References

Spirit of the Forest

• Exploring the Western Ghats

  • Biodiversity gradients
    Gadgil, Madhav (1996). Western Ghats: A Lifescape. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 76 (Jul-Aug), 495-504.
  • Biodiversity and endemism
    IUCN. (2012). World Heritage Nomination—IUCN Technical Evaluation Western Ghats (India)—ID No. 1342 Rev.

• Formation of the Western Ghats

  • Continental drift & paleobotany
    National Geographic. (n.d.). Continental drift. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  • Kenrick, Paul (2013). Glossopteris: The Legacy of Gondwana. Wachholtz Verlag.

• Forested Wetlands & Myristica Swamps

  • Myristica swamps age & origin
    Subash Chandran, M.D. & Mesta, D.K. (2001). On the Conservation of the Myristica Swamps of the Western Ghats. In. Uma Shaanker, R., Ganeshaiash, K.N., Bawa, K.S. (Eds.), Forest Genetic Resources: Status, Threats, and Conservation Strategies (pp. 51-61). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.

• Flora & Fauna

  • Barytelphusa guerini (Freshwater crab)
    Krishna, S., & Somanathan, H. (2014). Secondary removal of Myristica fatua (Myristicaceae) seeds by crabs in Myristica swamp forests in India. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30(3), 259-263.
  • Jain, N. (2019, Nov 4). New species remain hidden in the myristica swamps of the Western Ghats. Mongabay.
  • Gollum snakehead
    Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V.K. et al. (2020). Aenigmachannidae, a new family of snakehead fishes (Teleostei: Channoidei) from subterranean waters of South India. Sci Rep 10.
  • Perinchery, A. (2020, Oct 7). A brand new family of bony fishes from south India. Mongabay.
  • Kathalekan marsh nut
    Dasappa & Swaminath, M.H. (2000). A new species of Semecarpus L. (Anacardiaceae) from the Myristica swamps of Western Ghats of North Canara, Karnataka, India. Indian Forester 126(1): 78-82
  • Myristica Swamp Tree Frog
    Abraham, R. K., Pyron, R. A., Ansil, B. R., Zachariah, A., & Zachariah, A. (2013). Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 3640(2), 177-189.
  • Abraham, R. K., Mathew, J. K., Raju, D. V., Rao, R., & Zachariah, A. (2018). Reproduction and metamorphosis in the Myristica Swamp tree frog, Mercurana myristicapalustris (Anura: Rhacophoridae). PeerJ, 6, e5934.

• Sacred Groves & Conservation

  • Sacred groves worldwide
    Hughes, J.D. & Subash Chandran, M.D. (1998). Sacred Groves Around the Earth: An Overview. In. Ramakrishnan, P.S., Saxena, K.G., Chandrashekara, U.M. (Eds.), Conserving the Sacred for Biodiversity Management (pp. 69-86). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. 
  • Sacred groves in India
    Malhotra, K. C., Ghokhale, Y., Chatterjee, S. & Srivastava, S. (2001) Cultural and Ecological Dimensions of Sacred Groves in India, Indian National Science Academy.
  • Myristica swamps as Sacred Groves
    Ramachandra, T.V., Subash Chandran, M.D. & Joshi, N.V. (2012). Ecology of Sacred Kan Forests in Central Western Ghats—ENVIS Technical Report:41.

• Forest on Stilts: A Personal Essay

  • Sreedharan, G., & Indulkar, M. (2018). New distributional record of the northernmost Myristica swamp from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Current Science, 115(8), 1434.
  • Prabhugaonkar, A., Mesta, D. K., & Janarthanam, M. K. (2014). First report of three redlisted tree species from swampy relics of Goa State, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6(2): 5503-5506.