The role of informal protected areas in maintaining biodiversity in the Western Ghats of India

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Bhagwat, Shonil A ^a   Kushalappa, Cheppudira G ^b   Williams, Paul H ^a   Brown, Nick D ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Endemic and threatened species; Medicinal plants; Non timber forest products; Protected areas; Sacred groves; Western Ghats of India

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROTECTED AREA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 27444435175     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01285-100108     Document Type: Article

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