Objectives of the study
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Floristic diversity associated with different forests
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Basal area, biomass and carbon sequestration in forests
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Presence and quantification of endemic tree species and find out areas of high endemism and congregations of threatened species
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Presence of rare habitats
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Prepare a set of criteria for holistic conservation of forest ecosystems, particularly of high endemism of Western Ghats.
Citation : Ramachandra T.V., Subash Chandran M.D., Rao G R, Vishnu D. Mukri and Joshi N.V., 2015. Floristic diversity in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, Chapter 1, In Biodiversity in India-Vol. 8, Pullaiah and Sandhya Rani (Eds), Regency publications, New Delhi, Pp 1-87
Corresponding author:
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Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, CES TE 15
Centre for Ecological Sciences
New Bioscience Building, Third Floor, E –Wing
[Near D-Gate], Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
Tel : +91-80-2293 3099/2293 3503 - extn 107
Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR]
E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in,
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