Ramachandra, TV and Bharath, S and Subashchandran, MD and Rao, GR and Mukri, V and Prasanna, B (2024) Monitoring land use dynamics and diversity of flora in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, Central Western Ghats, India. [Book Chapter]
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Forests are valuable resources with innumerable services ranging from the provision of food, fodder, and water to carbon storage that retards the warming of the earth. Land use changes have been altering the structure and functions of forest ecosystems, threatening natural resource bases, and changes in the climate. The research aims to understand the dynamics of the forest ecosystems in Uttara Kannada district, central Western Ghats, and assess the composition of flora. Land use analyses using temporal, spatial data acquired through space-borne sensors indicate that the district has lost 29 of evergreen forest cover from 1979 to 2021, with an escalation of built-up area from 0.95 to 8.2, and monoculture plantations from 8 to 18. Field investigations through transect-based quadrats recorded 1068 unique species of 138 families consisting of diverse plant species (trees: 278 species, shrubs: 285, and herbs: 505). The study reveals that higher species richness and endemism in the region are correlated with the presence of perennial streams. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication: | Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress: An Earth-Observation Perspective |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the publishers. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA) |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2024 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 11:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/86273 |
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