Dr Ayyappan N.

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Narayanan, Ayyappan Researcher Telephone: +91-413-2334168, Ext – 128 Fax: +91-413-2339534 E-mail: ayyappan.n@ifpindia.org French Institute of Pondicherry, 11 Saint Louis Street, P.O. Box – 33, Pondicherry – 605 001

Research fields:

• Forest ecology
• Plant biodiversity and dynamics
• Taxonomy and Biodiversity Informatics

Recent publications:

1. RAMESH, B. R., AYYAPPAN, N., GRARD, P., PROSPERI, J., ARAVAJY, S. & PASCAL, J.-P. 2008. Western Ghats v.1.0 - A multimedia identification system of evergreen species of the Western Ghats, India. Online application: http://www.ifpindia.org/biotik

2. MUTHURAMKUMAR S., AYYAPPAN N., PARTHASARATHY N., DIVYA MUDDAPPA, SHANKAR RAMAN T.R., ARTHUR SELWYN M & ARUL PRAGASAN L., 2006. Plant community structure in tropical rainforest fragments of the Western Ghats, India, Biotropica, 38(2): 143-160.

Curriculum Vitae in PDF format.

Projects:

• Dynamics of forest diversity
• Computer-aided taxonomic identification