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Department of Plant Sciences School of Biological Sciences Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021 Dr. P. SUDHAKAR SWAMY Emeritus professor v v v v v v 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: [email protected] [email protected] 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.
