Indraneil Das
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Indraneil Das is a behavioral ecologist whose research explores the evolutionary design of animal communication, with a particular focus on how signals balance detectability against predation risk. His major contributions center on experimentally testing the fundamental trade-off between conspicuousness and survival, demonstrating that social animals can avoid predation by producing intermittent or novel signals. In a landmark 2021 study using hundreds of robotic prey in the wild—a highly innovative methodological approach—Das showed that such signal strategies effectively reduce predation costs, providing rare empirical confirmation of a long-standing theoretical prediction. This work has garnered 20 citations and is widely recognized for its creative experimental design. Das has also advanced our understanding of convergent evolution in communication, revealing in another 2021 study how lizards and other animals have independently evolved similar signaling adaptations to cope with environmental noise over deep evolutionary timescales. His research bridges field experiments and comparative analyses, offering fresh insights into how natural selection shapes the form and timing of animal signals. Das’s work is essential reading for students and researchers interested in sensory ecology, evolutionary biology, and the behavioral strategies animals use to communicate in complex, risky environments.
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