Ecology of the Swampy Relic Forests of Kathalekan from Central Western Ghats, India

Ecology of the Swampy Relic Forests of Kathalekan from Central Western Ghats, India

Chandran MDS¹, Rao GR², Gururaja KV³, Ramachandra TV^4,*
Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
E mail: ¹mds@ces.iisc.ernet.in, ²grrao@ces.iisc.ernet.in, ³gururaj@ces.iisc.ernet.in, ⁴tvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are grateful to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, Karnataka Forest Department and Indian Institute of Science for the financial and infrastructure support. We thank Mr. Vishnu Mukri, Mr. Sooraj and Mr. Srikanth Naik for the assistance during field work and Dr. Rajasri Ray for suggestions during the discussion.