الدكتور Rajasekaran Murugan
The basic strategy of my research is to integrate research on microbial ecology and functional role of soil biodiversity in biogeochemical cycles across climate, land use and environment. The aim is to investigate response of soil biodiversity and their ecosystem services to climate change across temperate (Alps, Himalayas), Andean (Chile, Peru) and tropical (Western Ghats) mountain soils.
My research projects are focused on the effects of land use and climate change on soil biodiversity, and subsequently on the effects of changes in soil biodiversity on ecosystem processes. I am particularly interested in how plants and soil microbial communities interact under these changing circumstances, and how this influences ecosystem processes like nutrient and carbon cycling.
Farm level to regional and spatial level integration is essential to bring success to climate change mitigation through biodiversity studies.
الدكتور Rajasekaran Murugan
The basic strategy of my research is to integrate research on microbial ecology and functional role of soil biodiversity in biogeochemical cycles across climate, land use and environment. The aim is to investigate response of soil biodiversity and their ecosystem services to climate change across temperate (Alps, Himalayas), Andean (Chile, Peru) and tropical (Western Ghats) mountain soils.
My research projects are focused on the effects of land use and climate change on soil biodiversity, and subsequently on the effects of changes in soil biodiversity on ecosystem processes. I am particularly interested in how plants and soil microbial communities interact under these changing circumstances, and how this influences ecosystem processes like nutrient and carbon cycling.
Specific current projects are:
1. Impact of climate change on Alpine soil biodiversity and greenhouse gas emission
2. Role of invasive plant species on below ground diversity and ecosystem services in tropical forests
3. Influence of precipitation gradient and clay type on microbial community structure of Andean soils
4. Land use intensification effects on matter flows in rural-urban cropping systems
5. Enabling farmers to assess the soil quality implications of agricultural management options, Farmer citizen science in Madhya Pradesh, India.
6. Impact of traffic induced pollution on soil microbes and ecosystem processes across India.
7. Identifying main drivers of soil microbial stoichiometry in Andean range lands
Overall, it is important to Integrate of research on the functional role of soil biodiversity in biogeochemical cycles not only across climate and environments but at regional and farm level.