Biodiversity Conservation
Contents: Preface. 1. Hotspots and warmspots of biodiversity/M.P. Nayar. 2. Bioheritage of India - threatened and endangered/N.P. Balakrishnan. 3. People's biodiversity register: a participatory project case study of Ernakulam District, Kerala State, India/M.K. Prasad. 4. Ecology and bioresources of the wetland ecosystems on the South West Coast of India with special emphasis to the Ramsar sites/S. Bijoy Nandan. 5. The red listed flowering plants in Kerala and their conservation status/N. Sasidharan. 6. Biodiversity in Kavukal of Onattukara - an overview/S. Shilaja, T.N. Vilasini and Manoj Sebastian. 7. Effect of coir retting on marine fungal flora/K. Raveendran. 8. A little known use of the Palmyra Palm: a short range gravity flow irrigation system from traditional agriculture/V.S. Ramachandran. 9. Media development for Anaerobic Protozoan - bacterial consortium and effective use/V.K. Madhu. 10. Diversity of AM Fungi in some contaminated sites of Kerala/M.V. Bindu and V.S. Harikumar. 11. Scope of indigenous rice cultivars for conserving biodiversity/Sverup John, D. Alexander, M.R. Bindu and P. Sushamakumari. 12. Wild Seasame Species distribution in Southern Kerala/Sverup John, Manoj Sebastian, D. Alexander, Shyam, S. Kurup and K. Rajmohan. 13. Biodiversity of the soil fungi in the semi-arid tropical soils of Puttaparthy, Vidya Giri, Prasanthinilayam Campus, Ananthapur District, A.P./Vijayakumar, Sathya Ganapthy Bhat, Vivek Pahwa, K. Premananda, K.N. Naresh, K. Krishna Bhat and Sanjeev. 14. Intra-specific variations of trichomes in the Genus Solanum L./V.N. Anjana, N. Omanakumari and P.M. Mathew. 15. Epidermal and morphological studies in the Asteraceae/M.V. Anitha, Devi Priya and V. Anjana. 16. To fresh, composted, Vermicomposted parthenium hysterophorous and poultry manure/Vijayakumari and R. Hiranmai Yadav. 17. Stomatal variations in cultivars of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L./V. Devipriya, C.A. Ninan and N.M. Kothari. 18. Food habits of tigers in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala/Shijo Joseph, A.P. Thomas, R. Satheesh, R. Sugathan and S. Swaminathan. 19. Mangrove Forest of Kerala Cost, its status, distribution and management/P. Christudas George. 20. A study on the Avian fauna of Aymanam Panchayath/P.S. Rakesh, S. Prasanth Narayanan and A.P. Thomas. 21. Biodiversity rich areas of Orissa: a need for conservation/C. Pattanaik, Sudhakar Reddy and M.S.R. Murthy. 22. Ethno-medico botanical exploration of Southern Orissa/C. Pattanaik, Sudhakar Reddy, N.K. Dhal and Ashok Panigrahi. 23. Effects of lead on water pollution/Shibu P. Varghese, Anu Achuthan, Raimol Varghese and Sija Thankachen. 24. Medicinal values of Catharanthus roseus (L). G. Don. in Alkaloid production/A. Sarath Chandran, Divakaran, Ginu Varghese, Liby Abraham and L. Seema. 25. Butterfly fauna of Aymanam gramapanchayath/K.K. Jayasooryan, J. Ranjini and A.P. Thomas. 26. A study on the Icthyofaunal Diversity of Aymanam Panchayat, in Vembanad Wetland, Kerala/T. Thapanjith, S. Prasanth Narayan and A.P. Thomas. 27. A comparative study on the number of wetland birds in the KTDC Tourist Complex, Kumarakam during 2001-2004/B. Sreekumar and S. Prasanth Narayanan. 28. Phytotoxicity of mercury on seed germination in Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek/P. Nisha and S. Sreedevi. 29. Ant-plant interaction is a factor that determine ant diversity?/E. Chellapandi, P. Chandrasekar, S.P. Sevakodiyone and S. Baskaran.
"Biological diversity encompasses all species of animals, plants, micro-organisms, ecosystem and ecological processes of which they are part. Biodiversity provides the basis for life on earthy. The more we know about Earth's biological diversity, the better will be our capability to conserve both terrestrial and aquative ecosystems. Expanding human population, overexploitation of natural resources, habitat loss and pollution are contributing to a great extent to the rapid degradation of environmental quality, with its irreversible loss or depletion of species diversity. The current perception is therefore to frame strategies to conserve biodiversity otherwise the future generation will blame us for robbing them for their life support systems.
This book includes original research articles on various aspects of biodiversity and its conservation presented by eminent scientists working within the country and abroad. Most of the concepts are new and pertinent to Indian context. This book will be of immense utility to the researchers and students who are engaged in varied areas of Biodiversity Conservation."
