Sirsi Field station

Sirsi located in north Karnataka, is part of the central Western Ghats, a range of hills that stretch 1500km along the western coast of India. The Western Ghats is known for its high endemism of flora and fauna and is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. It also hosts a high number of ethnic groups, most of which are culturally tied to the forest for resource utilization and cultivation.

NCBS has a well-equipped field research station at Janmane, abutting the Janmane range forest in the Uttarakannada district of Karnataka. Janmane is a small village, 14km Southwest of Sirsi on the Sirsi -Kumata state highway. The summer temperatures range between 27-29 °C and winters are a cool 15-18 °C. The mean annual rainfall is about 4300 mm, bulk of which is received during the South-west monsoon.

NCBS has a  long-term research program on the carbon budget of wet forests, including carbon fluxes from stem and soil. Seedling monitoring, seasonal variation in growth of adult trees, below ground biomass using in-growth root cores.

Facilities in the field station include a jeep, basic laboratory facility, some seed collections and Internet access. We encourage collaboration and provide basic infrastructure for researchers.

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Contact:

Mr. Raghavendra

NCBS base Manager

Janmane, Sirsi Taluk

Uttarakannada

Karnataka- 581450

Raghavendrahv(at)ncbs(dot)res(dot)in