Assessment of Threatened tree Species of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), Southern Western Ghats, India

Verisakkaiah Sakkamuthua; Ariyan Sarvalingam; Authinarayanan Rajaesh

doi:10.36808/if/2025/v151i8/170878

Assessment of Threatened tree Species of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), Southern Western Ghats, India

Authors

Verisakkaiah Sakkamuthua Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046, Tamil Nadu
Ariyan Sarvalingam Department of Botany, NGM College (Autonomous), Pollachi, Coimbatore-642001, Tamil Nadu
Authinarayanan Rajaesh Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i8/170878

Keywords:

Conservation status, Economic importance, Protected areas, Environmental sustainability.

Abstract

The Western Ghats is the world's second-most significant refuge for species at risk. The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a part of the southern Western Ghats region is one of the richest biogeographic regions in the Indian subcontinent. The present study documented a total of 68 taxa belonging to 50 genera and 35 families. Certain threatened factors, like overexploitation of natural resources and other anthropogenic activities, adversely affect the existing ecosystem and lead to the rarity of many species in the future. Therefore, the study suggests that there is a need to protect ecologically sensitive forest patches due to the occurrence of many endemic and threatened species in this region.

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