Navjot S SODHI Professor Contact Information: Dept of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore 117543 Tel: 65162700 Fax: 67792486 email:dbsns@nus.edu.sg August 2008 to 1 July 2009: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

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PhD Saskatchewan, MSc BSc Hons Panjab

Research Areas:
Conservation Biology, Environment Management and Ecology

Research Interests:
My science encompasses descriptive as well as experimental approaches to single or multidisciplinary questions. I have worked in a wide range of habitats and landscapes, which has given me a breadth to ask broad-based questions. I am primarily interested in determining how tropical deforestation is impacting biotas. My research has been funded by the university and various governmental and private organizations.

Current and recent Projects:
Effects of forest loss on animals and ecosystem processes
Extinctions from tropical islands
Ecology and management of house crows and mynas
Management of birds at airfields

Awards:
Charles Bullard Fellowship, Harvard University (2002)
Outstanding Researcher Award, National University of Singapore (2004)
Sarah Hrdy Fellowship in Conservation Biology, Harvard University (2008-2009)

Other positions
Associate in Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Harvard University

Editorial Board Memberships:
Conservation Biology (Assigning Editor)
Biological Conservation (Editor, 2008-)
The Auk (Associate Editor, 2003-2007)
Biotropica (Subject Editor)
Ornithological Science
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Associate Editor, 1997-2007)
Ecological Research (Handling Editor, 2004-07)
Animal Conservation (Associate Editor)

Selected Recent Publications:

BOOKS

1. Sodhi , N.S. , Acciaioli, G, Erb, M. & Tan, A. K.-J. (Editors). 2008. Biodiversity and human livelihoods in protected areas: case studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

2. Sodhi , N.S. , Brook, B.W. & Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2007. Tropical conservation biology. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

3. Sodhi , N.S. & Brook, B.W. 2006. Southeast Asian biodiversity in crisis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

4. Sodhi , N.S. & Sharp I. 2006. Winged Invaders: ' Pest' birds of Asia-Pacific. SNP, Singapore.

5. Sodhi, N.S. & P.R. Ehrlich. (Editors). in prep. Conservation Biology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

PAPERS

1. Koh, L.P., Tan, H.T.W. & Sodhi, N.S. 2008. Biofuels: waste not want not. Science (2008) 320:1419.

2. Bradshaw, C.J.A., Sodhi, N.S. & Brook, B.W. Tropical turmoil - a biodiversity tragedy in progress. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (in press).

3. Bradshaw, C.J.A., Sodhi, N.S. & Brook, B.W. Flooding policy makers with evidence to save forests. Ambio (in press).

4. Warkening, I.G. & Sodhi, N.S. Financing tropical forest preservation. Science (2008) 320:827.

5. Bradshaw, C.J.A., Giam, X., Tan, H.T.W., Brook, B. W. & Sodhi, N.S. Threat and invasive status in legumes is related to opposite extremes of the same ecological and life history attributes. Journal of Ecology (in press).

6. Brook, B.W., Sodhi, N.S. & Bradshaw, C.J.A. Synergies among extinction drivers under global change.Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2008) 23:453-460.

7. Sodhi, N.S., Posa, M.R.C., Lee, T.M. & Warkentin, I.G. Effects of tropical rainforest disturbance or loss on birds. Auk (2008) 125:511-519.

8. Tscharntke, T., Sekercioglu, C.H., Dietsch, T.V., Sodhi, N.S., Hoehn, P. & Tylianakis, J.M. Landscape constraints on functional diversity of birds and insects in tropical agroecosystems. Ecology (2008) 89:944-951.

9. Posa, M.R.C., Diesmos, A.C., Sodhi, N.S. & Brooks, T.M. Hope for threatened tropical biodiversity: lessons from the Philippines. BioScience (2008) 58:231-240.

10. Sodhi, N.S. & Brook, B.W. Fragile Southeast Asian biotas. Biological Conservation (2008) 141:883-884.

11. Lim MLM, Sodhi NS & Endler JA (2008) Conservation with sense. Science 319:281.

12. Sodhi, N.S., Bickford, D., Diesmos, A.C., Lee, T.M., Koh, L.P., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, C.H. & Bradshaw, C.J.A. Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline. PLoS One (2008) 3:e1636.

13. Sodhi, N.S. Tropical biodiversity loss and people - a brief review. Basic and Applied Ecology (2008) 9:93-99. (invited)

14. Lohman, D.L., Bickford, D. & Sodhi, N.S.. The burning issue. Science (2007) 316:376.

15. Bradshaw, C.A.J., Sodhi, N.S., Peh, K.S.-H. & Brook, B.W. Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world. Global Change Biology (2007) 13:2379-2395.

16. Sekercioglu, C.H. & Sodhi, N.S. Conservation biology: predicting birds' responses to fragmentation. Current Biology (2007) 19:R838-R840

17. Sodhi, N.S., Koh, L.P., Peh, K.S.-H., Tan, H.T.W., Chazdon, R.L., Corlett, R.T., Lee, T.M., Colwell, R.K., Brook, B.W., Sekercioglu, C.H. & Bradshaw, C.J.A.. Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions (2007) 14:1-10.

18. Lee, T.M., Sodhi, N.S. & Prawiradilaga, D.M. The importance of protected areas for the forest and endemic avifauna of Sualwesi (Indonesia). Ecological Applications (2007) 17:1727-1741.

19. Yap, C.A.-M., Sodhi, N.S. & Peh, K.S.-H. 2007. Phenology of tropical birds in Peninsular Malaysia: effects of selective logging and food resources. Auk (2007) 124:945-961.

20. Bickford, D., Lohman, D.J., Sodhi, N.S., Ng, P.K.L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K. & Das, I. Cryptic species as a new window on diversity and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2007) 22:148-155.

21. Posa, M.R.C., Sodhi, N.S. & Koh, L.P. Predation on artificial nests and caterpillar models across a disturbance gradient in Subic Bay, Philippines. Journal of Tropical Ecology (2007) 23:27-33.

22. Pandit , M.K., Sodhi, N.S., Koh, L.P., Bhaskar, A. & Brook, B.W. Unreported yet massive deforestation driving loss of endemic biodiversity in Indian Himalaya. Biodiversity and Conservation (2007) 16:153-163

23. Sodhi , N.S. , Brooks, T.M., Koh, L.P., Acciaioli, G., Erb, M., Tan, A. K.-J., Curran, L.M., Brosius, P., Lee, T.M., Patlis, J.M., Gumal, M. & Lee, R.J.. 2006. Biodiversity and human livelihood crises in the Malay Archipelago. Conservation Biology (2006) 20:1811-1813.

24. Clements, R., Sodhi, N.S., Schilthuizen, M. & Ng, P.K.L. Limestone karsts of Southeast Asia: imperiled arks of biodiversity. BioScience (2006) 56:733-742. (cover article).

25. Brook, B.W. & Sodhi, N.S. Conservation biology - rarity bites. Nature (2006) 440:555-557.

26. Peh, K.S.-H., Sodhi, N.S., de Jong, J., Sekercioglu, C.H., Yap C. A.-M. & Lim, S.L.-H. Conservation value of degraded habitats for forest birds in southern Peninsular Malaysia. Diversity and Distributions (2006) 12:572-581.

27. Brook, B.W., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Koh, L.P. & Sodhi, N.S. Momentum drives the crash: mass extinction in the tropics. Biotropica (2006) 38:302-305. (invited)

28. Sodhi , N.S. , Lee, T.M, Koh, L.P & Prawiradilaga, D.M. Long-term avifaunal impoverishment in an isolated tropical woodlot. Conservation Biology (2006) 20:772-779.

29. Sodhi , N.S. , Koh, L.P. & Brook, B.W. Southeast Asian birds in peril. Auk (2006) 123:275-277.

30. Posa, M.R.C. & N.S. Sodhi. Effects of anthropogenic land use on forest birds and butterflies in Subic Bay, Philippines. Biological Conservation (2006) 129:256-270.

31. Soh, M.C.K., N.S. Sodhi & S.L.H. Lim. High sensitivity of montane bird communities to habitat disturbance in Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation (2006) 129:149-166.

32. Peh, K.S.-H., J. De Jong, N.S. Sodhi, S.L.H. Lim & C.A.-M. Yap. Lowland rainforest avifauna and human disturbance: persistence of primary forest birds in selectively logged forest and mixed-rural habitats of southern Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation (2005) 123:489-505.

33. Sodhi , N.S., Koh, L.P., Prawiradilaga, D.M., Darjono, Tinulele, I., Putra, D.D.& Tan, T.H.T. Land use and conservation value for forest birds in central Sulawesi (Indonesia). Biological Conservation (2005) 122:547-558.

34. Koh, L.P., Dunn, R.R., Sodhi, N.S., Colwell, R.K., Proctor, H.C. & Smith, V.S. Species co-extinctions and the biodiversity crisis. Science (2004) 305:1632- 1634

35. Sodhi , N.S. , Koh, L.P., Brook, B.W. & Ng, P.K.L. Southeast Asian biodiversity: the impending disaster. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2004) 19:654-660. (Cover article)

36. Sodhi , N.S. , Liow, L.H & Bazzaz, F.A. Avian extinctions from tropical and subtropical forests. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2004) 35:323-345

37. Koh, L.P. & Sodhi, N.S. Importance of reserves, fragments and parks for butterfly conservation in a tropical urban landscape. Ecological Applications (2004) 14:1695-1708

38. Koh, Sodhi, N.S. & Brook, B.W. Ecological correlates of extinction proneness in tropical butterflies. Conservation Biology (2004) 18:1571-1578.

39. Brook, B.W., Sodhi, N.S. & Ng, P.K.L. Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore. Nature (2003) 424:420-423

40. Liow, L.H., Sodhi, N.S. & Elmqvist, T. Bee diversity along a disturbance gradient in tropical lowland forests of Southeast Asia. Journal of Applied Ecology (2001) 38:180-192

41. Castelletta, M., Sodhi, N.S. & Subaraj, R. Heavy extinctions of forestdependent avifauna in Singapore: lessons for biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology (2000) 14:1870-1880

42. Sodhi , N.S. & Liow, L.H. Improving conservation biology research in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology (2000) 14:1211-1212