TY - BOOK AU - Bharucha, Erach TI - National parks and wildlife sanctuaries of India U1 - 333.9516 PY - 2006/// CY - Ahmedabad PB - Reliance Industries Ltd. and Mapin Publishing N1 - CONTENTS Five Decades of Travels in the Indian Wilderness 12 National Parks and Wildlife Sancturies 22 The Cold Desert of the Ladakh Plateau and the Lofty Himalayas 38 He Himalayan Foothills, the Terai and the North-east 104 Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of the West 138 The Sal Forest of Central India 156 The Teak Forests of Central and Peninsular India 202 The Deccan Grasslands and Scrublands 238 The Forests of the Western Ghats 258 Teak Forests of South India 298 The Sholas, Evergreen Hill Forests and Moist Evergreen Low Forests 316 The Waterside : Rivers and Lakes 372 The Coastal Waters and River Deltas 428 Emerald Islands 448 ER -