Further reading

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Atmashraddhananda, Swami. A pilgrimage to western ghat temples in Karnataka. Chennai: Ramakrishna Math, 2013.

Bawa, Kamaljit S. and Sandesh Kadur. Sahyadris, India’s western ghats: a vanishing heritage. Bangalore: D.C. Books/Ashoka Trust, 2009.

Buchy, Marlène. Teak and arecanut: colonial state, forest and people in the western ghats (South India), 1800-1947. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichery, 1996.

Daniels, R.J. Ranjit and Jayshree Vencatesan. Western ghats: biodiversity, people, conservation. Delhi: Rupa Publications, 2008.

Davidar, E.R.C. Whispers from the wild: writings by E.R.C. Davidar. Penguin India, 2012.

Dikshit, K.R. Environment, forest ecology and man in the western ghats. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 1991.

Gunnell, Y. and B.P. Radhakrishna (eds.). Sahyadri: the great escarpment of the Indian subcontinent. Bangalore: Geological Society of India, 2001.

Johnsingh, A.J.T. Walking the western ghats. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, and Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Mudappa, Divya, T.R. Shankar Raman, Nirupa Rao and Sartaj Ghuman. Pillars of life: magnificent trees of the western ghats. Mysore: Nature Conservation Foundation, 2018.

Nair, Sathis Chandran. The high ranges: problems and potential of a hill region in the southern western ghats. Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage, 1994.

Narayanan, M.K. Ratheesh, M.K. Nandkumar, C.N. Sunil and V. Balakrishnan. Rare endemic and threatened plants of western ghats. Thiruvananthapuram: Southern Book Star, 2018.

Nayar, T.S., A. Rasiya Beegam and M. Sibi. Flowering plants of western ghats, India (2 Volumes). Thiruvananthapuram: Jawaharlal Nehru Torpical Botanic Garden and Reaserch Institute, 2014.

Neginhal, S.G. Forest trees of south India. Chennai: Notion Press, 2004.

Pande, Satish, Niranjan Sant, Vivek Vishwasrao and Mandar Datar. Wild orchids of northern western ghats. Ela Foundation, 2010.

Pande, Satish. Birds of western ghats, Kokan and Malabar (including birds of Goa). USA: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Pullaiah, T., K.V. Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur. Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2: western ghats and west coast of peninsular India. Oakville, ON and Waretown, NJ: Apple Academic Press, 2016.

Ramesh, B.R. and Rajan Gurukkal. Forest landscapes of the southern western ghats, India: biodiversity, human ecology and management strategies. Pondicherry: French Institute Pondicherry, 2007.

Ramesh, B.R., J.P. Pascal and C. Nouguier. Atlas of endemics of the western ghats (India, 1997): distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Pondicherry: French Institute Pondicherry, 1997.

Rao, Nirupa. Hidden kingdom: fantastical plants of the western ghats. Supported by National Geographic Society, 2019.

Raveendran, P.P., G.S. Jayasree and C.N. Sreekantan Nair. In the shade of the Sahyadri. USA: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Raveendranathan, D. Western ghats and the bounteous services showered on the planet. Chennai: Notion Press, 2016.

Reddy, Ramya. Soul of the Nilgiris: a journey through the mountains. Ramya Reddy, 2018.

Saldanha, Cecil J. Flora of Karnataka (Volume 2), Taylor & Francis, 1996.

Shanavas, P.H., A.K. Sumesh and P.M. Haris. Western ghats: from ecology to economics. New Delhi: Educreation Publishing, 2016.

Singh, Arun K. Man in biosphere: a case study of Nilgiri biosphere reserve. Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2007.

Tejasvi, Poornachandra. By the corner of Indian western ghats. Charleston, SC: Book Surge Publishing, 2008 (1868).

Viju, B. Flood and fury: ecological devastation in the western ghats. Penguin India, 2019.

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