List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Producing South Indian Landscapes: The Intersection of Climate, Landforms, Economies, and Environmental History; 2. Indian Forest Ecology and the Politics of Landscape Management; 3. Background to Vegetation History: Climate, Geology, and Cultural History; 4. South Indian Woodland Vegetation: Its Composition, Structure, and Dynamics; 5. An Abridged Environmental History of South India; 6. Autecology and Ethnobotany of South Indian Trees and Shrubs
Summary
This volume introduces the ecological history of woodland vegetation in South India. It incorporates a critical overview of the theories of ecological on the subcontinent while detailing the history of long-term changes in the tree and shrub vegetation of the Indian peninsula that have resulted from climate change and the impact of human activities on the landscape
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and indexes