Sahyadri Conservation Series - 16 ENVIS Technical Report: 42,  April 2012
Soil Quality across Diverse Landscapes in Central Western Ghats, India
T.V. Ramachandra* Subash Chandran M.D  Joshi N.V. Dhaval Joshi Maneesh Kumar

Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: tvr@iisc.ac.in
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