Conservation planning for the Western Ghats of Kerala: I. A GIS approach for location of biodiversity hot spots

Current Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Narendra Prasad, S ^a   Vijayan, L ^a   Balachandran, S ^b   Ramachandran, V S ^c   Verghese, C P A ^a  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

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