Indian Hotspots Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 1 /

This book offers a comprehensive account of India's four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With a focus on tropical rainforests, it includes more than 30 chapters covering different vertebrate fauna e.g. fishes, amphibi...

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Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Vydanie:1st ed. 2018.
Predmet:
Ecology .
Nature conservation.
Environmental management.
Zoology.
ISBN:9789811066054
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  • Chapter 1. Biodiversity hotspots in India
  • Chapter 2. Endemic, endangered and threatened vertebrates in the Indian hotspots
  • Chapter 3. Diversity and Conservation of Chiropteran Fauna
  • Chapter 4. An overview of the vertebrate diversity of Sriharikota (India's spaceport), Southern India: conservation perspectives
  • Chapter 5. Group size and composition of Gaur in relation to environmental factors in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India
  • Chapter 6. Diversity, Distribution and Conservation of Freshwater fishes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Chapter 7. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans); not a 'Nut-cracker': A Study from Kole Wetlands of Thrissur, Kerala
  • Chapter 8. Avifauna of North West Himalaya
  • Chapter 9. Chiropteran faunal diversity in the Tropical Forest Ecosystem of Agasthiyamali Biosphere Reserve
  • Chapter 10. Diversity of bat fauna in states of North-East and around Western Ghats of India with reference to its conservation
  • Chapter 11. Status and distribution of Grizzled Giant Squirrel in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India
  • Chapter 12. Habitat use of Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius in Western Ghats, India
  • Chapter 13. Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Golden Langur, Trachypithecus geei
  • Chapter 14. Why are Lion-tailed Macaques rare?
  • Chapter 15. Ranging and Spacing Behaviour of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus) in the Tropical Forests of Southern India
  • Chapter 16. Role of elephants in the forest ecosystem and its conservation problems in Southern India
  • Chapter 17. Influence of ranging and hierarchy on the habitat use pattern by Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in the Tropical Forests of Southern India
  • Chapter 18. Human - Elephant (Elephas maximus) Conflict in Southern India: Spatial Movement Pattern of Asian Elephants outside Reserved Forests of Coimbatore Forest Division
  • Chapter 19. Statistical techniques for estimating the abundance of Asiatic Elephants based on dung piles.

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