Curriculum Vitae
Name
: Dr. N. Parthasarathy
Present position
: Professor & Head,
Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences,
Pondicherry University,
Puducherry - 605 014,
India. (E-mail: parthapu@yahoo.com )
Date of birth
: 02.06.1959
Qualifications
B.Sc.
1980
Botany University of Madras I Class
M.Sc.
1982
Botany University of Madras, Outstanding Grade, Rank Holder
Ph.D.
1988
Botany University of Madras
Research Experience: Twenty-seven years of research experience in ecological and
taxonomic studies in forest ecosystems. Involved in carrying out extensive field research
in the forests of Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and tropical dry evergreen (sacred grove)
forests on the Coromandel coast and Carnatic areas of India. Also worked on Seagrass
ecosystem.
Current areas of specialization: Biodiversity and Conservation, Forest Ecology,
Diversity and ecology of lianas, Forest dynamics, Medicinal plant resources and
Conservation.
Research Publications in peer reviewed journals
: 73 (Listed in Appendix 1)
Research publications in Book
: 1 (Listed in Appendix 2)
Research publications in Book chapters/Proceedings
: 13 (Listed in Appendix 3)
Appendix 1
Research Publications
1. Parthasarathy, N. 2010. Indigenous knowledge of the medicinal plant resources of
coromandel Coast forests of Peninsular India in modern period. Indian Journal
of History of Sciences. 45.3: 441-445.
2. Muthumperumal, C. and Parthasarathy, N. 2010. A large-scale inventory of liana
diversity in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India. Systematics and
Biodiversity (Taylor and Francis) 8: 289-300. [Impact factor: 1.89]
3. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2010. Landscape-level tree diversity
assessment in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India. Flora (Elsevier)
205: 728-737 [Impact factor: 1.03]
4. Kinhal, V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2010. Nucleated succession by an endemic palm
Phoenix pusilla enriches diversity of woody species in the arid Coromandel Coast
of India. Annals of Botany (Oxford) doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plq007.
5. Udayakumar, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2010. Angiosperms, Coromandel Coast
tropical dry evergreen forests, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Check List:
Species and Distributions 6: 368-381.
6. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2010. Flacourtia jangomas (LOUR.)
RAEUSCH. (Flacourtiaceae)- A new record to tree flora of Southern Eastern
Ghats, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 407-408.
7. De Walt, S.….Parthasarathy, N.….et. al. 2009. Annual rainfall and seasonality
predict pan-tropical patterns of liana abundance and basal area. Biotropica
(Blackwell) 42: 309-317. [Impact factor: 2.27; Article cited: 1]
8. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Biodiversity inventory as a tool to
determine forest degradation: a case study from tropical forests of Bodamalai,
Eastern Ghats, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental
Sciences 35: 329-341.
9. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Memecylon parvifolium Thwaites
(Melastomataceae) from southern Eastern Ghats – A new record to tree flora of
India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 337-338.
10. Rasingam, L. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Tree species diversity and population
structure across major forest formations and disturbance categories in Little
Andaman Island, India. Tropical Ecology 50:89-102.
11. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Angiosperms, Tree species in tropical
forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Check List:
Species and Distributions 5: 542-569.
12. Pragasan, L.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Rediscovery of Memecylon
madgolense Gamble (Melastomataceae), after a century from Eastern Ghats of
India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 426-427.
13. Muthumperumal, C. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Angiosperms, Climbing plants
in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of
Check List: Species and Distributions 5: 92-111.
14. Mani, S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2009. Tree population and above-ground biomass
changes in two tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India. Tropical
Ecology 50: 249-258.
15. Parthasarathy, N., Selwyn, M.A. and Udayakumar, M. 2008. Tropical dry
evergreen forests of peninsular India: Ecology and conservation significance.
Tropical Conservation Science 1: 89-110.
16. Nandini, R and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Food habits of the Indian giant flying
squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in a rain forest fragment, Western Ghats.
Journal of Mammalogy. 89:1550-1556. [Impact factor: 1.74]
17. Rajkumar, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Tree diversity and structure of
Andaman giant evergreen forest, India. Taiwania 53: 356-369.
18. Kinhal, V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Secondary succession and resource use in
tropical fallows: A case study from the Coromandel coast of south India. Land
Degradation and Development. 19:1-14. [Impact factor: 1.32; Article cited: 1]
19. Kinhal, V. and Parthasarathy,N. 2008. Ecology of dioecious palm Phoenix pusilla
(Arecaceae), endemic to Coromandel coast of India. Indian Journal of Science
and Technology. 1:1-7.
20. Rasingam, L. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Diversity of understory plants in
undisturbed and disturbed tropical lowland forests of Little Andaman Island,
India. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1045-1065. [Impact factor: 1.47;
Article cited: 3]
21. Selwyn, M.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2007. Fruiting phenology in a tropical dry
evergreen forest on the Coromandel coast of India in relation to plant life-forms,
physiognomic groups, dispersal modes, and climatic constraints. Flora (Elsevier)
202: 371-382. [Impact factor:1.03; Article cited: 4]
22. Mani, S. and N. Parthasarathy 2007. Above-ground biomass estimation in ten
tropical dry evergreen forest sites of peninsular India. Biomass & Bioenergy
(Elsevier) 31: 284-290. [Impact factor: 3.3; Article cited: 4]
23. Muthuramkumar, S., Ayyappan, N., Parthasarathy,N., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. R.
S.. Selwyn, M.A. and Pragasan, L.A. 2006. Plant community structure in tropical
rainforest fragments of the Western Ghats, India. Biotropica (Blackwell) 38:
143-160. [Impact factor: 2.27; Article cited: 14]
24. Selwyn, M.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2006. Reproductive traits and phenology of
plants in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel coast of India.
Biodiversity and Conservation (Springer) 15:3207-3234. [Impact factor: 1.47;
Article cited: 1]
25. Reddy, M. S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2006. Liana diversity and distribution on host
trees in four inland tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India. Tropical
Ecology 47: 103-116. [Article cited: 4]
26. Ramesh, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2006. A note on the diet of Indotestudo
travancorica. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 103:106.
27. Mani, S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2006. Tree diversity and stand structure in inland
and coastal tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India. Current Science
90: 1238-1246. [Impact factor: 0.69; Article cited: 5]
28. Gerwing, J. J., Schnitzer, S. A., Burnham, R. J., Bongers, F. , Chave, J., DeWalt,
S. J., Ewango, C. E. N., Foster, R., Kenfack, D., Martinez-Ramos, M., Parren, M.,
Parthasarathy, N., Perez-Salicrup, D., Putz, F., Thomas, D. 2006. A standard
protocol for liana censuses. Biotropica (Blackwell) 38: 256-261. [Impact factor:
2.27; Article cited: 29]
29. Mani, S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2005. Biodiversity assessment of trees in five
inland tropical dry evergreen forest of peninsular India. Systematics and
Biodiversity (Camb. Univ. Press) 3: 1-12. [Impact factor: 1.89; Article cited:
11].
30. Swamynathan, B. and Parthasarathy, N. 2005. Community-level fruit production
and dispersal modes in two tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India.
Tropical Biodiversity 8:159-171.
31. Venkateswaran, R. and Parthasarathy, N. 2005. Tree population changes in a
tropical dry evergreen forest of south India over a decade (1992-2002).
Biodiversity and Conservation 14: 1335-1344. [Impact factor: 1.47; Article
cited: 7]
32. Pragasan, L. A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2005. Litter production in tropical dry
evergreen forests of south India in relation to season, plant life-forms and
physiognomic groups. Current Science 88: 1255-1263. [Impact factor: 0.69;
Article cited: 5]
33. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N. 2005. Prismatomeris tetrandra (Roxb.) K.
Schum subsp. malayana (Ridley) J.T.Johansson – a new record to Indian tree
flora. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 29: 802-804.
34. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N. 2004. Short-term changes in tree populations
in a tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar, Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity
and Conservation 13: 1843–1851. [Impact factor: 1.47]
35. Parthasarathy, N., Muthuramkumar, S. and Reddy, M.S. 2004. Patterns of liana
diversity in tropical evergreen forests of peninsular India. Forest Ecology and
Management (Elsevier) 190:15-31. [Impact factor: 2.11; Article cited: 16]
36. Venkateswaran, R. and Parthasarathy, N. 2003. Tropical dry evergreen forests on
the Coromandel coast of India: structure, composition and human disturbance.
Ecotropica (German Soc.Trop.Ecol.) 9: 45-58.
37. Reddy, M.S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2003.Liana diversity and distribution in four
tropical dry evergreen forests on the Coromandel coast of south India.
Biodiversity and Conservation (Kluwer) 12: 1609-1627. [Impact factor: 1.47;
Article cited: 14]
38. Sundaram, B. and Parthasarathy, N. 2002. Tree growth, mortality and recruitment
in four tropical wet evergreen forest sites of the Kolli hills, Indian Eastern Ghats.
Tropical Ecology 43: 275-286. [Article cited: 1]
39. Annaselvam, J. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Diversity and distribution of
herbaceous vascular epiphytes in a tropical evergreen forest in the Anamalais,
Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 10:317-329. [Impact
factor: 1.47; Article cited: 7]
40. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Composition, population structure and
distribution of dipterocarps in a tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar,
Anamalais, Western Ghats, south India. Journal of Tropical Forest Science
13:311-321.
41. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Drypetes subsessilis (Kurz) Pax and
Hoffman-a new record to southern peninsular India. Phytotaxonomy 1:132-133.
42. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Patterns of tree diversity within a
large-scale permanent plot of tropical evergreen forest, Western Ghats, India.
Ecotropica 7: 61-76.
43. Chittibabu, C. V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Liana diversity and host
relationships in a tropical evergreen forest of Indian Eastern Ghats. Ecological
Research (Blackwell) 16:519- 529. [Article cited: 10]
44. Kadavul, K.A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Population analysis of Alphonsea
sclerocarpa Thw. (Annonaceae) in the Kalrayan hills of Eastern Ghats, India.
International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 27: 51-54.
[Article cited: 3]
45. Muthuramkumar, S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Tree-liana interactions in a
tropical evergreen forest in the Anamalais, Western Ghats, India. Journal of
Tropical Ecology (Camb. Univ. Press) 17:395-409. [Article cited: 11]
46. Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Changes in forest composition and structure in three sites
of tropical evergreen forest around Sengaltheri, Western Ghats. Current Science
80: 389-393. [Impact factor: 0.69; Article cited: 34]
47. Chittibabu, C. V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Attenuated tree species diversity in
human-impacted tropical evergreen forest sites at Kolli hills, Eastern Ghats, India.
Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1493-1519. [Impact factor: 1.47; Article cited:
26]
48. Chittibabu, C. V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Understorey plant diversity in a
tropical evergreen forest at Kollihills,Eastern Ghats,India. Ecotropica 6:129-140.
49. Muthuramkumar, S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Alpha diversity of lianas in a
tropical evergreen forest in the Anamalais, Western Ghats, India. Diversity and
Distributions (Blackwell) 6: 1-14. [Article cited: 19]
50. Kadavul, K. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Regeneration patterns of woody species
in a tropical semi-evergreen forest of Shervarayan hills, Eastern Ghats.
International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 26: 37-48.
51. Padaki, A. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Abundance and distribution of lianas in
tropical lowland evergreen forest of Agumbe, central Western Ghats, India.
Tropical Ecology 41: 143-154. [Article cited: 8]
52. Srinivas, V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2000. Comparative analysis of tree diversity
and dispersion in tropical lowland evergreen forest of Agumbe, central Western
Ghats, India. Tropical Biodiversity 7: 45-60.
53. Annaselvam,J.and Parthasarathy,N. 1999. Inventories of understory plants in a
tropical evergreen forest in the Anamalais, Western Ghats, India. Ecotropica 5:
197-211.
54. Ayyappan, N. and Parthasarathy, N.1999. Biodiversity inventory of trees in a
large-scale permanent plot of tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar, Anamalais,
Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 8:1533-1554.[Impact
factor:1.47; Article cited: 36]
55. Kadavul, K. and Parthasarathy, N. 1999. Lianas in two tropical semi-evergreen
forest sites on the Kalrayan Hills, Eastern Ghats, south India. Tropical
Biodiversity 6: 197-208.
56. Kadavul, K. and Parthasarathy, N. 1999. Plant biodiversity and conservation of
tropical semi-evergreen forest in the Shervarayan hills of Eastern Ghats, India.
Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 421-439. [Impact factor: 1.47; Article cited:
16]
57. Kadavul, K. and Parthasarathy, N. 1999. Structure and composition of woody species
in tropical semi-evergreen forest of Kalrayan hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Tropical
Ecology 40: 77-90. [Article cited: 17]
58. Parthasarathy, N. 1999. Tree diversity and distribution in undisturbed and humanimpacted sites of tropical wet evergreen forest in southern Western Ghats, India.
Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 1365-1381.
[Impact factor: 1.47; Article
cited: 51]
59. Ajit, M. and N. Parthasarathy 1998. Population status of cinnamon tree in the
montane forests of the Nilgiris, southern India. Ecoprint 5: 17-23.
60. Parthasarathy, N. and Karthikeyan, R. 1997. Plant biodiversity inventory and
conservation of two tropical dry evergreen forests on the Coromandel coast, of
south India. Biodiversity and Conservation 6: 1063-1083. [Impact factor: 1.47;
Article cited: 38]
61. Parthasarathy, N and Karthikeyan, R .1997. Biodiversity and population density
of woody species in a tropical evergreen forest in Courtallum reserve forest,
Western Ghats, India. Tropical Ecology 38: 297-306. [Article cited: 24]
62. Parthasarathy, N. and Sethi, P. 1997. Trees and liana species diversity and
population structure in a tropical dry evergreen forest in south India. Tropical
Ecology 38:19-30. [Article cited: 34]
63. Parthasarathy,N. and Karthikeyan,R. 1997. Population structure of Grewia
pandaica, a rare and endemic tree species in Western Ghats. International
Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 23:85-90.
64. Parthasarathy, N. and Karthikeyan, R. 1995. On the rediscovery of Grewia pandaica
Drumm. in Tirunelveli hills, Western Ghats. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic
Botany 19: 486 - 488. [Article cited: 2].
65. Parthasarathy, N., Ravikumar, K. Ganesan, R. and Ramamurthy, K. 1991.
Distribution of seagrasses along the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu. Aquatic
Botany (Elsevier) 40: 145-153.
66. Parthasarathy, N., Ravikumar, K. and Ramamurthy, K. 1988. Halophila decipiens
Ostenf. in southern India. Aquatic Botany 32:179-185.
67. Parthasarathy, N. 1988. Seasonal dynamics of fine roots in a tropical forest in
south India. Journal of Indian Botanical Society 67: 342-346.
68. Parthasarathy, N. 1988. A phytogeographic analysis of the flora of Kalakad
Reserve Forest Western Ghats, south India. Journal of Indian Botanical Society
67:342-346.
69. Parthasarathy, N. Mahadevan, A. 1988. Roscoea alpina Royle (Zingiberaceae) - a
record for south India. Geobios New Reports 7: 40-41.
70. Parthasarathy, N., Ravikumar, K. and Ramamurthy, K.1988. Floral biology and
ecology of Halophila beccarii Aschers. (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 31:
141-151.
71. Parthasarathy, N. and Mahadevan, A. 1987. Floristic account of forest types in
Kalakad reserve forest, Western Ghats, India. Journal of Economic and
Taxonomic Botany 10: 355-360.
72. Parthasarathy, N., Ramamurthy, K. and Ravikumar, K. 1987. Two interesting taxa
of plants from Coromandel coast of south India. Journal of Economic and
Taxonomic Botany 11: 207-209.
73. Parthasarathy, N. and Mahadevan, A. 1985. Reidia singampattina Sebastine et
Henry (Euphorbiaceae) - a rare and little known taxon from Western Ghats.
Bulletin of Botanical Survey of India 27: 259.
Appendix 2
Research publications in Book
1. Parthasarathy, N., Pragasan, L.A, Muthumperumal, C. and Anbasashan, M. 2010.
Flora of Pondicherry University Campus. Pondicherry University Publication.
Puducherry. Pp.398. ISBN: 978-81-920894-1-6.
Appendix 3
Research publications in Book chapters/Proceedings:
1. Parthasarathy, N., Pragasan, L.A., Muthumperumal, C. 2011. Invasive alien plants
in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, India. In: Plant Invasion & Forest
Ecology: Concerns & Solutions (CABI Publishers, in press)
2. Pragasan, L.A., Muthumperumal, C. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Shola Forests
and Some Important Species of Southernmost Eastern Ghats. In: Special Habitats
and Threatened Plants of India. Pp 195-200. Envis bulletin, Wildlife Institute of
India. Dehradun. India.
3. Anbarashan, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Comparitive tree community
analysis of two old-growth tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India. Pp
202-211. In: P.C. Trivedi (ed.) Biodiversity impact and assessment. Pointers
publishers, Jaipur.
4. Udayakumar, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Biodiversity and medicinal resource
values of sacred grove tropical dry evergreen forests on the Coromandel coast of
Peninsular India. In: Proc. National conference on medicinal plants and Bioprospecting. Sri Parasakthi College, Courtallam.
5. Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Biodiversity, complex web of species interactions and
holistic
approach
in
Wildlife
Conservation.
In.
Wildlife
Biodiversity
conservation. Vikram Reddy (ed.). Pp.313-316. Daya Publishing House. Delhi.
6.
Parthasarathy, N., Arul Pragasan, L., Muthumperumal, C., Raja, S. and
Rajkumar, M. 2007. Quantitative assessment of plant diversity, bioresource
values and conservation of tropical forests of Southern Eastern Ghats, India. In,
Proceedings of National Seminar on Conservation of Eastern Ghats. 28-29th
December.
7. Rajkumar, M. and Parthasarathy, N. 2008. Diversity and Distribution of
Dipterocarps in Andaman Islands. In. Wildlife Biodiversity conservation. Vikram
Reddy (ed.). Pp.317-321. Daya Publishing House, Delhi.
8. Reddy, M.S. and Parthasarathy, N. 2006. Distributional analysis of liana diversity
in coastal and inland forest. In: Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of plants and
Ecosystems in India (Eds. Pandey, H.N. & S.K. Barik). Regency Publishers. New
Delhi.
9. Mani, S. Parthasarathy, N. 2006. Tree diversity in tropical dry evergreen forests
of peninsular India In: Ecology, Diversity and Conservation of plants and
Ecosystems in India (Eds. Pandey, H.N. & S.K. Barik). Regency Publishers. New
Delhi.
10. Chittibabu, C.V. and Parthasarathy, N. 2003. Plant diversity in undisturbed and
human- impacted sited of tropical evergreen forest in the Kolli hills Eastern
Ghats. India. Pp. 6-25. In: Recent advances in environmental sciences, Hiremath
(ed.) Discovery Publ. house. New Delhi.
11. Parthasarathy, N. Ayyappan, N., Muthuramkumar, S. and Annaselvam, J. 2001.
Plant biodiversity and conservation of tropical wet evergreen forest in the
Anamalais, Western Ghats, India. Pp.557-560. International Conference on
Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Association of
Tropical Biology and Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the
Environment, Bangalore. Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.
12. Venkateswaran, R. and Parthasarathy, N. 2001. Monitoring changes in woody
species compositions and abundance in two tropical dry evergreen forests in the
Coromandel coast of India. Pp. 436-439. International Conference on Tropical
Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Association of Tropical
Biology and Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment,
Bangalore. Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.
13. Parthasarathy, N. 1989. Ecosystem structure, functioning and aspects of
conservation in Kalakad Reserve Forest Western Ghats. UNESCO-MAB
workshop on tropical Forest Ecosystem Management and Conservation 1-13 May
1989. Trichur.