Abstract

High altitude shola and grassland vegetation is found in Silent Valley and Eravikulam area in Kerala. The shola and grassland mapping, its present status, etc., are studied in Eravikulam National Park area by visual interpretation techniques of large scale aerial photographs and satellite data products. IRS LISS II False Colour Composite of 1: 1, 25, 000 scale and Black & White aerial photographs of 1: 15, 000 scale are used to delineate the cover classes. The detailed land cover map was prepared using 1: 15, 000 Black & White aerial photographs. The area estimation and comparative study of the maps were done in detail