Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Contents: Preface. 1. Occurrence and diversity of Termitomyces species in Kodagu District of Western Ghats, Karnataka/Abolfazl Pahlevanlo and G.R. Janardhana. 2. Bamboo biodiversity and biofencing in a livestock fodder venture/Anju Paul, Francis Xavier and E.D. Benjamin. 3. Biodiversity of phylum echinodermata along the Kerala coast, India/R.P. Deep and A. Biju Kumar. 4. Diversity and distribution of phytoplanktons in Ashtamudi lake: the second largest Ramsar site in Kerala/K.B. Devi, T. Alexander, M.P. Nayar and P.K. Shaji. 5. Diversity of mangrove litter inhabiting microarthropods with special reference to their functional role in Midnapore (East) coast, West Bengal, India/M.K. Dey, A.K. Hazra and S.K. Chakraborty. 6. Diversity distribution and endemicity of earthworms in the southern Kerala stretch of Western Ghats/M. Jaya, M. Aja and K. Vijayakumaran Nair. 7. Distributions of pestiferous terrestrial molluscs in Bangalore region, Karnataka/M. Jayashankar, N.A. Aravind and M.S. Reddy. 8. Bird\'s nest fungi in India:  new record from Sikkim/Kanad Das and Ruilian Zhao. 9. Implication of medicinal plants in the conservation of butterfly diversity: a case study from Achanakmar Amarkantak Biosphere reserve, Central India/S. Kiruba, Pankaj Kumar Sahu, S. Jeeva and S. Sam Manohar Das. 10. Survey of earthworm species used for vermicomposting in Tirunelveli District Tamil Nadu, South India/V. Lakshmi and M. Ebenezer. 11. Comparison of different clustering patterns and development of statistical key for Vigna taxa/M. Latha, K.T. Presannakumari, S. Krishnan, Z. Abraham and J.S. Minimol. 12. Bryophyte diversity along a Gradient of human  disturbance in the Ponmudi Hills, of Kerala, Western Ghats/G.S. Manoj and K. Murugan. 13. Butterfly garden: biodiversity conservation in human stressed environments/P. Manoj and Punnen Kurian. 14. Diversity and distribution of Bacillus strains from the water samples of a tropical wetland ecosystem/Maya George and A.A. Mohammed Hatha. 15. Altitude-wise variations in diversity of freshwater periphytic microalgae in Anamalai area of Western Ghats/K.M. Mohamed Naser and S. Sureshkumar. 16. Butterfly migration studies in Kerala part of western ghats: an overview./Muhamed Jafer Palot. 17. Schematic identification of Chethikoduveli plumbago rosea L. ideotype for optical plumbagin content/Namboodiri Raji Vasudevan, S. Krishnan and V,.V. Radhakrishnan. 18. Flowering and fruiting phenophases in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Bhadra wildlife sanctuary, Karnataka, Southern India/A. Nanda. 19. Purity assessment of a riparian ecosystem: a rapid pursuit using entomological indicators/S. Nandakumar and M.G. Sanalkumar. 20. Seasonal influence of halobacterial biodiversity in cape comorin coast/G. Prakash Williams. 21. Larval digenean diversity in non-commercial marine fishes off the southwest coast of India/B.O. Prasad. 22. Diversity of litter degrading microfungi from the forests of Western Ghats, India/J. Pratibha, S. Raghukumar and D.J. Bhat. 23. Biodiversity of marine Gastropods mollusca: gastropoda along Kerala coast/Preetha Karnaver and A. Biju Kumar. 24. Cherai beach a heaven of taxonomic diversity/G. Priyalakshmi and N.R. Menon. 25. Human perceptions of and interactions with caecilian amphibians in the Kerala region of the Western Ghats of India/K. Ramachandran and V.O. Oommen. 26. Breeding status of lesser sand plover from Chandertal  Wetland: a new record/Ranjit Singh and D.R. Thakur. 27. Diversity and distribution of aquatic insects in the river achencovil during monsoon season in relation to water quality/Reeja Jose, M.G. Sanal Kumar and S. Nandakumar. 28. Patterns of distribution of bryophytes in Neyyar wildlife sanctuary, Kerala/K. Remya, S.L. Shilpa and K. Murugan. 29. Biodiversity of Anomuran crabs arthropoda: Anomura along Kerala coast, India/R. Reshmi and A. Biju Kumar. 30. Diversity and spatiotemporal variation of actinomycetes population in the soils of tropical Montane forest of Western Ghats, Kerala/Rinoy Varghese, R. Suchithra, S. Nishamol, Joby Paul and A.A. Mohamed Hatha. 31. Butterflies of Triupura/Rudra Prasad Das, V. Balakrishnan, Nelson Rodrigues, K. Sasihumar and Arjan Basu Roy. 32. Ichthyofaunal diversity of river Achenkovil in relation to water physico-chemical characteristics/G. Santhy, M.G. Sanalkumar and R.S. Balamurali. 33. Floral biodiversity of moderate to steep slope land in semi arid area: a case study near Aravali Hills, Avikanagar/R.B. Sharma and S.C. Sharma. 34. Diversity of laccase producing microbial strains from forest soil of Kerala/D. Sheena and A. Jayakumaran Nair. 35. Diversity of marine ornamental fishes along Kerala coast/T.K. Sirajudheen and A. Biju Kumar. 36. Taxonomy and diversity of octopuses mollusca: cephalopoda along the Kerala coast/V. Sreeja and A. Biju Kumar. 37. Phytoplankton diversity of Vattakayal, Kollam district, Kerala/B.S. Suma and C. Shaji. 38. Pteridophytes of Western ghats/Sumesh Dudani, M.D. Subhash Chandran and T.V. Ramachandra. 39. Impact of sand mining on the biodiversity of zoobenthos: a case study from Achankovil river at Pathanamthitta region of Kerala/R. Sunil Kumar. 40. Biosystematics of pteromalidae insecta: hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea of Indian subcontinent in overview/P.M. Sureshhan. 41. Influence of lotic and lentic habitats on the biology of Rasbora daniconius Hamilton Pisces: cyprinidae/S. Suvarna Devi and S.D. Rita Kumari. 42. Documentation and distribution of aquatic plants in relation with certain environmental variables of Kuttanad Wetland ecosystem, Kerala/V.P. Sylas, C.M. John, Joby Paul, K.S. Unni, A.P. Thomas and E.V. Ramasamy. 43. Bruchids coleoptera: bruchidae spectrum of acacia catechu L.f. Willd. from Himachal Pradesh/D.R. Thakur and Vinay Katoch. 44. Virulence diversity among newcastle disease virus in chickens: a plaque assay approach/K.T. Tincy, S. Sherin and A. Jayakumaran Nair. 45. A few rare endemic endangered and threatened plants of western ghats for conservation concern/P.S. Udayan and M.K. Harinarayanan. 46. Branchiopods: unique denizens of a disappearing and neglected and wetland/Usha Balaraman.