Some of the following papers are not open-access. If you want to read the full paper, please email us [shawan.chowdhury@monash.edu].
Peer-reviewed publication
2026
41. Addressing gaps in butterfly population monitoring to catalyze global insect conservation. Conservation Letters. [Link]
Riva F, Schmucki R, Cooke R, Balalaikins M, Barea-Azcón J, Basu D, Böhm M, Bonebrake T,
Chowdhury S, Comay O, Debrot A, Dolezal A, Dyer E, Girotra R, Fontaine B, Isaac N, KR Nagesh,
Kühn E, Kunte K, Kutt A, Kuussaari M, Larivee M, Legall N, Lien V, Madden H, Maes D, McGaffin S, McRae L, Mestdagh X, Munguira M, Musche M, Mynott H, Pe’er G, Pettersson LB, Pippen J,
Ries L, Roth T, Šašić M, Settele J, Sielezniew M, Solis Sosa R, Stefanescu C, Titeux N, Tzirkalli E, Ubach A, Sevilleja C, Sheikh S, van Swaay, C, Nawge V, Walker A, Woodcock B, Roy DB.
40. Human activities alter the relationship between plant and butterfly biodiversity. Basic & Applied Ecology. [Link]
Cruz MP, Guisan A, Chowdhury S, Collart F, Riva F.
39. Harnessing iEcology data to uncover invasive animal species behaviour. Methods in Ecology & Evolution. [Link]
Mikula P, Pipek P, Bulla M, Caetano G, Castillo L, Chowdhury S, Dylewski L, Essl F, Firth J, Gippet J, Henke T, Jarić I, Jagiełło Z, Lenzner B, Novoa A, Pernat N, Pyšek P, Sbragaglia V, Smith J, Souza AT, Steinbauer M, Vardi R, Wang S, Tryjanowski P, Menzel A.
38. Global Biodiversity Framework targets can drive action on insect declines, but lack robust indicators to prove their effectiveness. Conservation Letters. [Link]
Bladon AJ, Akite P, Chowdhury S, Riva F, Cooke R, Dyer EE, Millard J, Outhwaite CL, Rodger JG, Hui C, Isip JE, Jones JI, Murphy JF, Newbold T, Purvis A, Roy HE, Skinner G, Woodcock BA, Berger I, Choudhury S, Morgan WH, Báldi A, Bartlett H, Batáry P, Bihaly AD, Borzée A, Chobot K, Crosier J, Deiner K, Devenish AJM, Devriese A, Ermakova A, Farooq H, Fedotov A, Gaigr J, Gallé R, Gategeko A, Gong H, Gordon I, Herzog F, Jacobson A, Kamath V, Manral U, Marja R, Martin C, Mpayimana D, Mutekanga F, Naskrecki P, Ndahayo P, Nkurikiyimana D, Nsenganeza JDV, Ntibabarira JP, Poston J, Reynolds C, Ruticumugambi JA, Srikanthan P, Török E, Yekwayo I, Isaac NJB, Dicks LV.
37. Social media data reveal novel habitats for invasive species. Biological Conservation. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Debnath R, Hawladar N, Howard SR, Hodgins KA, Wong BBM, & Jarić I.
36. Harnessing social media data to track species range shifts. Conservation Biology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Hawladar N, Roy RC, Capinha C, Cassey P, Correia RA, Deme GG, Di Marco M, Di Minin E, Jarić I, Ladle RJ, Lenoir J, Momeny M, Rinne JJ, Roll U, Bonn A.
2025
35. Widespread decline of ground beetles in Germany. Diversity and Distributions. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Bowler D, Boutaud E, Bleich O, Bruelheide H, Buse J, Engel T, Gebert J, Grescho V, Gürlich S, Harry I, Jansen F, Klenke RA, van Klink R, Winter M, Bonn A.
34. Language, economic, and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap. PLoS Biology. [Link]
Amano T, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Berdejo-Espinola V, Borokini I, Chowdhury S, Golivets M, González-Trujillo JD, Montaño-Centellas F, Paudel K, White R, Veríssimo D.
33. iNaturalist is Shaping the Future of Biodiversity Research. BioScience. [Link]
Mason BM, Mesaglio T, Heitmann JB, Chandler M, Chowdhury S, Gorta SBZ, Grattarcola F, Groom Q, Hitchcock C, Hoskins L, Lowe SK, Marquis M, Pernat N, Shirey V, Baasanmunkh S, Callaghan CT.
32. Spatial occurrence records and distributions of tropical Asian butterflies. Scientific Data. [Link]
Bonebrake T, Yau EYH, Jones EE, Tsang T, Xing S, Corlett RT, Roehrdanz P, Lohman D, Lee AKC, Hai CWC, Chowdhury S, Hill JK, Badon JAT, Gan CW, Basset Y, Chen I-C, Benedick S, Jain A, Ki TLT, Kunte K, Nakamura A, Vu LV, Scriven SA, Hughes A.
31. Moving beyond continents for global and inclusive science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. [Link]
Jarić I, Diagne C, Chowdhury S.
30. Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health. Frontiers in Environmental Science. [Link]
Oh RRY, Suarez-Castro AF, Fuller RA, Tervo M, Rozario K, Peters B, Chowdhury S, von Gönner G, Friedrichs-Manthey M, Berger A, Schultz T, Dean AJ, Tulloch A, Bonn A.
2024
29. Protected areas fail to cover the full annual cycle of migratory butterflies. Conservation Biology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Cardillo M, Chapman JW, Green D, Norris DR, Riva F, Zalucki MP, Fuller RA.
28. Emerging technologies in citizen science and potential for insect monitoring. Philosophical Transactions B [Link].
Sheard JK, Adriaens T, Bowler DE, Büermann A, Callaghan CT, Camprasse ECM, Chowdhury S, Engel T, Finch EA, von Gönner J, Hsing PY, Mikula P, Oh RRY, Peters B, Phartyal SS, Pocock MJO, Wäldchen J, Bonn A.
27. Animal Migration in the Anthropocene: Threats and Mitigation Options. Biological Reviews [Link].
Cooke S, Piczak M, Singh N, Åkesson S, Ford A, Chowdhury S, Mitchell G, Norris R, Hardesty-Moore M, McCauley D, Hammerschlag N, Tucker M, Horns J, Reisinger R, Kubelka V, Lennox R.
26. Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. [Link]
Arenas-Castro H, Berdejo-Espinola V, Chowdhury S, Rodríguez-Contreras A, James A, Raja NB, Dunne E, Bertolino S, Emidio NB, Derez CM, Drobniak SM, Fulton GR, Henao-Diaz LF, Kaur A, Kim CJS, Lagisz M, Medina I, Mikula P, Narayan VP, O’Bryan CJ, Oh RRY, Ovsyanikova E, Pérez-Hämmerle KV, Pottier P, Powers JS, Rodriguez-Acevedo AJ, Rozak AH, Sena PHA, Sockhill NJ, Tedesco AM, Tiapa-Blanco F, Tsai JS, Villarreal-Rosas J, Wadgymar SM, Yamamichi M, Amano T.
25. A protocol for harvesting biodiversity data from Facebook. Conservation Biology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Ahmed S, Alam S, Callaghan C, Das P, Di Marco M, Di Minin E, Jarić I, Labi MM, Rokonuzzaman M, Roll U, Sbragaglia V, Siddika A, Bonn A.
24. Using social media records to inform conservation planning. Conservation Biology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Fuller RA, Ahmed S, Alam S, Callaghan C, Das P, Correia R, Di Marco M, Di Minin E, Jarić I, Labi MM, Ladle R, Rokonuzzaman M, Roll U, Sbragaglia V, Siddika A, Bonn A.
2023
23. Insights from citizen science reveal priority areas for conserving biodiversity in Bangladesh. One Earth. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Fuller RA, Rokonuzzaman M, Alam S, Das P, Siddika A, Ahmed S, Labi MM, Chowdhury SU, Mukul SA, Böhm M, Hanson JO.
22. The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLoS Biology. [Link]
Amano T, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Berdejo-Espinola V, Borokini I, Chowdhury S, Golivets M, González-Trujillo JD, Montaño-Centellas F, Paudel K, White R, Veríssimo D.
21. Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: a case study from tropical Bangladesh. BioScience. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Aich U, Rokonuzzaman M, Alam S, Das P, Siddika A, Ahmed S, Labi MM, Di Marco M, Fuller RA, Callaghan CT.
20. Die Bedeutung der Digitalisierung für Citizen Science und Crowdsourcing im Naturschutz. Natur und Landschaft. [Link]
Engel T, Chowdhury S, Friedrichs-Manthey M, von Gönner, J, Herrmann T, Klenke R, Sheard JK, Peters B, Bonn A.
19. Linguistic Equity in Organismal Biology: What Can Journals Do Better? Integrative Organismal Biology. [Link]
Nolde-Lopez B, Bundus J, Arenas-Castro H, Román D, Chowdhury S, Amano T, Berdejo-Espinola V, Wadgymar SM.
18. Three quarters of insect species are insufficiently represented by protected areas. One Earth [Link].
Chowdhury S, Zalucki MP, Hanson JO, Tiatragul S, Green D, Watson JEM, Fuller RA.
17. Threatened species could be more vulnerable to climate change in tropical countries. Science of the Total Environment. [Link].
Chowdhury S.
16. Protected areas and the future of insect conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution [Link].
Chowdhury S, Jennions MD, Zalucki MP, Maron M, Watson JEM, Fuller RA.
2022
15. Trends and progress in studying butterfly migration. Integrative Conservation. [Link].
Chowdhury S, Zalucki MP, Amano T, Poch TJ, Lin MM, Ohwaki A, Lin DL, Yang L, Choi SW, Jennions MD, Fuller RA.
14. Spatial occurrence data for the animals of Bangladesh derived from Facebook. Pangaea. [Data paper]
Chowdhury S, Aich U, Rokonuzzaman M, Alam S, Das P, Siddika A, Ahmed S, Labi MM, Di Marco M, Callaghan CT, Fuller RA.
Insect migration and conservation. Chowdhury S. PhD thesis, the University of Queensland. [Degree awarded: May 20, 2022; Link]
13. Separating the effects of paternal age and mating history: evidence for sex-specific paternal effect in eastern mosquitofish. Evolution [Link].
Aich U, Chowdhury S, Jennions MD.
12. Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Gonzalez K, Aytekin MÇK, Baek S-Y, Bełcik M, Bertolino S, Duijns S, Han Y, Jantke K, Katayose R, Lin, M-M, Nourani E, Ramos, Rouyer M-M, Sidemo-Holm W, Vozykova S, Zamora-Gutiérrez V, Amano T.
11. Protected areas in South Asia: Status and prospects. Science of the Total Environment. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Alam S, Labi MM, Khan N, Rokonuzzaman M, Biswas D, Tahea T, Mukul SA, Fuller RA.
2021
10. Seasonal Spatial Dynamics of Butterfly Migration. Ecology Letters. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Zalucki MP, Amano T, Woodworth BK, Venegas-Li R, Fuller RA.
9. Urban green spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, harbour nearly half the country’s butterfly diversity. Journal of Urban Ecology. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Shahriar SA, Böhm M, Jain A, Aich U, Zalucki MP, Hesselberg T., Morelli F, Benedetti Y, Persson AS, Roy DK, Alif S, Ahmed S, Fuller RA.
8. Migration in butterflies: A global overview. Biological Reviews. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Fuller RA, Dingle H, Chapman JW, Zalucki MP.
7. Butterflies are weakly protected in a mega-populated country, Bangladesh. Global Ecology and Conservation. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Alam S, Chowdhury SU, Rokon M, Shahriar SA, Shome AR, Fuller RA.
6. Coasting along to a wider range: niche conservatism in the recent range expansion of the Tawny Coster, Acraea terpsicore (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Diversity and Distributions. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Braby MF, Fuller RA, Zalucki MP.
2020
5. Applicability of machine learning in modelling of atmospheric particle pollution in Bangladesh. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health. [Link]
Shahriar SA, Kayes I, Hasan K, Salam MA, Chowdhury S.
2017
4. Butterfly diversity in a tropical urban habitat (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Oriental Insects. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Hesselberg T, Böhm M, Islam MR, Aich U.
Non-peer-reviewed publication
2016
3. Synchronization of coincidences between the life stages of Pachliopta aristolochiae and the phenological stages of its host plant Aristolochia indica. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management. [Link]
Aich U, Chowdhury S, Akand S, Rahman S, Chowdhury K, Sultan Z, Bashar MA.
2014
2. Record of two new butterflies for Bangladesh. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. [Link]
Das MK, Chowdhury S.
1. Checklist of avian fauna of Dhaka University Campus, Bangladesh. International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies. [Link]
Chowdhury S, Aich, U, Shahadat O.
In review
1. Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe. Nature Ecology & Evolution. [Preprint]
Chowdhury S, Aich U, Antão LH, Pinkert S, Akite P, Almeida GSS, Amano T, Ambrus A, Badon JAT, Baek SY, Balalaikins M, Barták M, Barve V, Bełcik M, Bonebrake T, Bonelli S, Bowler DE, Braby MF, Caritg R, Choi SW, Chu WC, Clain E, Collins S, Cumplido JH, Dapporto L, Deme GG, Dolek M, Dolezal A, Firdaus FI, Franzén M, Freitas AVL, Fuller RA, Gensch L, Grames E, Guariento E, Haywood B, Hershcovich S, Jantke K, John E, Kalivoda H, Karimi A, Katayose R, Kawahara AY, Khanal S, Kunte K, L’Hoste L, Lenda M, León-Cortés JL, Lin DL, Ling YF, Lucia Lorini M, Maes D, Martins D, Merckx T, Mestdagh X, Monasterio Y, Nakamura A, Oh RRY, Pettersson LB, Pippen JS, Pladevall C, Pollet IL, Pottier P, Rafi MA, Ramos DL, Ranasinghe T, Rautenbach F, Reith M, Ringim AS, Riva F, Roy DB, Ryrholm N, Saastamoinen M, Settele J, Sidemo-Holm W, Skorka P, Stork NE, Suwal SP, Švitra G, Swengel AB, Swengel SR, Titeux N, Tropek R, Tzortzakaki O, van Swaay C, Verovnik R, Wiedmann JL, Wiemers M, Yago M, Yazdandad H, Yehuda OB, Zografou K, Bonn A, Pe’er G, Lenoir J.
2. A framework for the strategic conservation of tropical insects. BioScience. [Preprint]
Chowdhury S, Jahan SF, Akite P, Benedetti Y, Bonebrake TC, Freitas AVL, Hossain MM, Ladle RJ, Morelli F, Stork N, Kunte K.
3. Selection on size has generated distinctive paired wing flight systems for butterfly flight and migration. Nature [Preprint]
Chan W-P, Childers RR, Cai L, Chowdhury S, Crall J, Cornwall M, Sipe RH, Maier C, Maunsell S, Talavera G, Tsai C-C, Angier K, Barve V, Dankowicz E, Hinolan J, Itliong M, Naive MA, Johnson G, Matos F, Morgan V, Plotkin D, Salcedo M, Shirey V, Vermilya K, Winstanley J, Wu A, Guralnick R, Kawahara A, Lohman D, Ries L, Soucy E, Vila R, Yu N, Pierce N.
4. Global gaps in international agreements to protect migratory species. Conservation Letters.
Chester CC, Chowdhury S, López-Hoffman L, Bonn A.
5. A social-ecological perspective on invasion fronts of alien species. BioScience.
Henke T, Jarić I, Arbieu U, Caetano GHDO, Canavan S, Capinha C, Castillo ML, Correia RA,
Chowdhury S, Dylewski Ł, Essl F, Firth JA, Fourcade Y, Gervazoni BP, Jagiełło Z, Jeschke JM, Lenzner B, Mikula P, Novoa A, Pipek P, Pyšek P, Schertler A, Shackleton RT, Smith JH,
Soriano-Redondo A, Souza AT, Sbragaglia V.
6. What drives the digital representation of species? npj Biodiversity.
Ladle R, Malhado A, Bragagnolo X, Jaric I, Roll U, Guedes-Santos J, Rodrigues AC, Soriano-Redondo A, Campos-Silva JV, Santiago S, Souza C, Azevedo K, Vieira F, Silva M, Lima P, Efe M, Hortal J, Chowdhury S, Kane A, Nolan G, Correia R.
7. Biodiversity crisis in Southeast Asia. Diversity and Distributions.
Liang Q, Xie Z, Wang X, Chowdhury S, Brook BW, Doody T, Li H, Johns B, Cai B, Game E, Mcdonald-Madden E, Li J, Gao S, Yang Y, Dong G, Zhang S, O’Bryan C.
8. Environmental citizen science program in the developing tropics: The participant outcomes, challenges, and prospects. BioScience.
Deme G, Euvulu G, Turshak L, Joseph I, Chowdhury S, Di Minin E, Mohamed N, Philip N, Fukushima C, Mang C, Da’an S, David Y, Correia RA, Bonn A.
9. Access to online-platform data is infrastructure for biodiversity science. Conservation Letters.
Capinha C, Veríssimo D, Jarić I, Pipek P, Arbieu U, Canavan S, Caetano GHO, Castillo ML, Castro A, Chowdhury S, Degano ME, Dylewski Ł, Essl F, Evans T, Firth JA, Fourcade Y, Jagiello Z, Lenzner B, Mammola S, Mikula P, Novoa A, Pyšek P, Rabaneda-Bueno R, Reynaert S, Soriano-
Redondo A, Sbragaglia V, Vardi R, Souza AT.
