RAVINDRA Palavalli-Nettimi​

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Peer-reviewed (see Google Scholar for an up-to-date list)

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• Palavalli-Nettimi Ravindra, Theobald Jamie. 2020. Small eyes in dim light: Implications to Spatio-temporal visual abilities in Drosophila melanogaster. Vision Research. 169, 33-40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2020.02.007 

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• K Soanes, K Cranney, M Dade, A Edwards, R. Palavalli-Nettimi and T Doherty. 2020. How to work with children and animals: a guide for school-based citizen science in wildlife ecology. Aus Ecol. 45, 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12836 

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• Palavalli-Nettimi Ravindra, Ogawa Yuri, Ryan Laura, Hart Nathan, Narendra Ajay. 2019. Miniaturisation reduces contrast sensitivity and spatial resolving power in

      ants. J. Exp. Biol. 222. doi: 10.1242/jeb.203018    *Cover page                                                                                                               

• Ogawa Yuri, Ryan Laura, Palavalli-Nettimi Ravindra, Spencer Olivia, Hart Nathan, Narendra Ajay. 2019. Spatial resolving power and contrast sensitivity are adapted for ambient light conditions in Australian  Myrmecia Ants. Front in Ecol and Evol. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00018

 

•  Palavalli-Nettimi, Ravindra and Sane, Sanjay. 2018. Fairyflies. Current Biology. 28(23). R1331-R1332

 

•  Palavalli-Nettimi, Ravindra and Narendra, Ajay. 2018. Does size affect orientation using celestial cues? Insectes Sociaux. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-018-0640-9

 

•  Palavalli-Nettimi, Ravindra and Narendra, Ajay. 2018. Miniaturisation decreases visual navigation competence in ants. J Exp Biol.(pdf) https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.177238

 

• Aniruddha Mitra, Ravindra P Nettimi, Arathy Ramachandran, Paromita Saha and Raghavendra Gadagkar. 2015. Males and females of the social wasp Ropalidia marginata do not differ in their cuticular hydrocarbon profiles and do not seem to use any long-distance volatile mate attraction cues. Insectes Sociaux. 2015. 62, 281-289. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-015-0408-4

 

• Ravindra P Nettimi and Priya Iyer. 2015. Patch fidelity in Camponotus compressus ants foraging on honeydew secreted by treehoppers. Current Science, 109(2), 362-366. link

 

• Ravindra P N. 2014. Ant runners : an analysis of running speed of Leptogenys processionalis 

      (Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Ponerinae). Current Science, 106(9), 1187–1189. link

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Guest editorial and Op-Ed​

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• Ravindra Palavalli Nettimi. 2021. Op-Ed: Toward a Sustainable Model of Scientific Publishing. Journal of Science Policy and Governance, 18(1). Link

• Ravindra P Nettimi, Madhur Mangalam, and Mewa Singh. 2015. Why not be an early-bird researcher? Guest editorial. Current Science, 108 (6), 1027-1028. Link

 

Media coverage of the article: DNA (6 April 2015).

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Scientific journal news articles

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• R. Palavalli-Nettimi and J. Theobald. 2020. Insect Neurobiology: How a small spot stops a fly. Current Biology. 30, R761-R763. Link

 

Conference posters

 

Gordon Research Conference-Neuroethology 2019 (West Dover, Vermont)

 

International Congress of Neuroethology 2018 (Brisbane, Australia)

IUSSI congress 2018 (Guaruja, Brazil)