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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Ecology .; Nature conservation.; Environmental management.; Zoology.; Ecology.; Nature Conservation.; Environmental Management.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.