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Shilpa Babar

• Species distribution models: ecological explanation and prediction of an endemic and endangered plant species (Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.)

  Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. (Red Sanders) is an endemic and endangered species largely confined to the southern portion of the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. To understand its ecological and geographic

  • 25/04/2012

  • Current Science
  • • Climate Change
    • Flora
    • Biodiversity
    • Remote Sensing
    • Eastern Ghats
    • Andhra Pradesh

• Monitoring of forest cover change in Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India using remote sensing and GIS

  The present study assess spatial change in the land cover over the last decade in Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India using Landsat TM and IRS P6 LISS III images. From 1993 to 2004, the forest cover had a severe change and lost about 248.87 ha. There was increase in the scrub cover to about 1637.17 ha, which was quantified to be 172.77 ha.

  • 01/04/2008

  • Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • • Forests
    • Land Use
    • Deforestation
    • Pranahita SA
    • Remote Sensing
    • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Adilabad (D)
    • C. Sudhakar Reddy
    • A. Giriraj
    • Shilpa Babar
    • Journal of Environmental Science and Technology