Dr. Suresh Subedi

Assistant Professor

Education

MS - Florida International Univ
PHD - Florida International Univ

Recently Taught Courses

BIOL 2134 - PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY
BIOL 3004 - PLANT TAXONOMY
BIOL 4044 - DENDROLOGY
BIOL 4891 - SEMINAR IN BIOLOGY
BIOL 4952 - UR: DRY TROPICAL FOREST
BIOL 4952 - UR: NATIVE AR PLANTS AND FUNGI
BIOL 4953 - UR: OAK SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Subedi is a broadly trained plant biologist with research at different biological scales- organismal to community to ecosystem. He uses an integrative approach combining observational, experimental, and modelling techniques to unravel the short-term responses of plants to environmental changes and to understand over the long-term how environmental changes affects their structure and function.

PUBLICATIONS:

25. Subedi, SC et al. (2023). Climate-change driven habitat change for the vulnerable Arkansas oak (Quercus arkansana) species. Journal of Forestry Research (Under review).

24. Bhandari, S., Adhikari, B., Baral, K. and Subedi, S.C., 2023. Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) diet landscape in the Indian subcontinent: a review. Mammal Research (Under review).

23. Kaylee Freeman, Subedi, SC, Michael S Ross. Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review. Biotropica (Revision submitted)

22. Subedi, SC, Boone Ruston, J. Aaron Hogan, Mark V. Coggeshall (2023). Defining the extent of suitable habitat for the endangered Maple-Leaf oak (Quercus acerifolia). Frontiers of Biogeography (Revision submitted).

21. Adhikari B, Bhandari S, and Subedi SC (2023). Predicted decline in climatically suitable habitat of endemic spiny babbler. Ecosphere. Published online. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4584

20. Ripu M Kunwar, Khum Thapa Magar, Suresh C Subedi, et al. (2023). Distribution of medicinal plants in Nepal under climate change: Past, Present and Future. Journal of Ecological Indicator, 146, 109879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109879

19. Bhattarai KR and Subedi SC. (2023). Important Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Nepal. Book chapter in UNESCO - Encyclopedia Life Support Systems (UNESCO-EOLSS). (https://www.eolss.net/ebooklib/sc_cart.aspx?File=E6-79a-54)

18. Adhikari B, Bhandari S, and Subedi SC (2022). Raptors in risk: attributes of mortality in anthropogenic landscape of mid hills, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation, 38: e02258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02258-

17. Adhikari B, Bhandari S, Baral K. and Subedi SC (2022). Causes of wildlife mortality: a retrospective study from wildlife rescue center. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12799

16. Suresh SC, Susan Walls, William J. Barichivich, Ryan Boyles, Michael S. Ross, J. Aaron Hogan*, John Tupy (2022). Future changes in habitat availability for two specialist snake species in South Florida. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12802

15. Bhandari, S., Adhikari, B., Baral, K. and Subedi, S.C., 2022. Greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) mortality patterns in Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e02189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02189

14. Kunwar, RM, Subedi SC et.al. 2022. Ethnomedicinal Landscape: Distribution of Medicinal Plants in Use in Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 18(1), pp.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00531-x

13. Subedi SC, Allen Preston, Rosario V., Sternberg L., Ross, M., Afkhami M. 2022. Salinity Legacy: Microbiome’s history affects mutualist-conferred salinity tolerance. Ecology, e3679. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3679

12. Ross MR, Susana Stoffella, Rosario Vidales, Jack Meeder, David Kadko, Leonard Scinto, Suresh C Subedi, Jed Redwine. 2022. Sea-level rise and the persistence of tropical hardwoods in coastal tree islands. Ecosystems 25(3), pp.586-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00673-1

11. Thapa S, Kunwar RM, Adhikari B, Paudel HR, and Subedi SC. 2021. Trillium govanianum (Himalayan Trillium): production, distribution and use in Nepal. Nordic Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03356

10. Bhandari K.B., Subedi S., Kunwar R.M., Bussmann R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana N.Y. (2021) Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng. Malvaceae. In: Kunwar R.M., Sher H., Bussmann R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_112-1

9. Subedi SC, Bhattarai, KR, Perez, T., Sah JP 2020. Gymnosperm distribution patterns in the Himalayas and Rapoport’s rule. Frontiers of Biogeography, 12.1, e44232. http://dx.doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG44232

8. Subedi SC, J. Aaron Hogan, Michael Ross, Jay P Sah, Christopher Baraloto 2019. Evidence for trait-based community assembly patterns in hardwood hammock forests. Ecosphere: e2956. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2956

7. Subedi SC, Sternberg L., DeAngelis D., Ogurcak D., Ross M. 2019. Using field data to verify predictions of a model simulating the interaction between coastal plant communities and their effect on sea-level rise. Ecosystems, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00423-4

6. Subedi SC, Ross MS, Sah JP, Redwine J., Baraloto, C. 2019. Trait-based community assembly pattern along a forest succession gradient in seasonally dry sub-tropical forest Florida Keys USA. Ecosphere 10(4): e02719. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2719

5. Subedi SC, Ross MR, Vilades* R, Sah JP, Sternberg L, 2018. Variation in stomatal characteristics of Bursera simaruba, a dominant tree species of tropical hardwood hammock forest across a habitat gradient in the Florida Keys. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 9, 2120-2139. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2018.910154

4. Ross MR, Sah JP, Ruiz PL, Spitzig A, Subedi SC, 2016. Inferring implications of climate change in patchy tropical dry forests through analysis of metacommunity structure. Diversity and Distribution. 22:7, 783-796. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12442

3. Subedi SC, Bhattarai KR, Chaudhary RP, 2015. Distribution patterns of Manang's species along the whole Himalayan gradient and their fate against global warming. Journal of Mountain Science, 12(6): 1345-1354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-015-3495-9

2. Bhattarai, KR, Inger Måren, Suresh Subedi 2014. Biodiversity and invasibility: distribution patterns of invasive alien plant species in the Himalayas. Journal of Mountain Science, 11(3):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-013-2821-3

1. Subedi, S.C., Ross, M.S. and Scinto, L.J., 2012. Nutrient limitation in two everglades tree species planted on constructed tree islands. Wetlands, 32(6), pp.1163-1173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-012-0346-0

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