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== Ecology and biodiversity == | == Ecology and biodiversity == | ||
[[File:Someshwara From Agumbe Ghat.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Someshwara (Udupi dist.) below Agumbe]] | [[File:Someshwara From Agumbe Ghat.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Someshwara (Udupi dist.) below Agumbe]] | ||
Rainforest is a dense, wet, tropical evergreen ecosystem, high in its level of biodiversity. According to the [[Harry George Champion|'Champion and Seth']] classification, Agumbe is an area of "Southern tropical wet evergreen forests" (1A/C4). R.S. Troup, an eminent forester of his day, said, | Rainforest is a dense, wet, tropical evergreen ecosystem, high in its level of biodiversity. According to the [[Harry George Champion|'Champion and Seth']] classification, Agumbe is an area of "Southern tropical wet evergreen forests" (1A/C4). R.S. Troup, an eminent forester of his day, said, | ||
:"The tropical evergreen rain forests are characterised by the great luxuriance of their vegetation which consists of several tiers, the highest containing lofty trees...covered by numerous epiphytes"<ref name="medplant">Prabhakaran V. "Agumbe Medicinal Plants Conservation Area – A tribute to Kuvempu" {{cite web | :"The tropical evergreen rain forests are characterised by the great luxuriance of their vegetation which consists of several tiers, the highest containing lofty trees...covered by numerous epiphytes"<ref name="medplant">Prabhakaran V. "Agumbe Medicinal Plants Conservation Area – A tribute to Kuvempu" {{cite web | ||