Deccan thorn scrub forests This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Deccan_thorn_scrub_forests".
The Deccan thorn scrub forests is a xeric shrubland ecoregion of India and northernmost Sri Lanka. It covers the arid portions of the Deccan Plateau, extending across the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu to the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.
