of the range which is popular for the hillstation, Kodaikanal. If in 1973, shola grasslands spread across 373.78 sq.km. of the landscape, four decades later in 2014, it had shrunk to just 124.4 sq ...

Shola is a rare and endemic ecosystem, comprising thickets of stunted evergreen trees interspersed with carpets of rolling grasslands occurring on the heights of Western Ghats. In 1986 ...

The satellite images they accessed reveal that 60% of the shola-grassland landscape has changed; almost 40% (516 km2) of native high-elevation grasslands have disappeared. Most of this loss ...

During the British era, the Shola grassland ecosystem was seen as unproductive and was replaced with widespread plantations of tea, coffee and timber. This dealt a severe blow to the shortwings.

Grazing and browsing by Nilgiri Tahr contribute to maintaining essential ecosystem processes through nutrient recycling in the high altitude shola-grasslands system, which are one of the most ...

The tourism initiatives of the forest department on high-altitude shola grasslands of Wayanad have drawn the ire of environmentalists. The tourism initiatives of the forest department on high ...

The Nilgiri tahr, found in the montane shola-grassland ecosystems are rightly attributed to being the ‘mountain guardians’. These animals help mankind in enhancing the water catchment areas ...