Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction, Vol. IV

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Animal Ecology: 1. Nematology in India: problems and perspectives/A.K. Chaubey, Nidhi Tyagi and Satyandra Kumar. 2. Freshwater cladocera (crustacea: branchiopoda) from Muriyad Wetlands, Trichur, Kerala/K.K. Subhashbabu and John Thomas K. 3. Small-scale mass production strategy for a Reduviid Predator Rhynocoris longifrons stal (Heteroptera: reduviidae)/K. Sahayaraj and C. Ravi. 4. Studies on the biodiversity and population density of freshwater pulmonate malacofauna of Damoh and Sagar districts of M.P. (India)/M. Bhide, Mohd. A. Khan, U. Dubey, P. Gupta, P. Thakur, P. Nema and S. Jain. 5. Taxonomic richness and peculiarities in the Himalaya fish fauna (Indian subcontinent)/P. Nautiyal, R. Nautiyal and H.S. Rawat. 6. Heavy metal pollution in freshwater and its impact on fisheries/R.K. Gupta, K.L. Jain, S.K. Gahlawat and N.K. Yadava. 7. Effect of dietary L-Thyroxine supplementation on growth of the Indian Major Carps Fry/A.K. Pandey, P.K. Arvindakshan and B.N. Singh. 8. Nutritional ecology of carp (cyprinus carpio, L.) fingerling through adult/P. Bambroo, Y.R. Malhotra and K.K. Sharma. 9. Ectoparasitic diseases in freshwater fishes and their control/R.K. Gupta, N.K. Yadava, S.K. Gahlawat, K.L. Jain and A.S. Burman. 10. Anthropogenic impacts and the distribution of crocodile salamander (Tylotriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871) in the East Nepal/Kalu Ram Rai, Bharat Raj Subba and Kul Prasad Limbu. 11. Population trends of Indian Mugger crocodiles crocodylus palustris at some selected sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh, South India/V. Vijaya Kumar, B.C. Choudhury and V.C. Soni. 12. Management, conservation and farming of saltwater crocodiles: an Australian case study of sustainable commercial use/Clem Tisdell and Hemanath Swarna Nantha. 13. Avifauna in agri-horticultural ecosystems of Maidan area of Davangere District, Karnataka, India/S. Basavarajappa. 14. Computers in wildlife: a tool to create a communication with birds/Manu Malhotra and D.N. Sahi. 15. Status and conservation of bird fauna in the Vembanad-kole Ramsar Site, Kerala, India/C. Sivaperuman and E.A. Jayson. 16. Quantitative behavioural observations on Rhesus Monkey Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann)/S.K. Gahlawat R.K. Gupta, R.C. Sihag and R.C. Gupta. II. Animal reproduction: 17. Ecology and breeding biology of the Earthworm Allolobophora (=Aporrectodea) caliginosa trapezoides (Savigny, 1826) (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in Libya/G. Achuthan Nair and K. Premkumar. 18. Oviposition behaviour of the stem borer Apriona cinerea Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), on Poplars in Jammu forests/Sanjay Bhatia, Baldev Sharma and Neelarn Khajuria. 19. Mode of action of quinones as potential insect pest control agents/Smita Banerjee and Sujata Magdum. 20. Ecobiological studies on Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: chrysomelidae) a biocontrol agent on Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Jammu/Sanjay Bhatia, Rajani Choudhary and Manjot Singh. 21. Reproductive performance: a deciding factor for the hunter reduviids utilization in biological control/K. Sahayaraj. 22. Impact of mercury on hypothalamic nuclear center (NPO) in a freshwater teleost Danio equipinatus with special reference to reproductive physiology/Binay Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, Md. Shamsul Haque and Ritesh Mandal. 23. Annual sexual rhythm in relation to environmental cues in the freshwater turtle, Kachuga tecta (Gray) and Kachuga Smithi (Gray) in Jammu Shiwaliks, J and K State/Anil K. Verma and V.K. Gupta. 24. Reproductive biology of Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea): insights from research in Orissa Coast of India/Basudev Tripathy. 25. Endocrine disruptors and reproductive health: a critical assessment/Sunil Kumar and Y. Verma. 26. Alleviation of diclofenac induced testicular toxicity by vitamin E supplementation in Albino rats/G. Vanithakumari and K. Sakthi Shree. 27. Environmental and occupational exposure to metals and reproduction/Sunil Kumar and Minal Mankad. Index. Previous volumes.

"Ecology is the scientific study of the way in which the plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment; and reproduction is the act or the process of producing babies, young animals, or plants. Ecology and animal reproduction forms an important part of curriculum of almost all colleges and universities in India and abroad. Although a host of books on the ecology are available, we did feel the need of a book which can provide information on the diversity of animals inhabiting various ecological niches together with the reproductive strategies adopted by them and to carry out diverse kinds of reproductive-ecological analyses spreading across several types of ecosystems sustaining different kind of flora and fauna.

The book will be of immense help and hopefully shall fulfill the needs of students, teachers and researchers engaged in the field of animal ecology and reproduction to some extent." (jacket)