Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction, Vol. VI

Contents: Editorial board. Foreword. Preface. I. Animal ecology: 1. Impact of supplementary feeds on the growth and excretory metabolite levels in Clarias batrachus/Meenakshi Jindal. 2. Physico-chemical and microbial studies of Lake Mansar in Jammu Shiwaliks/J.P. Sharma and V.K. Gupta. 3. Entomopathogenic nematode -- a natural enemy of insect pests: its ecology, mass production, storage and applications/A.K. Chaubey, Vidhi Tyagi, Zakwan Ahmed and Mohommad Arif. 4. Taxonomic description and ecological notes on some prosobranchiate molluscs from Jammu Region, J and K State/Fareed Ahmad, Shakti Prashar and Anil K. Verma. 5. A synoptic list of gerromorpha (Hemiptera: insecta) from Western Ghats of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra/T.V. Sathe and T.M. Chougale. 6. Biodiversity of wild silkmoth species from Western Maharashtra, India/T.V. Sathe. 7. Dragonflies (Order: Odonata) of Western Ghats of Sindhudurg District/T.V. Sathe, K.P. Shinde, T.M. Chougle and P.M. Bhoje. 8. Conservation of Tasar Fauna and Flora: perspectives and limitations/Ramakrishna Naika, B. Sannappa and S. Basavarajappa. 9. Study of pesticides use in croplands fields of Maidan Area, Karnataka, India/S. Basavarajappa, B. Sannappa and R. Naika. 10. Culture of Moina macrocopa under maintained and static conditions/Satinder Kour. 11. Biochemical mobilization in a freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex due to aqueous Extracts of endocrine tissue of Emerita Asiatica/P. Indumathy, M. Sangeetha, P. Lakshmi Devi, J. Jayanthi and M.G. Ragunathan. 12. Combined effects of endocrine tissues extracts of Emerita Asiatica and continuous light on the organic contents of a freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex/P. Lakshmi Devi, P. Indumathy, M. Sangeetha, J. Jayanthi and M.G. Ragunathan. 13. Influence of endocrine tissue aqueous extracts of Emerita Asiatica on the biochemical contents of an eyestalk ablated female freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex/M. Sangeetha, P. Lakshmi Devi, P. Indumathy, J. Jayanthi and M.G. Ragunathan. 14. Haematological and biochemical alterations in Clarias batrachus due to experimental procamallanus infection/Shashi Ruhela, A.K. Pandey and A.K. Khare. 15. Amphibian and reptilian diversity in Western Himalaya: current status and future need/Deep N. Sahi. 16. Seasonal changes in plasma calcium and inorganic phosphate levels in relation to parathyroid and ulitimobranchial glands of the grey quail, Coturnix coturnix coturnix/R.R. Dhande, S.A. Suryawanshi and A.K. Pandey. 17. Effect of sublethal heroin administration on serum acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activities as well as histopathology of liver and kidney of Rattus norvegicus/S.R. Barai, S.A. Suryawanshi and A.K. Pandey. II. Animal reproduction: 18. Seasonal growth and reproduction in two Brachyuran species inhabiting diverse ecosystems/V.P. Syama, N.T. Supriya, K. Sudha and G. Anilkumar. 19. Light induced ovarian maturation in a freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex: a biochemical approach/M.G. Ragunathan and J. Jayanthi. 20. Correlation of quantitative depletion of protein fractions with anti-ovipositional activity due to penultimate Oocyte Resorption in Periplaneta americana induced by Cerberin Glycoside/Mangla Bhide, Rekha Rai, Shubhra Agarwal and Deepti Tomar. 21. KD toxicity of Dhatura alba seed extract in different Nymphal Instar stages and Antioviposional activity due to Oocyte resorption in Dysdercus similis, freeman (Phrrhocoridae : Heteroptera)/Mangla Bhide, Shuhbra Agarwal, Rekha Rai and Deepti Tomar. 22. Studies on the lifecycle of Moina micrura Kurz, 1874 (Crustacea : Branchiopoda : Cladocera)/K.K. Subhash Babu and S. Bijoy Nandan. 23. Life cycle studies and growth dynamics of Moina macrocopa/Satinder Kour. 24. Recent advances in fish pheromone research: an overview/A.K. Pandey and Saurabh Pandey. 25. Study on radioprotective effective of melatonin with reference to reproductive behaviour of mice/A.L. Bhatia, Dhankesh Meena and Shikha Patni. 26. Role of pheromones and other semiochemicals in mammalian reproduction and behaviour/S.D. Pandey. 27. Effect of Anosmia in perception of the male-originating primer pheromones involved in Oestrus induction (The Whitten Effect) in Mus Booduga Gray/Himanshu Dixit and S.D. Pandey. Previous volumes. Index.

"The present book entitled, "Perspective in Animal Ecology and Reproduction" is a reference book on various facts of animal's ecology and reproduction. Lack of a comprehensive treatise on these important aspects of biology has prompted this humble piece of work. This volume is comprised of 27 research articles written by the eminent research workers of the country on various aspects of animals and their surrounding environment. As many as seventeen articles pertain to animal ecology and ten to their reproductive strategies. The important topics which have found a place in this volume are:

• Microbial studies of Lake Mansar in Jammu Shiwaliks.
• Ecology, mass production, storage and applications of entomopathogenic nematodes.
• Biodiversity of wild silkmoth.
• Dragonflies of Western Ghats.
• Conservation of Tasar Fauna and Flora.
• Study of pesticides use in Cropland fields.
• Amphibian and reptilian diversity in Western Himalaya.
• Physiological studies on quails and rats.
• Life cycle studies in Crustaceans.
• Study on radioprotective effect of melatonin in mice.
• Role of pheromones and other semiochemicals in mammals.

People at different walks of life including students, researchers, animal breeders, policy makers and administrative shall find this volume of the series very useful."