Dr. Vivek Pandi

Assistant Professor

Evolutionary Biology

Science of Earth, Oceans, Space

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D Ecology and Environmental Sciences Pondicherry University 2017
M.Sc. Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology University of Madras 2012
B.Sc Botany Madurai Kamaraj University 2009

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Goa University National Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Principal Investigator 18 Months
SPI Group Project Manager Group Lead, CDM (Forstry) Specialist 14 Months

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Plant Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Forest Botany, and Forest Ecology

Area of Expertise

Ecology of Climbers; Biodiversity & Converstion; Population Ecology; Plant Functional Traits; Carbon Dynamics; Ecosystem Services; Long-term Monitoring Plots; CDM

Area of Research

Ecology of Lianas; Evolution of Climbing behaviour in Plants ; Leaf Functional Traits; Paleobotany

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  1. International Society for Tropical Ecology
  2. Society for Tropical Plant research
  3. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
  4. Global Youth Biodiversity Network
  5. Reviewer for various international journals in Ecology and Plant Sciences ( Flora(Elsevier),  Trees, Forests and People (Elsevier), Plant Ecology(Springer), etc.)                                                                                 

Taxonomic Diversity of Climbing Flora in India: A Compendium

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 77-909

Ecology of Lianas: Diversity and Distribution

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 57-70

Climbers—A General Overview

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 1-13

Climber Radiations in Angiosperms: How Many Families Have Climbers?

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 911-922.

Current Status and Future Prospects

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 71-75;

Overview of the Research on Climbers from the Past to the Present: A Global Analysis

14/02/2023 Vivek Pandi

Taxonomy and Ecology of Climbers: Climbing Plants of India. Page: 15-55

Taxonomic estimates of climbing plants in India: how many species are out there?

02/10/2022 Vivek Pandi Kanda Naveen Babu Munisamy Anbarashan, C Sudhakar Reddy Jishnu Borgohain Khumukcham Shynyan, Anju Achamma Mathew, H Rakshith, Jibin Joseph, Vishal Nandha Kennedy, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy

Taylor & Francis. Page:325-343; Vol:29(4)

The climbing flora of India: A comprehensive checklist

25/08/2022 Vivek Pandi Kanda Naveen Babu

F1000Research. Page: 980; Vol:980(11)

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

15/01/2020 Jens kattge Vivek, P

Global Change Biology. Page no:119-188; Vol:26(1)

Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees.

01/06/2018 Bastin,J-F Vivek,P

Global Ecology and Biogeography ( John Wiley & Sons). Pageno: 1366-1383; Vol:27 (11)

Biodiversity and ecology of lianas in TDEFs of India

13/11/2018 Vivek Pandi

Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany.

Contrasting leaf-trait strategies of dominant liana and tree species in a tropical dry evergreen forest of India

03/11/2018 Vivek, P Parthasarathy, N

                            

Flora (Elsevier). Page no:143 – 149; Vol: 249

Short-term girth increment in tree species of tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel coast of India

02/02/2016 Vivek, P Parthasarathy, N

Journal of Global Ecology and Environment. Page:147 – 152; Vol:4(3)

Comparison of tree diversity and biomass in community-managed and protected tropical dry evergreen forest sites on the Coromandel Coast of India

03/03/2016 Sriram, R Vivek,P

Research & Reviews: Journal of Ecology. Page no:1 – 9; Vol:5(1)

Assessing the resilience of global seasonally dry tropical forests

01/08/2015 Pulla, S Vivek, P

International Forestry Review (Commonwealth Forestry Association). Page:91-113; Vol:17(S2)

Host-preference of four dominant liana species with contrasting climbing strategies in tropical dry evergreen forest of India

02/12/2015 Vivek, P Parthasarathy, N

Journal of Global Ecology and Environment . Page No: 86 – 91; Vol: 4(2)

Liana diversity and functional trait analysis in tropical dry evergreen forest of India.

01/10/2015 Vivek, .P Prathasarathy, N.

Journal of Plant Ecology (Oxford). Page : 501-512; Vol:8(5)

Diversity and Carbon stock assessment of trees and lianas in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel Coast of India

02/10/2015 Vivek, P Parthasarathy, N

Tropical Plant Research. Page:230-239; Vol:2(3)

Biodiversity of lianas and their functional traits in tropical forests of peninsular India.

01/08/2015 Parthasarathy,N Vivek, P Muthumperumal, C Muthuramkumar, S Ayyappan, N

Springer International Publishing Switzerland. Page no:123-149

Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation of tropical dry evergreen forest

01/08/2015 N.Parthasarathy Vivek.P K.Anil

Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany.

Liana composition and diversity among tropical forests of peninsular India

18/10/2014 Parthasarathy, N Muthuramkumar, S Muthumperumal, C ViVek, P Ayyapaan, N Reddy, S. M

John Wiley and sons Publishers.US. Page:36-49

Assessment of nutritional value in selected edible greens based on the chlorophyll content in leaves

21/01/2013 Vivek, P Prabhakaran, S Ravi Shankar, S

Research in Plant Biology. Page:45-49; Vol:3(5)