Department of Plant Sciences

School of Biological Sciences

Madurai Kamaraj University,

Madurai 625 021

Dr. P. SUDHAKAR SWAMYEmeritus professor

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Ecology of sacred groves with reference to inventory, use and the analysis of traditional conservation management processes.

Population dynamics and reproductive behavior of alien weeds.

Role of plant functional types on ecosystem structure and functional processes.

Global change biology (Carbon sequestration)

Molecular ecology of exotic weeds.

Bio-prospecting of plant resource

AREA OF RESEARCH

Phone: +91 452 2458214

Mob : +91 9486823576

Email: swamyps@yahoo.co.in

sudhakar.swamy24@gmail.com

HONOURS AND RECOGNITIONS

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT

Population structure and genetic variation of exotic invasive weed , Mikania micrantha HBK. Funded by UGC (2009-2012).

Humboldt Fellow, Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, FRG. (1990-1991)

Fellow, National Institute of Ecology

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Chandrasekaran S, Swamy PS. (2010). Growth patterns of Chromolaena odorata in varied ecosystems at Kodayar in the Western Ghats, India. Acta Oecologica 36: 383-392.

Kumar M, Swamy PS. (2007). Tree Population structure and regeneration of tree species in six selected sacred groves in Tamil Nadu . J. Swamy Bot- Cl, 24: 9-20.

BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED

Sundarpandian SM, Swamy PS. (2007). Organic matter dynamics and carbon balance in tropical forests at Kodayar in the Western Ghats, India. In: Pandey HN, Barik SK. (eds.), Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of Plants and Ecosystems in India, Regency Press, New Delhi. 79-100.