Publications & books

Pettorelli N*, Folkard-Tapp H, Williams J, Stringer LC, Pecl GT, Bridgewater P, Chan S, Kripal Singh, Pereira L, Laughlin B, Hughes AC, Macinnis-Ng C, Hagenström P, Schmeller DS, Davies, ZG, Olofsson J, VanDeveer SD, Hails R, Dickey-Collas M, Chettri N, Chaudhary S (2026) The risks of climate-nature silos: Why we need alignment and integration between environmental agendas. A report from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), London, UK.

Ahmad R*, Lone S, Phartyal S, Mungi N, Kripal Singh, Khuroo A. (2026). Turning the tide on invasives: a global meta-analysis of native revegetation strategies for effective restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology 63, 5, e70396.

Byun C*, Kripal Singh. (2026). Independent and hierarchical effects of ecological factors on invasion resistance: priority effects dominate. Journal of Environmental Management. 404, 129486.

Jeong D, Kripal Singh, Byun C*. (2026). Competitive interactions during community assembly: How native species identity, diversity, and functional traits affect invasion. Oecologia 208, 39.

Byun C*, Kripal Singh, Jeong D, (2026) Seed density and priority effects outweigh limiting similarity and diversity in contributing biotic resistance to invasion. NeoBiota. 106, 51 – 73.

Kripal Singh, Agarwal S, Byun C* (2026). Invasive Alien Plants in the Republic of Korea: Spread, Impacts, Management, and Restoration Outcomes. The Botanical Reviews. 92, 159-190.

Kripal Singh, Agrawal S, Agrawal N, Byun C* (2026) Role of phylogenetic relatedness and trait similarity in biological invasion success: research progress, prospects, and insights from a bibliometric analysis. Biological Invasions 28, 16.

Byun C*, Kripal Singh (2026) Selective eradication and sowing with diverse native seed mixtures effectively controls invasion and enhances biodiversity. Journal of Environmental Management 391, 126632.

Duggal K, Agrawal S, Pak W, Kripal Singh* (2025) Making smart cities restorative: putting restoration ecology before technology. Restoration Ecology.

Byun C*, Kripal Singh, Hong S (2025) High-pressure water spraying: a game changer for invasive plant control and biodiversity improvement Journal of Environmental Management, 391, 126561.

Kripal Singh*, Agrawal N, Ding H, Leimona B, Byun C (2025) Economics of ecosystem restoration. Ecological Indicators 170, 112962

Kripal Singh*, Agrawal N, Gupta SK, Abhilash PC, Byun C (2025) Sustainable development of India's biobased economy. Biomass and Bioenergy 193, 107544

Lee J, Kripal Singh, Byun C* (2024) Native seed density and nonnative invasive species arrival order independently affect biotic resistance to invasion. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Sobuj N, Kripal Singh, Byun C* (2024) Responses of invasive and native plant species to drought stress and elevated CO2 concentrations: a meta-analysis. NeoBiota, 96, 381-401

Kripal Singh, N. Sobuj, Byun C* (2024). Native plants do not benefit from arriving early, but invasives pay to arrive late. Ecological Indicators 166, 112453

Byun C*, Kripal Singh, Hong S, Lee J, Yoon T, Kang H (2024). Uprooting is a promising tool to control invasive giant ragweed and recover native diversity. NeoBiota

Zhang K, Cen R, Moavia M, Shen Y, Ebihara A, Wang G, Yang T, Sakrabani R, Kripal Singh, Feng Y, Lian F, Ma C, Xing B (2024) The role of biochar nanomaterials in the application of environmental remediation and pollution control. Chemical Engineering Journal 492, 152310

Kripal Singh*, Agrawal M, Dhyani S, Mishra N, Bauddh K, Byun C (2024) Land degradation and development in India: Status quo, challenges and opportunities. Land Degradation and Development 35, 2675-2683

Zhang L, Cai C, Kripal Singh, Zhong K (2024) Green technology innovation, trade deficit and carbon emission transfer in agriculture under the new “dual circulation” development pattern of China. Ecological Indicators 159, 111757

Ansari FA, Hassan H, Ramanna L, Gani KM, Kripal Singh, Rawat I, Gupta SK, Kumari S, Bux F* (2024) Recycling air conditioner-generated condensate water for microalgal biomass production and carbon dioxide sequestration. Journal of Environmental Management 351, 119917

Kripal Singh, Byun C* (2023) Ecological restoration after plant invasion control. Ecological Engineering 197, 107122.

Kripal Singh*, Ansari FA, Ingle KN, Gupta SK, Ahirwal J, Dhyani S, Singh S, Abhilash PC, Rawat I, Byun C, Bux F (2023) Microalgae from wastewaters to wastelands: Leveraging microalgal research to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 188, 113773.

Kripal Singh*, Meena RS, Kumar S, et al. (2023) India’s renewable energy research and policies to phase down coal: Success after Paris Agreement and possibilities post-Glasgow Climate Pact. Biomass & Bioenergy 177, 106944.

Morizet-Davis J, Vidaurre NAM, Reinmuth E, Rezaei-Chiyaneh E, Schlecht V, Schmidt S, Kripal Singh, Vargas-Carpintero R, Wagner M, von Cossel M (2023) Ecosystem services at the farm level – Overview, synergies, trade-offs and stakeholder analysis. Global Challenges 7, 2200225.

Singh S, Dhyani S, Janipella R, Chakraborty S, Pujari PR, Shinde VM, Kripal Singh* (2022) Biomonitoring supported land restoration to reduce land degradation inintensively mined areas of India. Sustainability

Dhyani S, Santhanam H, Dasgupta R, Bhaskar D, Murthy IK, Kripal Singh (2022) Exploring synergies between India's climate change and land degradation targets: Lessons from Glasgow Climate COP. Land Degradation & Development 34, 196-206.

Kripal Singh*, Byun C, Bux F (2022) Ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems in India: Science and practices. Ecological Engineering 182, 106708

Kripal Singh*, Abhilash PC, Maiti SK, Venkatraman R (2022) Ecosystem restoration in India during the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: The way forward. Restoration Ecology. 30, e13692

Memetova A, Tyagi I, Karri RR, Kripal Singh (2022) Porous carbon-based material as a sustainable alternative for the storage of natural gas (methane) and biogas (biomethane): A review. Chemical Engineering Journal 446, 137373

Maddhesiya P, Kripal Singh, Kumar D, Singh RP (2022) Enhancing productivity of perennial aromatic grasses on marginal lands through plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Land Degradation and Development 33, 2972-2982.

Kripal Singh*, Tewari SK (2022) Does the road to land degradation neutrality in India is paved with restoration science? Restoration Ecology 30, e13585

Kripal Singh*, Tewari SK (2021) Ecorestoration of Degraded Sodic Lands: Introducing a success story at the start of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. IUCN CEM Harnessing Nature 3 (1) 45-47.

Kripal Singh* (2021) Perennial Grasses for Bioenergy and Bioproducts. Current Science 120, 1101.

Kripal Singh*, Singh RP, SK Tewari (2021) Ecosystem Restoration: Challenges and opportunities for India. Restoration Ecology 29, 3 e13341.

Maddhesiya P, Kripal Singh, Singh RP (2021) Effects of perennial aromatic grass species richness and microbial consortium on soil properties of marginal lands and biomass production. Land Degradation & Development 32, 1008-1021.

Mishra S, Kripal Singh, Sahu N, Singh SN, Manika N, Chaudhary LB, Jain MK, Kumar V, Behera SK (2019) Understanding the relationship between soil properties and litter chemistry in three forest communities in tropical forest ecosystem. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191, 797.

Kripal Singh (2019) India’s Bioenergy Policy. Energy Ecology and Environment 4, 253–260.

Kripal Singh*, Awasthi A, Singh S, Sharma SK, Tewari SK (2018) Biomass Production from neglected and underutilized tall perennial grasses on marginal lands in India. A brief review. Energy, Ecology and Environment 3, 207-215.

Awasthi A, Kripal Singh, Singh RP (2017) A concept of diverse perennial cropping systems for integrated bioenergy production and ecological restoration of marginal lands in India. Ecological Engineering 105, 58-65.

Trivedi P, Kripal Singh*, Pankaj U, Verma SK, Patra DD (2017) Effect of organic amendments and microbial application on properties and crop growth in a sodic soil. Ecological Engineering 102, 127–136.

Awasthi A, Kripal Singh, O’Grady A, Courtney R, Kalra A, Singh RP, Cerda A, Steinberger Y, Patra DD (2016) Designer ecosystems: A solution for conservation-exploitation dilemma. Ecological Engineering 93, 73–75.

Bauddh K, Kripal Singh, Singh RP (2016) Ricinus communis L. a value-added crop for remediation of cadmium contaminated soil. Bulletins of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 96, 265–269.

Kripal Singh*, Trivedi P, Singh G, Singh B, Patra DD (2016) Effect of different leaf litters on carbon, nitrogen and microbial activities of sodic soils. Land Degradation & Development 27, 1215–1226.

Kripal Singh* (2016) Microbial and enzyme activities of saline and sodic soils. Land Degradation & Development 27, 706-718.

Kripal Singh*, Mishra AK, Singh B, Singh RP, Patra DD (2016) Tillage effects on crop yield and physicochemical properties of sodic soils. Land Degradation & Development 27, 223-230.

Kripal Singh*, Pandey VC, Singh B, Patra DD, Singh RP (2016) Effect of fly ash on crop yield and physico-chemical, microbial and enzyme activities of sodic soils. Environment Engineering and Management Journal 15, 2433–2440.

Bauddh K, Kripal Singh, Singh B, Singh RP (2015) Ricinus communis: A robust plant for bio-energy and phytoremediation of toxic metals from contaminated soil. Ecological Engineering 84, 640-652.

Verma SK, Kripal Singh, Gupta AK, Pandey VC, Trivedi P, Verma RK, Patra DD (2014) Aromatic grasses for phytomanagement of coal fly ash hazards. Ecological Engineering 73, 425-428.

Kripal Singh*, Singh B, Verma SK, Patra DD (2014) Jatropha curcas: A ten year story from hope to despair. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 35, 356-360.

Kripal Singh, Gautam NN, Singh B, Patra DD (2014) Screening of environmentally less-hazardous fuelwood species. Ecological Engineering 64, 424-429.

Kripal Singh*. 2014. Ecorestoration of the coalmine degraded lands. Restoration Ecology 22, 125-126.

Mishra AK, Behera SK, Kripal Singh, Bajpai O, Sahu N, Kumar A, Mishra RM, Chaudhary LB, Singh B (2013) Relation of forest structure and soil properties in natural, rehabilitated and degraded forest. Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry. 2.

Mishra AK, Behera SK, Kripal Singh, Chaudhary LB, Singh B (2013) Effect of abiotic factors on understory community structures in moist deciduous forests of northern India. Forest Science and Practice 15, 261-273.

Kripal Singh*, Singh B, Tuli R (2013) Sodic soil reclamation potential of Jatropha curcas: A long term study. Ecological Engineering 58, 434-440.

Kripal Singh, Singh B, Singh RR (2013) Effect of land rehabilitation on physicochemical and microbial properties of a sodic soil. Catena 109, 49-57.

Kripal Singh* (2013). Soil enzymology and environmental restoration. Current Science 105, 112-113.

Kripal Singh*, Pandey VC, Singh RP (2013) Cynodon dactylon: an efficient perennial grass to revegetate sodic soils. Ecological Engineering 54, 32-38.

Singh B, Kripal Singh, Rao GR et al. (2013) Agro-technology of Jatropha curcas for diverse environmental conditions in India. Biomass & Bioenergy 48, 191-202.

Rahi TS, Kripal Singh, Singh B (2013) Screening of sodicity tolerance in Aloe vera: an industrial crop for utilization of sodic lands. Industrial Crops and Products 44, 528-533.

Singh B, Kripal Singh, Shukla G, Pathre UV, Rahi TS, Tuli R (2013) Field performance of some accessions of Jatropha curcas L. (biodiesel plant) on degraded sodic land in north India. International Journal of Green Energy 10, 1026-1040.

Kripal Singh*, Pandey VC, Singh B. (2012) Soil biology: Soil enzymology, Girish Shukla, Ajit Varma (Eds.), (2011), Springer, London, New York, 384 p. Price: 149,95 €, ISBN 9783642142246. Applied Soil Ecology 62, 50-51.

Kripal Singh*, Singh B, Singh RR. (2012) Changes in physico-chemical, microbial and enzymatic activities during restoration of degraded sodic lands: Ecological suitability of mixed forest over plantation. Catena 96, 57-67.

Kripal Singh*, Pandey VC, Singh B (2012) Ecological restoration of degraded sodic lands through afforestation and cropping. Ecological Engineering 43, 70-80.

Rahi TS, Kripal Singh, Singh B, Bahadur L (2012) Effect of leguminous and non-leguminous species on amelioration of sodic soil. Technoframe 2, 1, 74-86.

Gautam NN, Kripal Singh*, Singh B, Goel VL, Rahi TS (2012) Selection and clonal propagation of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit. for biomass production on substandard soil-sites. The India Forester 138 (4) 376-382.

Pandey VC, Kripal Singh, Singh JS, Kumar A, Singh B, Singh RP (2012) Jatropha curcas: A potential biofuel plant for sustainable environmental development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review. 16, 2870– 2883.

Pandey VC, Kripal Singh, Singh RP, Singh B (2012) Naturally growing Saccharum munja L. on the fly ash lagoons: A potential ecological engineer for the revegetation and stabilization. Ecological Engineering 40, 95-99.

Singh B, Tripathi KP, Kripal Singh (2011) Community structure, diversity, biomass and net production in a rehabilitated subtropical forest in north India. Open Journal of Forestry. 1 (2) 1-16.

Pandey VC, Kripal Singh (2011) Is Vigna radiata suitable for the revegetation of fly ash landfills? Ecological Engineering, 37, 2105-2106.

Pandey VC, Kripal Singh, Singh B, Singh RP (2011) New approaches to enhance eco-restoration efficiency of degraded sodic lands: Critical research needs and future prospects. Ecological Restoration 29, 322-325.

Shukla SS, Kripal Singh*, Gautam NN, Singh B (2011) Biomass productivity and nutrient availability of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. growing on soils of different sodicity stress. Biomass and Bioenergy, 35, 3440-3447.

B. Singh, K.P. Tripathi, Kripal Singh. 2010. Development of new forest on degraded land: A case study on sodic land afforestation. EVIS Forestry Bulletin 10, 55-74.

N. N. Gautam, Kripal Singh, B. Singh et al. (2010) Studies on clonal multiplication of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) through cutting under controlled conditions. Australian Journal of Crop Science 4, 666-669.

S. Khatoon, H. Singh, Kripal Singh, A. K. Goel. 2010. TLC evaluation and quantification of phenolic compounds in different parts of Dendrophthoe falcata (Linn. f.) Etting. Journal of Planar Chromatography-Modern TLC. 23, 104-107.