, Chinese Academy of SciencesEmail: gnanamoorthy@xtbg.ac.cn
Mailing address: Menglun Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 666303 666303
Research Areas
Eddy covariance based ecosystems level monitoring of: energy, carbon flux, evapotranspiration, water use efficiency. Vegetation recovery after extreme disturbacne such as snowfall and drought. Plant Responses and Feedbacks to Drought, Physiological Ecology in Southwest China.
Education
Experience
Work Experience
Since January 2023, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Researcher
2018/10-2022/08, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post-doctoral
2015/01-2018/10, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, India, Research Assistant
Publications
(1) Asynchronous recovery of evaporation and transpiration following extreme snow damage in a subtropical forest, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2024, 1st author
(2) Seasonal fog enhances crop water productivity in a tropical rubber plantation, Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 1st author
(3) Effects of snow damage on self-organization in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in southwest China. , The effect of snow damage on self-organization in a primary subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Southwest China., Ecological Informatics, 2022, 10th author Corresponding author
(4) Altered albedo dominates the radiative forcing changes in a subtropical forest following an extreme snow event, Global Change Biology, 2021, 1st author
(5) Seasonal Variation of Methane Fluxes in a Mangrove Ecosystem in South India: An Eddy Covariance Based Approach, Estuaries and Coasts, 2021, 1st author
(6) Seasonal variations of net ecosystem (CO2) exchange in the Indian tropi cal mangrove forest of Pichavaram, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020 , 1st author
Research Interests
Long term monitoring of energy, carbon flux, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in different forests ecosystem (Tropical rainforest, Sub-tropical evergreen forest, rubber plantation and savanna ecosystem of Southwest China) using Eddy Covariance.
Vegetation recovery following extreme snowfall and drought disturbances.
Plants ecophysiological responses and feedback to droughts.
Deforestation effect through monitoring of transpiration in tropical rainforest and rubber plantation by sap flow.
Involving in long-term data analysis to bring out high quality research output.
Conferences
(1)Seasonal fog enhances crop water productivity in a tropical China rubber plantation 2025-04-27
(2)Asynchronous recovery of evaporation and transpiration following extreme snow damage in a subtropical forest 2024-10-28
(3)Asymmetry response of carbon and water fluxes to extreme drought in Savanna 2024-09-10
(4)Carbon processes are more resilient than water processes in a subtropical forest following extreme snow events. 2023-11-27