Sahyadri Conservation Series: 19 ENVIS Technical Report: 49,  August 2012
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Beekeeping: Sustainable Livelihood Option in Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats
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Ramachandra T.V.                Subash Chandran M.D.                Joshi N.V.                Balachandran C.
Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
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