Shivam Shrotriya शिवम् श्रोत्रिय

Ecology and Wildlife research: Caves, Trans-Himalayan mammals, Road-ecology.
✨Ph.D. on the Himalayan wolf 🐺.
New parent😇.

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[Shivam Shrotriya शिवम् श्रोत्रिय @shivam_wolf]

"Is ANOVA relevant?" My latest column article in WII e-newsletter looks at the historical dichotomy of #ANOVA vs #Regression in #biostatistics classes, while both are mathematically similar.
Read- https://t.co/rZQJCtY2qW
#StatisticsEducation #GLM #ResearchMethods #DataScience

[Journal of Wildlife Science @jwls_in]

🎉NEW ISSUE ALERT! Volume 2, Issue 4 (December 2025) of @jwls_in is out!
Featuring 6 papers on primate conservation, human-wildlife conflict, forest ecology, and more. Read the full issue: https://t.co/uSD98NArXx
@moefcc @wii_india @GobindsagarBha1 @wildwithwolves

[Shivam Shrotriya शिवम् श्रोत्रिय @shivam_wolf]

My latest article is out in WII newsletter. This time it is a commentary on theories from #carnivore #ecology - Trophic cascades & Mesopredator release.
https://t.co/3gBfFNMOxN
#scicomm #ConservationScince #Anthropocene

[Preeti S. Virkar @A_Solitary_Bee]

An excellent talk by @shivam_wolf on "Birds in Academic Campuses" at the Symposium on Bird Monitoring in India
https://t.co/PXv8AtFMDB

[Shivam Shrotriya शिवम् श्रोत्रिय @shivam_wolf]

A column article by me- "The Tragedy of the Commons, and how to dodge it." I write these contemporary commentaries on influential papers and theories in #Ecology and #ConservationScience for students and interested readers. Find it here: https://t.co/CkXhxyYqLn
#Sustainability

[ICCON 2025 @iccon_india]

@ShashankNagara4 forays into the wild side of the garbage dumps. Showcases how mismanagement in the protected area periphery may alter tolerance of wild ungulates to each other and livestock. Which may increase the risk of zoonotic transmission. @wildwithwolves @shivam_wolf
#garbagemanagement #ecology #adaptation #behavior

@moefcc @wii_india @ntca_india @IBCA_official @vrtiwari1 @SACONCoimbatore @rameshpandeyifs @SPYadavIFS @GobindsagarBha1 @wildwithwolves @jwls_in @V_kolipakam @CentralIfs

[Journal of Wildlife Science @jwls_in]

Visit stall no. 2 in the at @iccon_india conference venue to learn more about @jwls_in, meet JWLS editors and discuss how to improve your manuscripts for publications.
#OpenScience #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #iccon2025

[Journal of Wildlife Science @jwls_in]

📢 3rd Issue (Vol.1) of JWLS is out today. Check out featured groundbreaking research and latest advancements in wildlife science. Explore full issue here: https://t.co/LUhspyYqG0 @moefcc @wii_india @vrtiwari1 @wildwithwolves @V_kolipakam @shivam_wolf @SPYadavIFS

[Bilal Habib @wildwithwolves]

Loss of grasslands impacts wolves more than any predator. Wolf habitats are in human-dominated landscapes’ @bhlab_india @shivam_wolf @shaheerkhan @vrtiwari1 @wii_india #wolf @TOIIndiaNews
https://t.co/6EEXaic7Xt

[Bilal Habib @wildwithwolves]

The wolf is neither man’s competitor nor his enemy. He is a fellow creature with whom the earth must be shared @TOIIndiaNews @vishwamTOI @vrtiwari1 @wii_india @bhlab_india @shivam_wolf @shaheerkhan @IntlWolfCenter @VoyaWolfProject @rameshpandeyifs @protectwildlife @laurenhennelly1

[Wildlife Institute of India @wii_india]

Mr. Shivam Shrotriya (@shivam_wolf) discussed the study on ensuring wildlife connectivity across newly developed railway and road infrastructures in the Terai-Arc Landscape, focusing on case studies from Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. @thewild_dodo, @paragnigam09, @wildwithwolves, @bhlab_india, @moefcc, @vrtiwari1 #Sustainability #Infrastructure.

[Shivam Shrotriya शिवम् श्रोत्रिय @shivam_wolf]

@IncomeTaxIndia @IndranilMondal5 Dear @IncomeTaxIndia,
Grievance Number 16053203 filled on 31 January 2024 is also pending. It is related to the the same challan and employer mentioned in the above grievance by @IndranilMondal5

[BH LAB @bhlab_india]

International Wolf Day 2023: The best lupine habitat is in the human heart. https://t.co/PqAiEv5jf5

[BH LAB @bhlab_india]

Estimating the carrying capacity of your tiger reserve is going to be fun provided you have robust density estimates of prey species. Translating science into conservation action. @ntca_india @SPYadavIFS @vrtiwari1 @paragnigam09 @wii_india #InternationalTigerDay2023 @moefcc

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

#PhD student: Makes $30k a year. Works on weekends as well. Zero life-work balance.

"Do you think I have a chance to become a professor?"

Prof: "Yes, of course! Finish this project and we will publish excellent papers. I am sure you will easily find a faculty position."

▫️

2 years later:

Student finishes the project. Professor writes a report. Papers are published.

Student: "Do you think my CV is strong enough?"

Prof: "Yes, you are the best!"

▫️

Next 4 months:

Student submits 50 well-tailored applications for faculty positions.

Zero interviews. A lot of broken dreams.

▫️

Key takeaways:

1. Make sure you distinguish encouragement from reality.
- By encouraging you, your advisor may unintentionally give you too much hope. Keep a cool head.

2. Always ask other faculties for external opinion on your case.
- Your advisor’s opinion is always biased. Look for more input outside your group.

3. Don’t expect fairness during candidate selection.
- Hiring process is subjective by definition. It is done by people with very different views on who is the best. You may put tons of efforts into a research statement only to find out later that no one really reads it.

4. The reality is brutal.
- Departments can receive 300-500 candidates per opening. Many have excellent CVs and cool ideas. At top- and mid-rank universities, selection criteria can become extremely questionable (like, who exactly was your PhD advisor? Is your recomm. letter 3 pages long? etc).

And there is no need to say “You don’t know anything about it. It’s not like this”.

I went through this myself. Many times. Along with many colleagues.

Do not expect fairness. See luck as a big factor.

Apply broadly but have a backdoor ready.

#AcademicTwitter

[Auke-Florian @AukeFlorian]

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

[Maria Petridou @MariaPetridouLc]

Amazing paper! "Wolves are the most politicized species. They are used as a political symbol and as a scapegoat for a number of socially significant political issues".., and other cool symbolic meanings of wolves gathered in one paper
https://t.co/rlDRfPPAID

[Sumit Dookia @sumitdookia]

Wolf is top predator of Thar Desert and #GIB landscape. We are occasionally able to spot them, here is one Wolf feeding on a skin of dead livestock. Thanks to volunteer network of @and_ecology for sending this video.

[Sougata Sadhukhan, Ph.D. @bioacousticist]

📓Third paper from my PhD is out today.
We talked about vocalisation behavioural responses of wolves to anthropocene. The paper also gives a guidelines for active acoustics survey for 🐺.
https://t.co/dx1ZffLV2t
@shaheerkhan @wildwithwolves
#Wolves #ecology #behaviour #howl