treatment of plant disease.
Frog species and location data
Frog species and location data - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala
Bird notes - Folder 1
Illustrated folder with notes on birds spotted between Feb 1984 and Aug 1986
"Entomology Vol. II"
Notes and drawings of insects, largely ants, based on specimens collected in Uttara Kannada between 1983 and 1985 as a project assistant at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc
Habitat Heterogeneity Data, Uttara Kannada
Plant lists, Uttara Kannada
Bird notes - Folder 2
Notes on birds spotted between Jan 1986 and March 1988, midwinter waterfowl census in Channapatna 1989, list from birdwatching at GKVK 1989.
Ant notes
Notes on species and collection sites, list of ants collected in Uttara Kannada district 1990, draft paper on ant species in Karnataka accompanied by feedback letter from BNHS.
Frogs of Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Data on frog species, distribution, habitat and microhabitat collected during fellowship at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Notes, maps, plots, index cards, habitat data sheets. Includes annotations on Post-it notes by Dr Austin Stanley Rand, a senior herpetologist at BCI who was Daniels' supervisor, and a note in Spanish from STRI researcher Carolina Gomez.
"Diversity (lit) and tadpoles field notes"
Diversity literature, field notes on tadpoles and frogs, notes on Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve and miscellaneous notes
Frog checklist
Frog checklist - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
Notes, bird sketches
Notes on community ecology from books and papers, bird sketches. The last few pages of the notebook contain a poem copied out by Daniels' spouse Vinetha, for their daughter Rosella.
Frogs of Western Ghats - Part 1
Habitat and microhabitat information on data sheets for frogs in Western Ghats (alphabetised, A-P)
Frogs of Western Ghats - Part 2
Habitat and microhabitat information on data sheets for frogs in Western Ghats (alphabetised, R-U)
Bird checklists - Part 1
Folder of bird checklists from Uttara Kannada, Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Nilgiris Biosphere, IISc, Barro Colorado Island
Bird checklists - Part 1
Folder of bird checklists from Uttara Kannada, Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Niligiris Biosphere, IISc, Barro Colorado Island, Shimoga, Neria,
Bird notes - Folder 3
Literature on birds in Uttara Kannada region, notes
List of vertebrate fauna of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Reptiles, fishes, mammals, amphibians, birds, compiled from field observations and supplemented with existing literature
Sample bird data sheets
Sample sheets (unfilled forms) used to collect bird data (number of sightings and habitat data)
Transect data sheet -- Kolli Hills Birds, Part 1
Contains area descriptions and data collected of birds which are flying, heard, and stationary at 10 transects in Kolli hills.
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Transect data sheet -- Kolli Hills Birds, Part 2
Contains area descriptions and data collected of birds which are flying, heard, and stationary at 11 transects in Kolli hills.
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Transect data sheet -- Kolli Hills Birds, Part 3
Contains area descriptions and data collected of birds which are flying, heard, and stationary at 10 transects in Kolli hills.
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Campus visit - IBSD
Contains notes taken during a visit to the new Institute for Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Manipur to prepare an ecological management plan.
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"Field Book" - 3
Ilustrations of birds, plants, animals, insects
"My sketch book of birds"
Illustrations of birds and assorted animals
"Sketchbook of birds"
Ilustrations of birds, bird notes
Fish drawings - Part 1
Set of illustrations of fish, largely created for the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India. 70+ pages of original illustrations, some printed copies. Some have numbers that correspond to the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India (Universities Press, 2002).
Fish drawings - Part 2
Set of illustrations of fish, largely created for the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India. 70+ pages of original illustrations, some printed copies. Some have numbers that correspond to the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India (Universities Press, 2002).
Fish drawings - Part 3
Set of illustrations of fish, largely created for the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India. 70+ pages of original illustrations, some printed copies. Some have numbers that correspond to the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India (Universities Press, 2002).
Fish drawings - Part 4
Contains handdrawn illustrations of fishes, most likely created for the book Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India.
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Drawings for Amphibians of Peninsular India
Contains illustrations of caecilians and frogs for the book 'Amphibians of Peninsular India' authored by Ranjit Daniels and published by Universities Press in 2005.
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Report of distribution of vertebrate diversity in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
"Patterns of Distribution of Vertebrate Diversity on the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve" - Final technical report submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, after the Government of India's reported decision to declare the island a biosphere reserve
Lecture summaries
Summary of lectures delivered by Daniels during a summer course on Principles of Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability Development in March and April 1998.
Lecture notes
Notes, transparencies used in the lecture "Taking Zoology Education to the Common Man - The Salim Ali Way" on 2001-11-12 at the Zoological Survey of India, Chennai
"Insects: Classification and clues to field identification and collection"
Draft paper written by Daniels while at the Centre for Ecological Sciences /Centre for Theoretical Studies
Published articles
Response to a 1987 Deccan Herald article on vanishing Western Ghat bird species, newspaper cuttings from a column on birds in the Deccan Herald, and a checklist of birds at IISc published in the Times of India.
Article drafts for bird column in the Deccan Herald
Article drafts for column on birds
Frogs of Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Drafts of maps (hand-drawn by Daniels and redrawn by draughstmen), figures, tables, and draft of research paper "Frogs of Barro Colorado Island and the Canal Zone, Panama: Observation on spatial distribution and habitat/microhabitat use".
"My Uttara Kannada Days" - Part 1
Unpublished memoir with photographs about Daniels' time spent in Uttara Kannada district, including descriptions of the landscape, work with collaborators, communities in the region and their customs. This folder includes the first half of the memoir, upto page 20 of the image "plates".
"My Uttara Kannada Days" - Part 2
Unpublished memoir with photographs about Daniels' time spent in Uttara Kannada district, including descriptions of the landscape, work with collaborators, communities in the region and their customs. This folder includes the first half of the memoir, from page 21 of the image "plates" onwards.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India
Annotated proofs for the book "A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India" by Daniels (Oxford University Press, 1997), along with an enclosed letter and bill for indexing.
Amphibians of Peninsular India
Book draft of "Amphibians of Peninsular India" by Daniels (Universities Press, 2004)
Common Freshwater Fishes of India
Book draft with spiral binding, annotations by the author. An early draft of "Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India" by Daniels (Universities Press, 2002)
Book draft on printer paper, with illustrations pasted in. Draft of "Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India" by Daniels (Universities Press, 2002)
Book draft with spiral binding, annotations by the author. Draft of "Freshwater Fishes of Peninsular India" by Daniels (Universities Press, 2002)
Maps and graphs for thesis
Miscellaneous maps, graphs and plots drawn for Daniels' thesis based on research in Uttara Kannada, some made using a telcom plotter. Original drawings by Daniels are rendered here by draughtsmen at IISc.
Environment - A textbook for Undergraduate Environmental Studies
Contains a draft of an environmental studies textbook for undergraduate students prepared by Ranjit Daniels and Jagadish Krishnaswamy and published by Wiley India.
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Bird weights
Weight in grams of bird specimens, identified by common name, location and date
Birds of Dharwad
Birds spotted in Dharwad district, Karnataka
Birds of Goa
Birds spotted in Panjim and Ponda in 1985 and 1987
Birds of IISc
Birds seen on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, between 1983 and 1992
Birds of Nilgiris Biosphere
Birds spotted in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve
Birds of North Kanara
Birds recorded in Uttara Kannada district between 1986 and 1988.
Data punch cards
Sample punch cards that were used by Daniels until 1989
Habitat - Uttara Kannada
Distribution of major bird habitats in Uttara Kannada recorded in 1992-93, referring to grid numbers
Herpetofauna of Eastern Ghats
Description of bird habitats in Hangal taluk, Haveri district, Karnataka
Habitat - Hangal taluk
Description of bird habitats in Nilgiries Biosphere Reserve
Habitat - Nilgiris Biosphere
Herpetofauna species and grid numbers in Tamil Nadu Eastern Ghats, recorded in 1992-93
Kannada names of birds
Kannada names of birds
Local names of mammals and reptiles in North Kanara
Local names of mammals and reptiles in Uttara Kannada
References for PhD thesis
Publication references
Sites visited in Uttara Kannada
Description of habitat, dates of visit, grid numbers
Bird of the week
Contains index cards, prepared most likely for a journal, highlighting a bird each week described and illustrated by Ranjit Daniels while at CES.
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Terborgh, Jon
Letter containing invitation to join Terborgh's group at Duke University (to where Terborgh was moving), to work on studying the consequences of habitat modification on avian diversity and community structure.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Letter concerning selection for short-term fellowship at STRI's field station at Barro Colorado Island to study landscape heterogeneity.
Terborgh, Jon
Letter with congratulations on STRI fellowship and invitation to Peru
Oxford University Press
Letters to Daniels expressing interest in a potential bird field guide and discussion of its contents, feedback on manuscript drafts, particulars of illustration, maps, production, sales, costs, development of the title, a draft memorandum of agreement leading up to the publishing of "A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India". Includes letters discussing the book's production, change in personnal at OUP, and delayed production.
Bock, Walter
Letter with pleasantries and expression of interest in developing a future International Ornithological Congress in India.
XXI International Ornithological Congress
Letters to Ranjit Daniels about invitation to present a plenary lecture at the IOC, letters of congratulation and support, feedback on lecture draft, financial support for travel, and a copy of a letter from Ranjit Daniels enquiring about the status of financial support. Includes a letter of congratulation from Walter Bock as well as a draft document for preparing an invitation when hosting an IOC.
Ehrlich, Paul
Letter with pleasantries and thanks for sharing of books on Indian birds, and offer to arrange work at Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology.
Ehrlich, Anne
Letter with pleasantries and thanks for sharing of books on Indian birds.
Deuti, Kaushik
Regarding of sharing of research papers about amphibians of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
World Resources Institute
Letter seeking suggestions for new Director for their Biological Resources Program.
Madsen, Stig Toft
Print of email with pleasantries, feedback on the book "A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India", conversation about bird-watching in Bannerghatta and plans to visit Kabini, Bandipur and the western coast, and an enquiry about contact details of Zafar Futehally.
Indian Academy of Sciences
Letter seeking more candidate details from MSSRF as a follow-up to Swaminathan's nominating of Ranjit Daniels for fellowship of the academy.
Rahmani, Asad R.
Print of email with feedback on the book "A Field Guide to the Birds of Southwestern India", request for copy of CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) National report, and a mention of Ranjit Daniel's book draft on Salim Ali.
Contains a letter from Kausalya Shenoy requesting Ranjit Daniels to be a technical advisor and collaborate with Care Earth to conduct a study in the Nilgiris for their PhD dissertation. Also included is a summary of the proposal and a letter from their advisor, Philip Crowley.
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Contains a letter from Samira Agnihotri attaching a draft of their PhD thesis, a list of references, and a checklist of birds in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary.
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Contains letters between the Senior Manager of Acquisitions at Wiley India and Ranjit Daniels regarding a publication - most likely Environment - A textbook for Undergraduate Environmental Studies
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Contains letters from S D Biju, S Karthikeyan, and E Kunhikrishnan regarding photographs and slides of amphibians requested by Ranjit Daniels for his book.
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Contains a figure of food chain relationships on the Peruvian beach, most likely published in Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology by Joel W. Hedgpeth in 1957. This figure by gifted to Ranjit Daniels by Enrlich.
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Photos: Achme-Motigudda
Landscapes in Achme-Motigudda, Uttara Kannada district
Photos: Hulathevara Godlu (Aghanashini)
Landscapes in Hulathevara Godlu in Aghanashini, Uttara Kannada district
Photos: Methini Ghat
Landscapes in Methini Ghat, Uttara Kannada district
Photos: Yellapur-Kirvatti
Landscapes in Yellapur-Kirvatti, Uttara Kannada district
Photos: Uttara Kannada - Satellite images
Satellite images of Uttara Kannada, north and south
Photos: Uttara Kannada - habitats
Landscapes in Uttara Kannada district and miscellanous photographs
Photos: Uttara Kannada - people
People, communities, festivals in Uttara Kannada district
Slides: Uttara Kannada - habitats and general
Landscapes in Uttara Kannada district, life in the district, and miscellanous images
Slides: Uttara Kannada - people
People, communities, festivals in Uttara Kannada district
Slides: Uttara Kannada - wetlands
Landscapes, habitat in Uttara Kannada district
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Photos: Andaman and Nicobar islands - Folder 1
Andaman and Nicobar islands - plants, landscapes, general - most photos are from the eastern coast of Great Nicobar Island. Photos of elephants lifting logs, markets and some shots of transit ship are from the Andaman Islands.
Andaman and Nicobar islands, primarily the eastern coast of Great Nicobar Island
Photos: Andaman and Nicobar islands, ship
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, scenes surrounding a ship carrying local goods
Slides: Andaman and Nicobar islands
Andaman and Nicobar islands
Negatives: Andaman and Nicobar islands
Negatives of images of frogs, lizards, crabs, plants, markets and other scenes from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Photos: Nilgiri Biosphere Reseve
Landscape, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Slides: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Miscellaneous images, Niligiri Biosphere reserve
Slides: Lakshadweep islands
Miscellaneous images, Lakshadweep
Photos: Silent Valley
Landscape, Silent Valley, Kerala
"A Bird's Eye View of Our Habitat"
Article in the Times of India's Times City supplement on birds as an indicator of change in environment, mentioning Daniels
"Endemic birds leaving Western Ghats"
Article highlighting report by Daniels and collaborators at Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, on how converting natural forests to plantations has affected endemic birds
"3-lakh plan to restore bird sanctuary"
Article in the Deccan Herald on plans for Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary to be restored after floods, mentioning Daniels