Animal Diversity: Natural History and Conservation Vol. 5

by Gupta Vijay Kumar, Anil K Verma

ISBN: 9789351307563
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 14995.00
Biblio : xiii+432p., col.figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta, Ph.D., FLS, London (born 1953-) Chief Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India. He did his M.Sc. (1975) and Ph.D. (1979) in Zoology both from University of Jammu, Jammu-India. His research capabilities are substantiated by his excellent work on histopathology, ecology and reproductive biology of fishes, turtles, birds and mammals, which has already got recognition in India and abroad. <BR> Dr. Gupta has to his credit more than 100 scientific publications and review articles which have appeared in internationally recognized Indian and foreign journals. Founder fellow, life member and office bearer of many national societies, academies and associations. He has successfully completed a number of research/consultancy projects funded by government, private and multinational agencies. His current areas of interest are histopathology, toxicology, pre-clinical safety pharmacology, reproductive efficacy studies of laboratory animals and biodiversity. <BR> He is the Series Editor of the recently published multi-volume set of books, “Comprehensive Bioactive Natural Products (Vols. 1-8)”, published by M/S Studium Press, LLC, USA. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the books, “Utilisation and Management of Medicinal Plants (Vols. 1-3)”, “Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Vols.1-4)”, “Traditional and Folk Herbal Medicine (Vols. 1-3)”, “Natural Products: Research Reviews (Vols. 1-4)”, “Bioactive Phytochemicals: Perspectives for Modern Medicine (Vols. 1-3)”, “Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction (Vols. 1-10)” and “Animal Diversity, Natural History & Conservation (Vols. 1-5)”. The Editor-in-chief of the American Biographical Institute, USA, has appointed him as Consulting Editor of The Contemporary Who’s Who. Dr. Gupta also appointed as Nominee for the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA, Govt. of India). The Linnaean Society of London, U.K. has awarded fellowship to him in November 2009 in recognition of his contribution towards the cultivation of knowledge in Science of Natural History. Recently, Modern Scientific Press, USA has nominated Dr. Gupta as the Editor of the International Journal of Traditional and Natural Medicine. <BR> Dr. Anil K. Verma, Ph.D., M.N.A.Sc., FLS, London (born 1963-) Prof. & Head, Department of Zoology, Govt. (P.G.) Degree College Rajouri, J&K State, did his M.Sc. in Zoology (1986) from University of Jammu, Jammu. He has undergone his M.Phil. (1988) and awarded first rank and Ph.D.(1993) in the field of animal reproduction at the same University. Dr. Verma has published about 60 research papers and review articles in reputed journals and books. He is also a member Editorial Board of the book series “Advances in Fish and Wildlife: Ecology and Biology” a Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. In recognition of his standing in greater scientific community, the Board of Directors of the American Associati

About The Book

The chapters incorporated in the present Volume 5 of the book series Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation represents an extremely modest selection of several facts on the subject. The lead articles includes: <BR> • Community Ecology and Taxonomy of Polychaetes in a Tropical Estuary <BR> • Distribution of Nymphalid Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Different Altitudinal Habitats <BR> • A Taxonomic Review of the Genus Cyrtolabulus Van der Vecht, 1969 <BR> • Web Dynamics and Estimation of Capture Area of the Common Signature Spider, Argiope pulchella Thorell <BR> • Morphology of Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader <BR> • Effect of Insecticides on Spiders <BR> • Eco-biology of the Endemic Fruit Fly Phorticella striata <BR> • Breeding Biology and Mating Strategies of Coral Reef Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni Gibbes <BR> • Perspective on Fish Diversity <BR> • DNA Fingerprinting in Conservational Research on Ichthyofauna <BR> • Aspects of Dietary Tactics and Choices in Little Brown Doves (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis) <BR> • In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of Red Panda <BR> • Habitat Characteristics and Foraging Ecology of Common Babbler, Turdoides caudatus caudatus <BR> • Behavioural Ecology of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus Shaw 1791) <BR> • Ecological Crisis vis-à-vis Intraspecific Conflict: A Case Study with Rhinos <BR> • State of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758) and its Habitat <BR> It is hoped, this volume of the series shall be a useful resource of knowledge for the biologists, environmentalists, ecologists, conservationists and people of allied disciplines engaged in respective fields of research.

Table of Contents

Editorial Board v <BR> Foreword vii <BR> Preface ix <BR> 1. Review on Diversity and Distribution of Phytoparasitic Nematodes <BR> of Banana in West Bengal 1 <BR> Viswa Venkat Gantait <BR> 2. Community Ecology and Taxonomy of Polychaetes from a <BR> Tropical Estuary, South West Coast of India 15 <BR> P.N. Geetha, S. Bijoy Nandan and T.A. Thasneem <BR> 3. Distribution of Nymphalid Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) <BR> at Different Altitudinal Ranges in Godavari-Phulchoki <BR> Mountain Forest, Central Nepal 41 <BR> Bhaiya Khanal, Mukesh Kumar Chalise and Ghan Shyam Solanki <BR> 4. A Taxonomic Review of the Genus Cyrtolabulus van der Vecht, 1969 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India 49 <BR> P. Girish Kumar, J. M. Carpenter and P.M. Sureshan <BR> 5. Community Composition of Termites (Isoptera) in Different Habitats <BR> and Seasons in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India 57 <BR> Sanjeev K. Gupta and Nidhi Kakkar <BR> 6. Web Dynamics and Estimation of Capture Area of the Common <BR> Signature Spider, Argiope pulchella Thorell (Araneae: Araneidae) 65 <BR> Rahi Soren <BR> 7. Throwing More Light on Morphology of Cyrtophora bidenta <BR> Tikader, 1970 (Araneidae): An Endemic Spider Species of India, <BR> with Checklist of the Genus from Southern Western Ghats 75 <BR> Elizabeth V. Mathew and P.A. Sebastian <BR> 8. Effect of Insecticides on Spiders of Kuttanad Rice <BR> Agroecosystem, Kerala 85 <BR> A.V. Sudhikumar <BR> 9. Prediction of Number of Generations of American Serpentine <BR> Leaf Miner, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) based on Thermal <BR> Degree-Days Requirement under Climate Change Scenario 99 <BR> V. Sridhar, L.S. Vinesh and M. Jayashankar <BR> 10. Breeding Biology and Mating Strategies of Coral Reef Shrimp <BR> Lysmata wurdemanni Gibbes (Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) <BR> from Southeast Coast of India 113 <BR> S. Prakash, T.T. Ajith Kumar and T. Subramoniam <BR> 11. Checklist of the Freshwater Crabs of Indian Himalyaya, <BR> its Threats and Conservation 133 <BR> Santanu Mitra <BR> 12. Perspective on Fish Diversity 165 <BR> Govind Pandey, A.B. Shrivastav and S. Madhuri <BR> 13. DNA Fingerprinting in Conservational Research on Ichthyofauna 177 <BR> Tanmay Mukhopadhyay and Soumen Bhattacharjee <BR> 14. Aspects of Dietary Tactics and Choices in Little Brown Doves <BR> (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis) from Jammu (J&K), India 213 <BR> Deep Novel Kour and D.N. Sahi <BR> 15. Conservation Land: An Integrated Conceptual Framework <BR> Towards in situ Biodiversity Conservation Programmes in India 227 <BR> Soumyajit Chowdhury <BR> 16. Assessing Management Effectiveness and its Conservation in <BR> Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India 251 <BR> S.D. Rout <BR> 17. Biodiversity of Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Assam, <BR> India: Major Issues in Conservation 267 <BR> Bijita Barman and Susmita Gupta <BR> 18. In situ and Ex situ Conservation of Red Panda in Darjeeling District, <BR> West Bengal, Indi