Sayhadri Conservation Series 29  
ENVIS Technical Report: 57,  August 2013
FRAGMENTATION OF UTTARA KANNADA FORESTS
T.V. Ramachandra        Subash Chandran M.D        Joshi N.V.       Bharath Setturu       
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India.
E Mail: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Tel: 91-080-22933099, 2293 3503 extn 101, 107, 113
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