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Dedicated to conserving native plant diversity through research and knowledge for the well-being of people and nature.

Arun Lal M

Arun Lal M

Qualification: M. Sc Botany

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Since 2020, Mr. Arun Lal has been actively engaged in various plant ecological research initiatives. He has acquired significant research experience from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, where he contributed to key projects focused on monitoring tropical ecosystem vulnerability to climate change and conducting diversity and dynamics studies within the wet evergreen forests of Kerala. Additionally, he participated in a documentation project of medicinal plants from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. He has obtained professional trainings in Nursery Management, Plant Propagation, Basic GIS and Remote Sensing, and Plant Ecophysiology research equipments. He has also successfully completed a certificate course in the Valuation
of Ecosystem Services.

Key Interests

  • Plant Taxonomy, Climate Change Studies, Forest Restoration, and Species Conservation, Plant-Pollinator interactions.
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Publications

  • Research Report: Sreejith, K. A., Arun Lal, M., Vignesh, P., Anas, I. A. (2022). Scientific support to an interpretation centre on shola grassland ecosystem at KFDC, Vagamon. KFRI Research Report No.626. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi. Pp.37.
  • Book: Arun Lal M and P. A. Vinayan. (2021). Medicinal Plants of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. Published by Wayanad Wildlife Warden and CEO, Sulthan Bathery Forest Development Agency, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • Conference Proceedings: “Phenological Pattern of Dominant Tree Species from The Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest of Southern Western Ghats, Kerala” at the Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (June 14-16, 2024).
  • “Comparison of stem specific density of selected tree species across two forest types” at the 36th Kerala Science Congress 2024.
  • “Leaf thermotolerance and its relationships with key leaf traits from the tropical montane shola forests of southern Western Ghats” at the 3rd International Scientific Conference on Environmental Research; Issues, Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Development and Livelihood Security (ISCER-2023), Karwar, Karnataka.
  • “Community pollinator Dynamics on the flowers of Fabaceae Members: Does Floral Morphology Determine its pollinator selection” at the International Conference on Bioresource Technology for food Energy and Environment Sustainability (ICBTFEES-2020), The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu.
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