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Biogeography and Biodiversity

Edited by R.B. Singh, Rawat Pub, 2009, x, 340 p, tables, figs, ISBN : 81-316-0248-6, $55.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)
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Biogeography and Biodiversity/edited by R.B. Singh

Contents: Preface.1. Forest resources, biogeography and biodiversity: Indian experience/R.B. Singh. 2. Evaluation of remotely sensed vegetation indices in Asian mountainous region to analyze dynamics of vegetation activities/Roshan Shrestha, Toshiharu Kojima, Yasuto Tachikawa and Kaoru Takara. 3. Method and case study of regional ecological risk assessment: Case study of Liaohe River Delta of China/Xuegong Xu, Zaiyi Fu and Huiping Lin. 4. Bioindustrial watershed management: A case study of Uttaranchal/J.S. Bali. 5. Communicating education for sustainable development with less articulate and underprivileged communities: Innovative approaches to socially critical environmental education/Shailesh R. Shukla. 6. Genetic resources from micro-organisms living in extreme marine environment/Anu. 7. Human impact on high altitude forests in Northern Pakistan: Degradation processes and root causes/Udo Schickhoff. 8. Impact of floods on biodiversity in the Brahmaputra Valley/R.B. Singh and M. Bortamuly. 9. Nature of plant diversity on tropical-monsoon highland slopes: A micro-environmental study in Suryamaninagar of Tripura, North-East India/Sudip Dey, Jimmi Debbarma, Rina Debbarma, Susmita Choudhuri and Bulti Roy. 10. Land use and resource utilization pattern: A case for the Pindar Basin of Garhwal Himalaya/Vishwambhar Prasad Sati. 11. Landslides hazard and its influences on biodiversity in Nanda Devi biosphere reserve/R.B. Singh and Suraj Mal. 12. Forest biomass withdrawal from the Middle Himalayas: A case study of Bajarni Village/Anuradha Sharma. 13. Loss of forest cover and land degradation in Jhum in India's North-East: A case study/Abha Lakshmi Singh and Md. Bahar-Ud-Din Shah. 14. The ecological determinants of seasonal, altitudinally directed migration in nomadic livestock keeping in Mongolia/Bat-Ochir Bold. 15. Promoting local health tradition using herbal plants in the socio-cultural space of Kerala using geoinformatics/Rubeena T.A. and T. Vasantha Kumaran. 16. Herbal plants and health care practices among tribal population of Bastar Region, Chhattisgarh: A study in geography of health care/Kailash Choubey. 17. Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation in Indian Desert/Durgadas Mukhopadhyay. 18. Biodiversity and conservation of tropical forest fragments: A case study of Ghana, West Africa/Jennifer L. Hill and Paul J. Curran. 19. Desert National Park: A unique biosphere reserve for conservation and development of biodiversity in India/Ved Prakash Meena. 20. Forest productivity in surplus and deficit water resource regions: A comparative study of Jhabua and Mandla Districts of Madhya Pradesh/S.P. Singh. 21. Implications of an 8-Year Control Programme for European Buckthorn in Saskatoon, Canada/O.W. Archibold and L. Delanoy. 22. Ecotourism and biogeographic resources in Himachal Pradesh/Anupriya Chatterjee. 23. Conservation Atlas of China/Fan Zhengyi. 24. Role of Wildlife Corridors in Biodiversity Conservation: Looking beyond/C.S. Rathore and Yogesh Dubey. 25. Sustainable forestry for mitigating carbon sequestration: Case of Delhi/R.B. Singh and Abhineety Goel. 26. Indigenous knowledge for sustainable biodiversity and food Security in the Kolllihills, Tamil Nadu/T. Vasantha Kumaran. Contributors.

"The present volume aims at focusing on bio-geographic dimensions, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of its components into socio-economic development. A holistic perspective of biodiversity conservation includes bio-geo monitoring and indicators, climate change, tourism, invasive and alien species. Special attention has been given on mountain, coastal and marine biodiversity, eco-development in protected areas, local knowledge, technology transfer, education and public awareness.

The present book comprises 26 chapters relating to conceptual and empirical case studies from the developed and developing countries. The book also combines science and policy perspectives to the biogeography and biodiversity. It is useful for students, researchers and teachers coming from geography, environmental studies, biosciences, ecology and policy science." (jacket)

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