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Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. These patches of shola forest are found mainly in the valleys and are usually separated from one another by undulating montane grassland. The shola and grassland together form the shola-grassland complex or mosaic. Not all such high-elevation grasslands have sholas in their valleys, especially if they are isolated from other such meadows, such as the meadows found in the Idamalayar Reserve Forest in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The word 'Shola' is probably derived from the Tamil language word cõlai (சோலை) meaning grove.

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  • Shola es como se designa en la India a los bosques enanos montanos tropicales que hay, circundados de praderas onduladas, en los valles de las zonas elevadas de las regiones montañosas en el Sur de la India. El shola y la pradera forman juntos el denominado complejo shola-pradera o mosaico. La palabra “shola” probablemente proviene de la palabra en lengua Tamil cÕlai (சோலை) que significa “arboleda”.​ El complejo shola-pradera ha sido descrito como una vegetación climática donde se encuentran restringidas la regeneración del bosque y la expansión por condiciones climáticas tales como escarcha o características del suelo, mientras que otros han sugerido un origen antropogénico asociado con actividades de quema y tala de bosque por parte de pastores y agricultores nómadas.​ (es)
  • Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. These patches of shola forest are found mainly in the valleys and are usually separated from one another by undulating montane grassland. The shola and grassland together form the shola-grassland complex or mosaic. Not all such high-elevation grasslands have sholas in their valleys, especially if they are isolated from other such meadows, such as the meadows found in the Idamalayar Reserve Forest in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The word 'Shola' is probably derived from the Tamil language word cõlai (சோலை) meaning grove. The shola-forest and grassland complex has been described as a climatic climax vegetation with forest regeneration and expansion restricted by climatic conditions such as frost or soil characteristics while others have suggested that it may have anthropogenic origins in the burning and removal of forests by early herders and shifting agriculturists. (en)
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  • Shola es como se designa en la India a los bosques enanos montanos tropicales que hay, circundados de praderas onduladas, en los valles de las zonas elevadas de las regiones montañosas en el Sur de la India. (es)
  • Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. These patches of shola forest are found mainly in the valleys and are usually separated from one another by undulating montane grassland. The shola and grassland together form the shola-grassland complex or mosaic. Not all such high-elevation grasslands have sholas in their valleys, especially if they are isolated from other such meadows, such as the meadows found in the Idamalayar Reserve Forest in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The word 'Shola' is probably derived from the Tamil language word cõlai (சோலை) meaning grove. (en)
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