Ramachandra T.V, Gouri Kulkarni Akhil C.A, M.D. Subash Chandran
ENVIS[RP], Environmental Information System, Energy and Wetlands Research Group,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science - 560012
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