CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: An overview of Asian Elephants in the Western Ghats, southern India: implications for the conservation of Western Ghats ecology by N. Baskaran

“…The Western Ghats region is a global biodiversity hotspot and the source of all the major rivers of peninsular India. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Anurans of the Meghamalai landscape, Western Ghats, India by G. Srinivas, S. Bhupathy

“…Meghamalai landscape, southern Western Ghats was surveyed for anurans from March 2006 to January 2009. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Birds of Meghamalai Landscape, southern Western Ghats, India by S. Babu, S. Bhupathy

“…The present study also highlights the importance of the area for conserving the birds of the Western Ghats.…”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Birds of lower Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu by T. Ramesh, J.P.P. Chakravarthi, S. Balachandran, R. Kalle

“…The current altitudinal distribution and breeding observations on birds of lower Palni Hills, Western Ghats were documented by conducting road transects, opportunistic surveys including trail walks and mist netting. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Fish fauna of Indrayani River, northern Western Ghats, India by Neelesh Dahanukar, Mandar Paingankar, Rupesh N Raut, Sanjay S Kharat

“…Out of the 57 species in the present collection, 12 are endemic to the Western Ghats while six are endemic to the Krishna River system. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Freshwater fish fauna of Krishna River at Wai, northern Western Ghats, India by S.S. Kharat, M. Paingankar, N. Dahanukar

“…Fifty one species belonging to 14 families and 33 genera were recorded; 13 endemic to the Western Ghats and two to the Krishna River system. Moderate to rare populations were found for six globally threatened species: Gonoproktopterus curmuca, Labeo potail, Schismatorhynchos nukta, Tor khudree, T. mussullah and Parapsilorhynchus discophorus. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series : Chasmophytic grasses of Velliangiri Hills in the southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India by B. Thomas, A. Rajendran, K.A.A. Kabeer, R. Sivalingam

“…The present paper highlights the chasmophytic grass diversity of Velliangiri Hills, southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. The present observation reveals that perennial grass is the major chasmophytic community in the rock crevices of the hill. …”
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Is western ghats an endemic region for cutaneous leishmaniasis? by Palanisamy Jeevanandham, Neelakandhan Asokan, Betsy Ambooken, Jini Lonappan Valooran

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Phytodiversity in the Madukkarai Hills of South Western Ghats by Jayanthi Palanisamy, Rajendran Arumugam

“…Qualitative floristic surveys were carried out to assess the floristic diversity of the Madukkarai Hills in the Southern Western Ghats of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. A total of 300 plant species belonging to 206 genera distributed among 72 families were enumerated. …”
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Geasters in the Western Ghats and west coast of India by Namera C. Karun, Kandikere R. Sridhar

“…Inventory in different locations of the Western Ghats and west coast of India during 2011–2013 yielded six species of geasters (Geastrum fimbriatum, G. lageniforme, G. pseudostriatum, G. saccatum, G. schweinitzii and G. triplex). …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series : Diversity of rhacophorids (Amphibia: Anura) in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, Kerala, India by K.M. Jobin, P.O. Nameer

“…Distribution, natural history and biological information is provided including some recommendations for changes in the IUCN conservation status of the rhacophorids of Western Ghats have been proposed in the paper.…”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series : Diversity and distribution of anurans in Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS), northern Western Ghats of India by U. Katwate, D. Apte, R. Raut

“…We recorded a total of 22 anuran species, of which 11 species are endemic to Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Family Dicroglossidae was found to be more species-rich. …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Avian collision threat assessment at Bhambarwadi Wind Farm Plateau in northern Western Ghats, India by S. Pande, A. Padhye, P. Deshpande, A. Ponkshe, P. Pandit, A. Pawashe, S. Pednekar, R. Pandit, P. Deshpande

“…Some of the key sites with optimal wind velocities are the plateaus on the Western Ghats - a global hotspot of biological diversity. …”
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Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India by Ravikanthachari Nitin, V. C. Balakrishnan, Paresh V. Churi, S. Kalesh, Satya Prakash, Krushnamegh Kunte

“…We present a systematic, updated checklist of larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot.  …”
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Grasses of Kundadri Hills in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India by Hanchali Udayashankar Abhijit, Yelugere Linganaik Krishnamurthy

“…Abstract: The present communication provides a checklist of grass flora in Kundadri Hill of central Western Ghats, Karnataka.  During the exploration, a total of 78 species belonging to two sub-families, 12 tribes, and 43 genera of Poaceae have been documented.…”
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Diversity and distribution of orchids of Goa, Western Ghats, India by Jeewan Singh Jalal

“…Twenty-eight species are endemic, of which 23 species are strictly endemic to the Western Ghats, two are endemic to peninsular India, and three are endemic to the country.  …”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series : Black mildews (Ascomycetes) from southern Western Ghats of peninsular India with description of 14 new species by V.B. Hosagoudar, C. Jagath Thimmaiah, M. Jayashankara, A. Sabeena

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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series First record of <i>Poltys columnaris</i> Thorell, 1890 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Western Ghats, India by S. Kulkarni, H. Smith

“…First record of Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Western Ghats, India…”
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CEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Rediscovery of the threatened Western Ghats endemic sisorid catfish <i>Glyptothorax poonaensis</i> (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae) by N. Dahanukar, M. Diwekar, M. Paingankar

“…Glyptothorax poonaensis Hora is an endemic sisorid catfish of the Western Ghats of India known only from its type locality in Mula-Mutha River, a tributary of Bhima River, at Pune. …”
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“Satark”: Landslide Prediction System over Western Ghats of India by Jeevan R. Kulkarni, Sneha S. Kulkarni, Mitali U. Inamdar, Nitin M. Tamhankar, Spandan B. Waghmare, Kiran R. Thombare, Paresh S. Mhetre, Tanuja Khatavkar, Yashodhan Panse, Amey Patwardhan, Yogini Soman, Prasad Bhagat, Sumit Bhale, Mayuresh G. Prabhune, Vinay Kumar

“…Mountains on the west coast of India are known as the Western Ghat (WG). The WG region has a landslide (LS) susceptibility index of four and is prone to LSs in the monsoon season due to rainfall activity. …”
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