Fish diversity in relation to landscape and vegetation in central Western Ghats, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1592-1603

  Sreekantha, ^a   Subash Chandran, M D ^a   Mesta, D K ^a   Rao, G R ^a   Gururaja, K V ^a   Ramachandra, T V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Endemism; Fish fauna; Land use; Landscape elements; Sharavathi River basin; Vegetation; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

SCHISTURA;

EID: 34347261307     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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