Sahyadri Conservation Series - 6 ENVIS Technical Report: 22,  February 2012
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CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED FAUNA IN SHARAVATHI RIVER BASIN, CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS
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Ramachandra TV             Subash Chandran MD             Joshi NV             Shalini Kumar
Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
CONTENTS

         SUMMARY  
1.0        INTRODUCTION 1
1.1        Lion Tailed Macaque (LTM) 5
1.1.1        Habitat and distribution 7
1.1.2        Home range 8
1.1.3        Evolution 9
1.1.4        Threats 10
1.2        Fragmentation 11
1.2.1        Species most vulnerable to habitat fragmentation 13
1.2.2        Consequences of habitat fragmentation 13
2.0        OBJECTIVES 15
3.0        STUDY AREA 15
3.1        The Sharavathi River Basin 17
4.0        METHOD 18
5.0        RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 22
5.1        Causes and consequences of fragmentation 25
5.2        Threats and mitigation 25
6.0        CONCLUSIONS 26
7.0        REFERENCES 27
8.0        BIBLIOGRAPHY 28
9.0        GLOSSARY 30
10.0        ANNEXURE 35

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