Biodiversity and Environment

Contents: Preface. 1. Prebiotics and probiotics - progress and application - a review/G.R. Bharaswadkar, P.P. Joshi and G.K. Kulkarni. 2. Diversity, abundance and foraging activity of insect pollinators on Pyrus Communis. Linn/Neelam Mattu, R.M. Sharma, V.K. Mattu and Minakshi Sharma. 3. Biodiversity and present status of Avifauna in and around the mangroves of Akshi Creek, Alibaug/S.K. Yeragi and S.S. Yeragi. 4. Biodiversity of Molluses from tribal zone of Nandurbar district/S.R. Magare. 5. Diversity of some selected species of Coleopterans at two distinct habitats/Rashmi Srivastava, Sunita Dutta and Abhijit Datta. 6. Biodiversity of Dragonflies (Odonata) from Kyona Dam and around area/Faran Shinde and T.V. Same. 7. Biodiversity of Aplids (Order-Hemiptera) from Satara district including Western Ghats/B.V. Yadhav and T.V. Sathe. 8. Present status, biodiversity and species distribution of mangrove forests of Akshi Creek, Alibaug/S.G. Yeragi and S.S. Yeragi. 9. Insect diversity in Pathan Region (M.S.)/A.K. Khan, Nayab Ansari and Mirza S. Sarwat. 10. The birds of Lake Morana, District Sangli (M.S.) in India/M.R. Abdar, S.R. Patil and B.V. Yadhav. 11. Bird diversity and status in Tara Devi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh/M.L. Thakur, V.K. Mattu and R.M. Sharma. 12. Ecological niche modelling for a forest floor ecosystem/Kavita Choudhary and B.K. Sinha. 13. Dalmia Wildlife Sanctuary with reference to Bishu Sendra - an overview/M.C. Mahata and Kalpana Mahata. 14. Tiger poaching and trade in Asia : an overview/S.K. Upadhya, Sarfaraz Ali and K.B. Sharma. 15. Feeding behaviour of Blackbug in Gangetic Plain of Bihar (Bovidae : Artiodacytla)/K.B. Sharma, Anumeha and K.M. Khan. 16. Zooplankton study from newly developed tank in Shivaje University Campus, Kolhapur/M.B. Mule and S.S. Kharade. 17. Physico-chemical characteristic of a Semi-Permanent Pond at Baran (Rajasthan), India/Prahlad Dube. 18. Seasonal variation of Zooplankton population of Shirsatwadi Reservoir from Pathardi Tehsil Dist. Ahmedabad (M.S.)/A.G. Wajulkar and C.J. Hiware. 19. Carbon monoxide population in India and its effect on the health of human being/D.K. Keshri. 20. Acute toxicity of Delfin to fresh water Bivalve Corbicula Straitella/R.D. Patil and V.S. Lomte. 21. Total protein alteration in different tissues of fresh water Bivalve, Corbicula after Delfin exposure/R.D. Patil and V.M. Lomte. 22. Habitat conservation in Gautam Buddha Wild Life Sanctuary, Gaya (Bihar), India/Anil Kumar. Index. 

"The present book entitled "Biodiversity and Environment" comprises 22 articles pertaining to this discipline. This book is basically a proceeding of the "16 All India Congress of Zoology" held from 21-23 October 2005 at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S.). The articles have been written by well known experts and researchers in their respective field.

This book will be very useful for the students, teachers and researchers in this field and it can also be used as a standard reference book." (jacket)