Indian hotspots : vertebrate faunal diversity, conservation and management.: vertebrate faunal diversity, conservation and management. Volume 1 (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman, editors.
• Editors: Sivaperuman, C (Chandrakasan); Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy
• Contents: 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). 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. 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). 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 591.7; Animal diversity -- India; Animal diversity conservation -- India; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Animal diversity; Animal diversity conservation; Life Sciences; Ecology; Nature Conservation; Environmental Management; Zoology; India; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811066054; 9811066051
• Related ISBNs: 9789811066047; 9811066043
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 5, 2018).
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