2019-2024: Ph.D. Ecology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.

2019-2020: M.Phil. Ecological Informatics, Cochin University of Science and Technology,
India

2015-2017: M.Sc. Biodiversity and Conservation, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,
India

2012-2015: B.Sc. (H) Zoology, University of Delhi, India


 

- Machine Learning in ökologischer Modellierung.
- Klimawandel und Ökosystemleistungen in Forst- und Landwirtschaftssystemen
- Fernerkundung in der Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt.

2024
Ayushi, K., Babu, K.N., Ayyappan, N., Nair, J.R., Kakkara, A., and Reddy, C.S. (2024).
A comparative analysis of machine learning techniques for aboveground biomass estimation: A
case study of the Western Ghats, India. Ecological Informatics, p.102479.
Babu, K.N., Jetty, S., Ayushi, K., Gour, R., Mandyam, S., Ayyappan, N., and Parthasarathy, N.
(2024). Integration of community ecology and habitat suitability modelling for restoration and
conservation of two endemic tree species from the Western Ghats, India. Trees, pp.1-28.

2023
Ayushi, K., Babu, K.N., and Ayyappan, N. (2023). Structural diversity is a key driver of aboveground
biomass in tropical forests. Plant Ecology & Diversity, pp.1-18.
Babu, K.N., Gour, R., Ayushi, K., Ayyappan, N., and Parthasarathy, N. (2023).
Environmental drivers and spatial prediction of forest fires in the Western Ghats biodiversity
hotspot, India: An ensemble machine learning approach. Forest Ecology and Management, 540,
p.121057.
Babu, K.N., Mandyam, S., Jetty, S., Dar, A.A., Ayushi, K., Narayanan, A., Somaiah, S., and
Narayanaswamy, P. (2023). Carbon stocks of tree plantations in a Western Ghats landscape, India:
influencing factors and management implications. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,
195(3), pp.1-26.

2022
Ayushi, K., Babu, K.N., Reddy, C.S., Manikandan, T.M., Barathan, N., Behera, D., and Ayyappan,
N. (2022). Remote sensing-based characterisation of community-level phenological variations in
a regional forest landscape of Western Ghats, India. Geocarto International, pp.1-15.
Babu, K.N., Ayushi, K., Ayyappan, N., and Parthasarathy, N. (2022).
Extended distribution of Litsea keralana Kosterm. (Lauraceae) – an endemic and threatened
species of the Western Ghats. Feddes Repertorium - Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and
Geobotany.
Baldo, M., Buldrini, F., Chiarucci, A., Rocchini, D., Zannini, P., Ayushi, K., and Ayyappan, N.
(2022). Remote sensing analysis on primary productivity and forest cover dynamics: A Western
Ghats India case study. Ecological Informatics, 73, p.101922.

2021
Babu, K.N., Ayushi, K., Wilson, V.K., Ayyappan, N., and Parthasarathy, N. (2021).
The woody flora of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India – A
checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(13), pp.20033-20055.
Reddy, S.C., Ayushi K., Srivastava, G., Singhal, J., Varghese, A.O., Padalia, H., Ayyappan, N.,
Rajashekar, G., Jha, C.S., and Rao, P.V.N. (2021).
Remote sensing enabled essential biodiversity variables for biodiversity assessment and
monitoring: technological advancement and potentials. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30, pp.1-
14.
National Remote Sensing Centre (2021). Manual - Biodiversity Characterisation at Community
level in India using Earth Observation Data. National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space
Research Organisation, Hyderabad, India.