Sanjay Gubbi

[24] His books in Kannada include Shaalege Banda Chirate Mattu Itara Kathegalu[25][26] and Vanyajeevigala Jaadu Hididu[27] Born to Navarathna and Sreyamsha Kumar N.B.

Tumkur district is covered in dry scrub forests and is home to animals such as leopards, sloth bears, wolves, blackbucks, chinkara (Indian gazelle) and many others.

Gubbi has also taught Master’s program courses at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, the Wildlife Institute of India and Kuvempu University.

He works closely with a wide cross-section of people in the society including policymakers, media personnel, local communities, and social leaders to conserve big cat habitats in the state.

Currently, his ongoing research focusses on leopards in India and involves population estimation, occupancy surveys, diet studies, and human-leopard conflict.

Bandipur was the first tiger reserve in the country to receive the final notification of an eco-sensitive zone due to the collaborative work done with the local elected representatives and forest officials.

He also helped reduce the fragmentation effects of unsustainable mining in Kudremukh National Park and energy projects in critical corridors in the Western Ghats.

• Kolekar, A., Hockings, K., Metcalfe, K. & Gubbi, S. (2024) Identifying priority areas for the Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) within a shared landscape.

14(10) doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70404 • Pattekar, S., Gubbi, S., Struebig, M. J., & Benson, J. F. (2024) Response of dholes to prey availability and human disturbance in space and time in southern India.

286, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110303 • Suthar, S., Chawla, M. M., Poornesha H. C., & Gubbi, S. (2023) A camera-trap record of a brown Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica from Karnataka state, southern India.