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Survey Design, Field and Analytical Methods

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Plants, birds and large herbivorous mammals were the key biodiversity components selected for the investigations. These major biodiversity elements were indicators of ongoing ecological changes in the study area. Vegetation, being the primary producers in the ecosystem, is the cardinal component of the habitat and is the key determinant of other biodiversity components including birds and mammals (Kremen 2005; Wilson et al. 2007).

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  1. Department of Forest, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    G. Vishwanatha Reddy

  2. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA

    K. Ullas Karanth

  3. Wildlife Conservation Society – India, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    N. Samba Kumar

  4. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Jagdish Krishnaswamy

  5. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, New York, NY, USA

    Krithi K. Karanth

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Reddy, G.V., Karanth, K.U., Kumar, N.S., Krishnaswamy, J., Karanth, K.K. (2016). Survey Design, Field and Analytical Methods. In: Recovering Biodiversity in Indian Forests. SpringerBriefs in Ecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0911-2_3

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