Report detailing grassland ecosystems of Karnataka by Abi Tamim Vanak, Fellow, National Environmental Sciences Program, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India & Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.

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