Biodiversity/B.N. Pandey, Sadhana Desh Pande and B.D. Joshi. New Delhi, A.P.H. Pub., 2007, xiv, 248 p., tables, figs., ISBN 81-313-0267-5.

    Contents: Preface. List of contributors. 1. Biodiversity and livelihood of the poor in India/D.K. Belsare. 2. Molluscan species diversity at some sampling sites in lower reaches of the River Subernarekha (Review)/S.R. Pal and P.N. Pandey. 3. Studies on population dynamics of Mangrove associated Crabs from Ratnagiri (West Coast)/S.A. Kasture, P.P. Joshi and G.K. Kulkarni. 4. Diversity of Zooplankton from Kalikhan Water Body at Sangli (M.S.), India/S.P. Kamble, S.S. Patil, S.R. Patil and M. Babare. 5. Preliminary studies on the Biodiversity of Plankton, Zooplankton and aquatic macro-organisms from Mayani Lake Dist. Satara/S.D. Deshpande, J.A. Kulkarni, R.B. Gaikwad, V.V. Vaidya, K.J. Dhyansagar, H.V. Mangi, S. Hole and A.A. Jadhav. 6. Ichthyo Fauna of Bhima River/Shendge A.N. 7. Living with snakes : a dwindling art/Pratyush P. Mohapatra, Sushil K. Dutta and Ashis K. Mohanty. 8. Discovery of New Nesting Colony of Painted Storks in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra/Sudhakar Kurhade and Rushikesh Tambe. 9. Phayre's Langur (Trachypithecus Phayrei)/Sukarna Deb. 10. Study on aggressive behaviour in wild populations of Capped Langur (Trachypithecus Pileatus) in India/G.S. Solanki and Awadhesh Kumar. 11. Role of sediments in relation to productivity and fishery potentiality of Mangroves Swamp of Akshi Creek/S.S. Yeragi and S.G. Yeragi. 12. Digenian biodiversity of bird from Satna (M.P.) India/Awasthi Usha and Babu C.J. 13. Coexistence - An invulnerable requirement for life/S. Krupanidhi. 14. Ecotourism for sustainability of Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary, Gaya (Bihar), India/Anil Kumar. 15. Predator-Prey relationships in Melghat Tiger Reserve with special reference to Tigers (Panthera Tigris)/M.V. Shirbhate. 16. Diseases caused by Caryophyllaeids (Caryophyllidea : Cestoidea) in fishes--a critical review/Umapati Sahay, H.C.P. Sah and Sarojini Sahay. 17. Edible Molluscan Shellfish of Singhbhum Plateau, Jharkhand, India/M.C. Mahata. 18. Survey of Chalcid Parasitoids of Eastern India/Parimita Gupta and S.M. Shamim.

    "The present book entitled Biodiversity comprises 18 articles pertaining to this discipline is basically a proceeding of the 17th All India Congress of Zoology held from 15-17 October, 2006 at Vidyanagri, Baramati, Pune. 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) 

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