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ON THE ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN GHATS

Sustaining biodiversity in ancient tropical countryside

The bird diversity affiliated with agricultural systems in southwest India is quantified, showing that arecanut palm (Areca catechu) production systems retain 90% of the bird species associated with regional native forest, indicating that conservation investments in agriculture today could pay off for people and for nature.
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The Sacred Groves of South India: Ecology, Traditional Communities and Religious Change

Les forets sacrees du district de l'Uttara Kannada dans l'Etat de Karnataka dans le sud de l'Inde sont au nombre de plusieurs centaines. Traditionnellement, elles etaient controlees et protegees par…
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Discovery of Two Critically Endangered Tree Species and Issues Related to Relic Forests of the Western Ghats

Madhuca bourdillonii (Gamble) Lam. and Syzygium travancoricum Gamble, considered almost extinct but later found to be occurring in small numbers in their home range in Western Ghats, south of Palghat…
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Sacred groves and conservation: the comparative history of traditional reserves in the Mediterranean area and in South India.

Sacred groves in the ancient Mediterranean are compared with surviving groves of South India, particularly Uttara Kannada, to evaluate the roles of these refugia in maintaining balance between human…
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Ecology of the swampy relic forests of Kathalekan from central Western Ghats, India

Introduction of agriculture three millennia ago in Peninsular India’s Western Ghats altered substantially ancient tropical forests. Early agricultural communities, nevertheless, strived to attain…

A Strategy for Conserving the Biodiversity of the Uttara Kannada District in South India

Taking the various values ascribed to biodiversity as its point of departure rather many years ago, the present study aims at deriving a conservation strategy for Uttara Kannada. This hilly district,…
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Variation in bark thickness in a tropical forest community of Western Ghats in India

It is concluded that bark thickness and occurrence of gums and resins are physiognomic-structural attributes of value in characterizing tree communities created by different levels of disturbance.
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PTERIDOPHYTE DIVERSITY IN WET EVERGREEN FORESTS OF SAKLESHPUR IN CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS

The present study deals with the diversity of pteridophytes in the wet evergreen forests of Sakleshpurtaluk of Hassan district in central Western Ghats. A significant portion of the study area…

Ecohydrology of Lotic Systems in Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats, India

The Western Ghats is the primary catchment for most of the rivers in peninsular India. Pristine forests in this region are rich in biodiversity but are under environmental stress due to unplanned…
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