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1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors; 1: Biodiversity Hotspots in India; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Biogeographic Zones of  India; 1.3 Biodiversity in India; 1.4 The Biodiversity Hotspots Concept; 1.5 Indian Biodiversity Hotspots; 1.6 Hotspot: The Himalaya; 1.7 Biodiversity; 1.8 Hotspot: Indo-Burma; 1.9 Biodiversity; 1.10 Hotspot: Western Ghats and  Sri Lanka; 1.11 Biodiversity; 1.12 Hotspot: Sundaland; 1.13 Important Major Fauna of  Sundaland Hotspots (Nicobar Islands); 1.13.1 Coconut Crab, Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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1.13.2 Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis (Blyth, 1846)1.13.3 Nicobar Tree Shrew Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869); 1.13.4 Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis umbrosa (Miller, 1902); 1.13.5 Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea; 1.14 Major Threats to the  Biodiversity; 1.15 Threats to Species and  Genetic Diversity; 1.16 Government of  India Efforts for Conservation of  Biodiversity; 1.16.1 Protected Areas; 1.16.2 Project Tiger; 1.16.3 Project Elephant; 1.17 Biosphere Reserves of  India; 1.18 Marine Protected Areas in India; 1.19 The Ramsar Convention |
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1.20 Species Recovery Program for Saving Critically Endangered Animals1.21 Legislative and  Policy Framework; 1.22 National Biodiversity Authority; 1.23 Other Important Central Acts Relevant to Biodiversity; References; 2: Endemic, Endangered and  Threatened Vertebrates in the  Indian Hotspots; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Endemism; 2.3 Threatened Species; 2.4 Distribution of  Amphibians of  India; 2.5 Distribution of  Reptiles of  India; 2.6 Birds of  India; 2.7 Mammals of  India; 2.8 Few Threatened Animals of  India; 2.8.1 Jerdonâ#x80;#x99;s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth, 1848) |
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2.8.2 Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti (Hume, 1873)2.8.3 White-Bellied Heron Ardea insignis (Hume, 1878); 2.8.4 Vultures; 2.8.5 Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789); 2.8.6 Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa (Gray, JE 1846); 2.8.7 Pink-Headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham, 1790); 2.8.8 Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758); 2.8.9 Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus (Pallas, 1773); 2.8.10 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771); 2.8.11 Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania (Hodgson, 1847); 2.8.12 Andaman and  Nicobar Shrew |
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2.8.13 Malabar Large-Spotted Civet Viverra civettina (Blyth, 1862)2.9 Endemic Birds Species of  India; 2.10 Hotspot: Western Ghats; 2.11 Vertebrate Fauna of  Western Ghats; 2.12 Endemic Birds of  Western Ghats; 2.13 Endemic Mammals of  Western Ghats; 2.14 Hotspot: Indo-Burma; 2.15 Endemic and  Threatened Birds of  Indo-Burma Hotspot; 2.16 Endemic and  Threatened Species of  Fishes; 2.17 Hotspot: Sundaland (Nicobar Islands); 2.18 Endemic Birds of  Sundaland Hotspot (Nicobar Islands); 2.19 Endemic and  Threatened Species of  Mammals of  Sundaland Hotspot; 2.20 Hotspot: Himalaya |
| Summary |
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, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as topics such as conservation and management aspects. Written by experts in the field of biodiversity conservation and management, it offers ample new insights into a number of subjects related to the faunal communities of tropical forest ecosystems, providing a valuable resource for conservationists and researchers in the field of flora and fauna diversity |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 5, 2018) |
| Subject |
Animal diversity -- India
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Animal diversity conservation -- India
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Animals
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Animal diversity
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Animal diversity conservation
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sivaperuman, C. (Chandrakasan), editor.
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Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy, editor
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| ISBN |
9789811066054 |
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9811066051 |
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9789811066061 |
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981106606X |
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9789811349133 |
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9811349134 |
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