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ext-56cba8ca7f37b7032d5dd06052753ab3 |
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Date |
2005-12 |
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repository |
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p15231739 |
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abstract |
Although sacred groves are important for conservation in India, the landscape that
surrounds them has a vital influence on biodiversity within them. Research has focused
on tree diversity inside these forest patches. In a coffee-growing region of the Western
Ghats, however, landscape outside sacred groves is also tree covered because planters
have retained native trees to provide shade for coffee plants. We examined the diversity
of trees, birds, and macrofungi at 58 sites—10 forest-reserve sites, 25 sacred groves,
and 23 coffee plantations— in Kodagu district. We measured landscape composition and
configuration around each site with a geographic information system. To identify factors
associated with diversity we constructed multivariate models by using a decision-tree
technique. The conventional measures of landscape fragmentation such as patch size
did not influence species richness. Distance of sacred groves from the forest reserve
had a weak influence. The measures of landscape structure (e.g., tree cover in the
surroundings) and stand structure (e.g., variability in canopy height) contributed
to the variation in species richness explained by multivariate models. We suggest
that biodiversity present within sacred groves has been influenced by native tree
cover in the surrounding landscape. To conserve this biodiversity the integrity of
the tree-covered landscape matrix will need to be conserved. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
6 |
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status |
peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142345 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142357 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142358 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142359 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142360 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/142361 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/169292 |
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volume |
19 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Bhagwat, Shonil A. ; Kushalappa, Cheppudira G.; Williams, Paul H. and Brown, Nick
D. (2005). A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation of sacred groves in
the Western Ghats of India. Conservation Biology, 19(6) pp. 1853–1862. |
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label |
Bhagwat, Shonil A. ; Kushalappa, Cheppudira G.; Williams, Paul H. and Brown, Nick
D. (2005). A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation of sacred groves in
the Western Ghats of India. Conservation Biology, 19(6) pp. 1853–1862. |
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sameAs |
j.1523-1739.2005.00248.x |
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Title |
A landscape approach to biodiversity conservation of sacred groves in the Western
Ghats of India |
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in dataset |
oro |