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PEDDI HARI KRISHNA

Botanical Assistant, BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA · Botanical survey of India

https://researchid.co/pharibsi
@bsi.gov.in
14Scopus Publications
1099Google Scholar Citations
15Google Scholar h-index
17Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Plant taxonomy, Biodiversity and Conservation, Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in Floristics.

Biography

I have obtained M.Sc. in Botany from Kakatiya University and Ph.D. in Botany from Osmania University, Hyderabad. My previous affiliations were with the Forestry and Ecology Division in the National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Hyderabad as a researcher under the supervision of Dr. C. Sudhakar Reddy, Scientist, and he worked on these projects: biodiversity characterisation at landscape level in Rajasthan and the National Carbon Project's long-term forest cover change component. He has more than 14 years of research experience in Remote Sensing and GIS applications in forestry and biodiversity areas with focus on angiosperm taxonomy. He is working as Botanical Assistant in the Botanical Survey of India, Jodhpur (redeployed at DRC, Hyderabad).  He has worked on various projects, i.e., Flora of India project, Flora of Shoolpaneshutar Wild Life Sanctuary, Narmada District, Gujarat, Vegetation characterization and floristic studies in Bassi.

Education

Ph.D. Botany

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Identification and characterization of spatio-temporal hotspots of forest fires in South Asia
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019
  2. Quantification and monitoring of deforestation in India over eight decades (1930–2013)
    Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016
  3. Distribution of Andrographis species in Different Districts of Andhra Pradesh
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B Biological Sciences, 2015
  4. Achyranthes coynei santapau (Amaranthaceae): An endemic and threatened species from Kachchh Desert, India
    National Academy Science Letters, 2015
  5. Multi-source and multi-date mapping of deforestation in Central India (1935-2010) and its implication on standing phytomass carbon pool
    Ecological Indicators, 2015

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