Data on bird communities and vegetation in relation to altitude and habitat alteration in the Kalakad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India

The dataset contains data on bird communities and habitat collected
between 1997 and 1999 from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu,
India, related to the following two publications: Raman, T. R. S., Joshi,
N. V. & Sukumar, R. 2005. Tropical rainforest bird community
structure in relation to altitude, tree species composition, and null
models in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History
Society 102: 145-157.
https://archive.org/details/journalofbomb10222005bomb/page/145/mode/2up
Raman, T. R. S. & Sukumar, R. 2002. Responses of tropical
rainforest birds to abandoned plantations, edges, and logged forest in the
Western Ghats, India. Animal Conservation 5: 201-216.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1367943002002251 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:
Kalakad-Mundathurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), 895 km² sanctuary located
between 8°25′ to 8°53′ N and 77°10′ to 77°35′ E in Tamil Nadu state in the
Western Ghats mountain range of India. TAXONOMIC SCOPE: Birds, trees
Supplementary information The Appendix of Raman and Sukumar (2002) is
included in the dataset as an open document format word (ODT) file. Three
Tables from Raman et al. (2005) are included in the dataset as an open
document format worksheet (ODS) file.