Download or read book Animal Diversity Natural History and Conservation written by Vijay Kumar Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles with reference to India.
Download or read book Animal Diversity Natural History and Conservation written by Anil K. Varma Vijay Kumar Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present volume of the series, "Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation- Vol.2" comprises the vast body of research on the subject and includes 22 articles/chapters written by eminent researchers from various regions of India and abroad. The notable contributions included in this volume are: On the Faunal Diversity of Arunachal Pradesh: Composition, Threats and Conservation Needs The Chalcodoid Hemipteran Fauna of Western Ghats Diversity of Spiders in Kuttanad Rice Agroecosystem, Kerala, India An Overview on the Biology of Horse Mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus, off the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Perspectives of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Sustainable Agriculture Bird Community Composition in Relation to Vegetation of Ramnagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Jammu (J&K) Conservation of Breeding Population of Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus in Eastern Nepal Differential Responses of Bats and Non-volant Small Mammals to Habitat Disturbances in two Tropical Forest Types of Southwest Ghana Diversity, Distribution and Taxonomy of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphoidea) of Punjab (India) Exploitation, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation of Marine Mollusca in India Biology of Dominant Spiders in Kuttanad Rice Agroecosystem, Kerala, India Ecology, Status and Aberrant Behaviour of Bengal Tiger in the Indian Sundarbans It is hoped that this book shall generate database for the researchers and academicians working on this field who shall find this volume very useful in their relevant research pursuits.
Download or read book Animal Diversity Natural History and Conservation written by V. K. &. Verma Anil Kumar Gupta and published by Daya Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present Volume 4 of the series, Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation comprises the vast body of research on the subject and has been designed in such a way as to serve the purpose of the biologists, ecologists, environmentalists and conservationists. This volume includes twenty one original research articles written by eminent researchers from within India and abroad, the notable amongst which include: Taxonomy and Systematics of Calanoid Copepods Taxonomic Account of Earthworm Species Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects Diversity of Spiders Associated with Human Habitations Bauplan, Functional Characteristics and Ecotoxicological Threats of Freshwater Sponge External Morphological Study of Horse Mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus Aleev Low-Extraction Selective Logging and Avifaunal Recovery Habitat Predictors of Two Sympatric Pheasant Species - A Conservation Approach Population Roosting, Food and Breeding Habits of Barn Owl, Tyto alba Studies on the Feeding Ecology of Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Vertebrate Faunal Diversity with Special Reference to Avifauna A Comparison on the Population Status of Captive Asian Elephant Elephas maximus and Its Implications for Long-term Conservation Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in Similipal Tiger Reserve Natural History, Distribution and Status of Martes flavigula Current Status and Conservation Initiatives of The Indian White Backed Vulture, Gyps bengalensis Gmelin The studies included are likely to lead further researches in this direction and it is hoped that this publication would attract world wide audience of academicians, students, researchers and scientists of allied disciplines engaged in the research of animal ecology and reproduction, conservation and management of living beings."
Download or read book ANIMAL DIVERSITY NAT HIST CONSERV written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biological Collections written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological collections are a critical part of the nation's science and innovation infrastructure and a fundamental resource for understanding the natural world. Biological collections underpin basic science discoveries as well as deepen our understanding of many challenges such as global change, biodiversity loss, sustainable food production, ecosystem conservation, and improving human health and security. They are important resources for education, both in formal training for the science and technology workforce, and in informal learning through schools, citizen science programs, and adult learning. However, the sustainability of biological collections is under threat. Without enhanced strategic leadership and investments in their infrastructure and growth many biological collections could be lost. Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century recommends approaches for biological collections to develop long-term financial sustainability, advance digitization, recruit and support a diverse workforce, and upgrade and maintain a robust physical infrastructure in order to continue serving science and society. The aim of the report is to stimulate a national discussion regarding the goals and strategies needed to ensure that U.S. biological collections not only thrive but continue to grow throughout the 21st century and beyond.
Download or read book The National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ethics of Biodiversity Conservation written by Jayanta Kumar Mallick and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1864 in India, the British Raj established the Imperial Forest Department. Social forestry got a major boost in the early 1980s, initiating a new approach to deal with the problem of biotic interference on forest land. A great change was made in forest and forestry management for the protection and development of forests, where Forest Protection Committees (FPCs) were formed by villagers, following the Arabari Model Community forest experiment in West Bengal, for usufruct rights and revenue sharing, which is unique in the history of forest management in the world. Ethics of Biodiversity Conservation takes a unique longitudinal view of this important forestry management case study. Today, increasing human population, growing industrialization, pollution, and climate change, creates the challenge of determining ways and means of ensuring that biodiversity conservation is an integral part of forest management.
Download or read book Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment written by E.V. Balian and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-27 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive study of species- and genus-level diversity and chorology of the global freshwater fauna to date. It gives a state of the art assessment of the diversity and distribution of Metazoa in the continental waters of the world.
Download or read book H R 1268 the National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology written by Timothy M. Caro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-27 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behavioural ecologists study how animals maximize their genetic representation, whilst conservation biologists study small populations & attempt to prevent species extinctions. This volume attempts to link these disciplines formally.
Download or read book Biodiversity II written by A Joseph Henry Press book and published by Joseph Henry Press. This book was released on 1996-09-16 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years." With those words, Edward O. Wilson opened the landmark volume Biodiversity (National Academy Press, 1988). Despite this and other such alarms, species continue to vanish at a rapid rate, taking with them their genetic legacy and potential benefits. Many disappear before they can even be identified. Biodiversity II is a renewed call for urgency. This volume updates readers on how much we already know and how much remains to be identified scientifically. It explores new strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity, including: New approaches to the integration of electronic data, including a proposal for a U.S. National Biodiversity Information Center. Application of techniques developed in the human genome project to species identification and classification. The Gap Analysis Program of the National Biological Survey, which uses layered satellite, climatic, and biological data to assess distribution and better manage biodiversity. The significant contribution of museum collections to identifying and categorizing species, which is essential for understanding ecological function and for targeting organisms and regions at risk. The book describes our growing understanding of how megacenters of diversity (e.g., rainforest insects, coral reefs) are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how conservation efforts for neotropical primates have fared. It also explores ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, and agricultural impact. Biodiversity II reinforces the idea that the conservation of our biological resources is within reach as long as we pool resources; better coordinate the efforts of existing institutionsâ€"museums, universities, and government agenciesâ€"already dedicated to this goal; and enhance support for research, collections, and training. This volume will be important to environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, educators, students, and concerned individuals.
Download or read book Biodiversity written by David L. Hawksworth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-11-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading experts on the field of biodiversity examine examples from a wide range of organism groups. Their approaches include the latest molecular and phylogenetic techniques through to the selection of indicator data and aspects of sampling. This paperback edition has been published for students on 'biodiversity' related courses.
Download or read book Biodiversity of the Sundarbans written by Jayanta Kumar Mallick and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together 45 years’ worth of experience-derived information about more than 7,000 micro- and macro- species, which form the unique bio-diversity of the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, as it struggles against the natural and anthropogenic threats. Up to 1770, the estimated area of Sundarbans was around 36,000 km2, but has reduced over time to 25,000 km2, due to reclamation. This loss and the related degradation of habitats has caused historical species extinction and population decline. Whereas biodiversity conservation within and beyond the protected areas has been the watchword since the 1990s (“biodiversity, aesthetic values and integrity”), the initial two hundred years of imperial and post-colonial forest management focused primarily on revenue and production forestry, to the detriment of the ecology of the area. It will be of interest to researchers, in zoology, botany, ecology and conservation, as well as professionals, such as foresters, environmentalists, conservationists, resource managers, planners, government agencies, academic institutions, NGOs and naturalists.
Download or read book Insect Diversity Declines and Conservation in Australia written by Tim R. New and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems of insect enumeration and assessment of needs are addressed in the contexts of rapid and substantial losses and changes to all key Australian terrestrial and freshwater environments and promoting awarenesss of the importance of insects. Further definition of the insect fauna and its peculiarities can aid threat alleviation and practical management to protect and conserve this unique and largely endemic biodiversity. Written for the many environmental managers and naturalists who are not primarily entomologists, the ten chapters expand from considerations of insect decline and diversity to the unique features of the Australian fauna and its characterisation. Cases and examples from throughout the world illustrate the major needs, approaches and priorities to sustaining a poorly known, diverse and ecologically varied insect heritage of global significance.
Download or read book Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil s Northern Atlantic Forest written by Gentil Alves Pereira Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the fauna of the Pernambuco Endemism Center in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest, an understudied global biodiversity hotspot. Through fifteen curated chapters, it provides the latest information about the fauna of the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest, gathering important information about the faunal composition of the region for the first time. The chapters address animal biodiversity including terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) and invertebrates (ants, butterflies, dung beetles, hervestmen, spiders, and termites). All chapters provide species lists, taxonomic aspects and richness analysis. Conservation of specific animal groups is also discussed. Finally, the book discusses human impacts on the forest and its biodiversity, emphasizing the need for conservation of this highly impacted ecosystem.
Download or read book Biodiversity written by Alfonso Alonso and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity is the extraordinary variety of life on Earth -- from genes & species to ecosystems & the valuable functions they perform. Life as we know it will not be the same if our rich biodiversity heritage is dramatically altered. And the signs indicate that this is precisely what is happening. Biodiversity is threatened, & not because of catastrophic events. The current threat to biodiversity, & thus to the tapestry of life, stems primarily from expanding human populations & increased human consumption of natural resources. Fortunately, we can take steps to protect our rich biodiversity. This report explains what biodiversity is, why it is so important, why it is threatened, & what can be done to conserve this valuable resource. Illustrations.
