Information about the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot was developed using the ecosystem profile (PDF - 1.9 MB) and the book Hotspots Revisited, which cites:
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Bahir, M. M., Ng, P.K.L., Crandall, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. In Press. Conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Bracyura: Parathelphusidae) of Sri Lanka. In D.C.J Yeo, P. K. L. Ng & R. Pethiyagoda. (Eds.), Contributions to Biodiversity Exploration and Research in Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.
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Dahanukar, N., Raut, R. & Bhat, A. 2004. Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Biogeography 31: 123-136.
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Meegaskumbura, M., Bossuyt, F., Pethiyagoda, R., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Milinkovitch, M. C. & Schneider, C. J. 2002. Sri Lanka: An amphibian hotspot. Science 298:379.
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Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. In press. The Darwin Initiative Project on Sri Lankan land snails: Patterns of diversity in Sri Lankan forests. In I. Killeen & M. Seddon. (Eds.), Molluscan Conservation and Biodiversity. London: Conchological Society.
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Ng, P. K. L. & Tay, F. W. M. 2001. The freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae). Zeylanica6(2): 113–199.
Pascal, J. P. 1988. Wet Evergreen Forests of the Western Ghats of India: Ecology, Structure, Floristic Composition and Succession. Pondicherry, India: French Institute.
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Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J.P. 1991. Distribution of Endemic, Arbsorescent Evergreen Species in the Western Ghats. Proceedings of Symposium on Rare and Endangered Plants of the Western Ghats Kerala Forest Department. Trivandrum 20-29.
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Wikramanayake, E., Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C. J. et al., 2002. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.