Biodiversity and Environmental Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Diversity in community structure of coleopteron insects in a moist deciduous protected forest in Uttarakhand, India. 2. Biodiversity and abundance of Hemiptera, coleoptera and water characteristics of lake mansar. 3. Diversity, distribution and relative abundance of insect visitors on Brassica compestris var.sarson (J & K). 4. Diversity and richness of butterflies: a case study in a high altitude forest in Uttarakhand, India. 5. Management of Jassid Empoasca Spinosa Dworowaska and Sohi in Fenugreek through new seed dressers. 6. Population dynamics and seasonal abundance of rotifers in a Shivalik stream (Ban Ganga). 7. Plankton in relation to fish population in the River Suyal, Kumaun Himalaya. 8. New record of Tor Progeneius (Mcclelland) from the River Alaknanda of Garhwal Himalaya. 9. Observations on Ichthyofauna of District Pithoragarh - a case study. 10. Fisheries and fish catch composition of Kidari Jheel, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh and its enhancement. 11. Studies on the status of shell fisheries and their ethno-medicinal uses by people of Koshi River Basin of North-Bihar (India). 12. Physical integrity of three selected streams of District Nainital (Uttarakhand) in relation to their fish potential. 13. Biology and morphometric studies of lemon butterfly, Papilio demoleus Linn. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) a serious pest of citrus reticulata var.Kinnow in Jammu. 14. Studies on some lepidopteran pests of Guava, Psidium guajava L. in Jammu Region of J and K State. 15. Identification of forest dependent endangered Avian Habitats: using remote sensing and GIS. 16. Diversity and status of avifauna of District Kathua (J&K). 17. Loss in Avian biodiversity with special reference to vanishing of vultures in Eastern U.P., India. 18. Diversity of medicinal flora of district Pithoragarh and their uses by the local communities. 19. Species richness and abundance of earthworms in cultivated soils in Kumaun Himalayas. 20. Diversity of medico-economically important riparian flora or River Ganga at Shyampur, Dehradun. 21. Traditional uses of medicinal plants in Almora District of Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand. 22. Haematological parameters of a freshwater teleost, heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch.)

"The book Biodiversity and Environmental Management is a collection of selected research articles presented in an international seminar. Chapter 1-5 describe diversity of entomo-fauna with special reference to lepidoptera, hemiptera and coleopteran from Uttarakhand, J&K and Gujarat. Chapter 6 to 12 are devoted to various aspects of aquatic biodiversity with special reference to plankton, rotifers, shell fishes, freshwater fishes their management and physical integrity of the hill streams, from different parts of the country. The insect pest of fruits and crops along with their management are described in chapter 13-14. Chapter 15-17 describe variations in bird habitats, their status and causes of vanishing of vultures. Diversity of economically and medicinally important forest and riparian flora from Uttarakhand and related management has been included in chapter 18,20 and 21. Species richness of earthworms from Kumaun Himalayan region is the subject of chapter 19, while chapter 22 describes the haematological parameters of a freshwater fish." (jacket)