Tal Chhapar Sanctuary - Chhapar, India.
MELA: Mating Ecologoy of Lek-breeding Antelopes
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“Kala hiran to seedha sa jaanvar hai, din bhar ghumta hai aur shaam ko gaddha banake so jata hai.”
– Mr. Devendra Karva
Sunset view from the Lek.
©Hemal Naik
Project MELA is lead by Hemal Naik, Vivek Hari Sridhar and Akanksha Rathore.
Our goal is to study the mate-choice behavior of Blackbucks during a lek. We use a fleet of UAVs to capture the movement of the animals from an aerial perspective. The project details can be found here.
