• Investigating the effects of climate and land use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Species distribution modelling of plants and animals
• Understanding the spatial patterns and associations of plant species in tropical forests
• Individual-based simulation modelling of animal dispersal

ORCID: 0000-0002-8562-8790

ResearcherID: D-4201-2019

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajapandian_Kanagaraj

Kanagaraj, R, Araújo, MB, Barman, R, et al. 2019. Predicting range shifts of Asian elephants under global change. Diversity and Distributions, 25: 822– 838. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12898.

Kowal, V. A., Schmolke, A., Kanagaraj, R., & Bruggeman, D. 2014. Resource selection probability functions for gopher tortoise: Providing a management tool applicable across the species' range. Environmental Management, 53: 594-605.

Kanagaraj, R., T. Wiegand, A. Mohamed, S. Kramer-Schadt. 2013. Using landscape modelling to map the road towards carnivore conservation in the tropics. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 28: 85-107.

Kanagaraj, R., T. Wiegand, S. Kramer-Schadt, S.P. Goyal. 2013. Using individual-based movement models to assess inter-patch connectivity for large carnivores in fragmented landscapes. Biological Conservation, 167: 298-309.

Mundo, I.A, T. Wiegand, R. Kanagaraj, T. Kitzberger. 2013. Spatial analysis of ignition point patterns and the probability of fire occurrence in the western area of Neuquén province, Argentina. Journal of Environmental Management, 123: 77-87.

De Angelo, C., A. Paviolo, T. Wiegand, R. Kanagaraj, M.S. Di Bitetti. 2013. Understanding species persistence for defining conservation actions: A management landscape for jaguars in the Atlantic Forest. Biological Conservation, 159: 422-433.

Punchi‐Manage, R., Getzin, S., Wiegand, T., Kanagaraj, R., Savitri Gunatilleke, C.V., Nimal Gunatilleke, I.A.U., Wiegand, K. and Huth, A. (2013), Effects of topography on structuring local species assemblages in a Sri Lankan mixed dipterocarp forest. Journal of Ecology, 101: 149-160. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12017.

Kanagaraj, R., T. Wiegand, S. Kramer-Schadt, M. Anwar, S.P. Goyal. 2011. Assessing habitat suitability for tiger in the fragmented Terai Arc Landscape of India and Nepal. Ecography, 34: 970-981.

Kanagaraj, R., T. Wiegand, L. Comita, and A. Huth. 2011 Tropical tree species assemblages in topographic habitats change in time and with life stage. Journal of Ecology, 99:1441-1452.

Johnsingh, A.J.T., Ramesh, K., Mohan, D., Qureshi, Q., Goyal, S.P., Rawat, G.S, Sinha, S. and Rajapandian, K. 2003. Saving the tiger in the extreme northwest of its range. Cat News 38:11. IUCN Cat Specialist Group, Bougy, Switzerland.