Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction: Vol. VIII
Contents: Editorial board. Foreword. Preface. I. Animal Ecology: 1. Sodium fluoride induced toxicity in the eggs and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster/H.P. Gurushankara, M. Shanthala and V. Vasudev. 2. Does predation affect the life style of freshwater copepoda?/H.H. Mohammed, S.D. Salman and A.A.M. Abdullah. 3. Integration of botanicals and microbial pesticides for the control of dengue vector, Aedes aegypti (Insecta : Diptera : Culicidae)/K. Murugan, A. Naresh Kumar, K. Kovendan, K. Prasanna Kumar, Jiang-Shiou Hwang and Donald R. Barnard. 4. Body metric variation in population of the giant African snail, Achatina fulica (Bowdich) from two different environ/M. Jayashankar, M.S. Reddy, P. Marimuthu and Katre Shankuntala. 5. Ionic variability of aquatic environment and osmoregulatory adaptations in teleost fishes: an ecological perspective/Iqbal Parwez and Subuhi Abidi. 6. Ecotoxicological risk assessment of pharmaceutical effluent on blood chemistry profiles of an Indian major carp, labeo rohita/Chokkalingam Kavitha, Mathan Ramesh, Annamalai Malarvizhi and Jayanthi Prabhu Naveena. 7. Behavioural alterations of freshwater airbreathing teleost, Channa punctatus (Bloch) in response to heavy metal exposure/Mohit Tiwari, N.S. Nagpure, D.N. Saksena and W.S. Lakra. 8. Fisheries and aquaculture in India-Dimension towards development: a review/Meenakshi Jindal and Kavita Sharma. 9. A critical review on certain aspects of anuran integument/Prahlad Dube. 10. Human-plants interaction: a case study on useful plants of dasigo tribe Mamberamo, Papua, Indonesia/Agustina Y.S. Arobaya and Freddy Pattiselanno. 11. Time budget activity pattern of behavioral displays of captive axis deer (Axis axis)/Pradeep S. Khanpara and Kauresh D. Vachhrajani. 12. Alleviation of obesity induced oxidative stress in heart by triphala/B. Kalaivani and G. Vanithakumari. 13. Study of age related changes in the activity of some metabolic enzymes in Cyprinus carpio as biomarkers/K.L. Jain, Meenakshi Jindal and Simmi. 14. Biopesticides - its prospects and limitations: an overview/Shahnawaz A. Dar, Z.H. Khan, Akhtar Ali Khan and Sheikh Bilal Ahmad. 15. Light microscopic as well as ultrastructural changes in adrenal cortex of Mus norvegicus induced by sub-lethal heroin administration/Kaminidevi K. Bhoir, S.A. Suryawanshi and A.K. Pandey. 16. Effect of neem seed alkaloid extract on the serum levels of sex hormones and pituitary Gonadotrophins in male albino rats/V. Maruthappan, M. Ramesh and K. Sakthi Shree. II. Animal Reproduction: 17. Trypterygium wilfordii: a new hope for male contraception/Mukesh Kumar and N.K. Lohiya. 18. Mating behaviour of commercially important portunid crab portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)/Anand, T. and P. Soundarapandian. 19. Leydig cell differentiation in adult amphibian (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis) testis/Katti Pancharatna. 20. Biochemical changes in ovary and uterus of mice after exposure to indoxzacarb/T.Y. Mudaraddi and B.B. Kaliwal. 21. Ethno-medicinal use of herbal drugs for enhancing male fertility/Pallavi Gupta, Amita Kanaujia and Poonam Singh. 22. Comparative study on the induced spawing of clarias batrachus using three different hormones ovatide, Ovaprim and pituitary extract/Kavita Sharma, Meenakshi Jindal and N.K. Yadava. 23. Reproductive potential of freshwater fish in fluoride contaminated water/Anand Kumar, Sandeep Bajpai, Nalini Tripathi and Madhu Tripathi. 24. Sexual selection and mating systems across the animal world: a review/Omkar and Geetanjali Mishra. Previous volumes. Index.
The present volume of the book series Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction Vol. 8 is an excellent compilation of twenty four research as well as review communications, lucidly written by stalwarts from various research institutions and universities. The authors have tried to analyse the ecological spectra vis a vis breeding strategies adopted by diverse group of animals in nature and under controlled conditions. This volume shall generate further database and interest for the benefit of academicians, researchers and scientists working on animal ecology, breeding, reproduction and other aspects in these fields who shall find the book very useful and indispensable in their relevant research pursuits.
