Abstract

Vegetation mapping of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary was done in 1:50, 000 scale, by the conventional field survey methods. Aerial photographs black and white) in the scale 1:50, 000 were used for pre-final map correction. A set of supplementary maps viz. physical, drainage, vegetation density, plantations etc. were also prepared in 1:50, 000 scale. Fifty representative localities were selected and structural information of vegetation of the area were collected using census quadrate methods and included in the report as the supplementary information for reference