Indian Hotspots

Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 2

Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Krishnamoorthy Venkataraman

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9789811069826
• eBook ISBN:
  9789811069833
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book offers a comprehensive account of India's four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With a focus on tropical rainforests, it includes more than 30 chapters covering different vertebrate fauna e.g. fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as topics such as conservation and management aspects.

Written by experts in the field of biodiversity conservation and management, it offers ample new insights into a number of subjects related to the faunal communities of tropical forest ecosystems, providing a valuable resource for conservationists and researchers in the field of flora and fauna diversity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Hotspots: An Introduction and Role in Conservation
• 2. Notes on Snakes of the Genus Bungarus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Northeast India
• 3. Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• 4. Observations on Oviposition, Myiasis in Foam Nest, Egg Clutches, and Hatching in Endangered Tree Frog Polypedates insularis Das, 1995, from Great Nicobar Island, India
• 5. Diversity of Reptiles in the Indian Biodiversity Hotspots
• 6. Avifauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an Updated Checklist
• 7. Does Southern Spotted Owlet Athene brama brama (Temminck, 1821) Serve as a Biocontrol Agent of Agricultural Pests? A Case Study from Cauvery Deltaic Region of Southern India
• 8. Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• 9. Mammals of Arunachal Pradesh, India
• 10. Diversity and Distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayas
• 11. An Update on the Mammals of Western Ghats
• 12. Population Status, Group Size, Distribution and Human Disturbances on the Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) in the Upper Nilgiris, Western Ghats, Southern India
• 13. The Conservation of the Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), an Endangered Mountain Goat Endemic to Western Ghats
• 14. Conservation Threats on Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures in the Tamil Nadu Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India
• 15. The Bat Fauna of Meghalaya, Northeast India: Diversity and Conservation
• 16. Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India
• 17. Conservation Status and Guidelines for the Maintenance of Endangered Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura in Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary
• 18. Crop Damage by Wild Animals in Thrissur District, Kerala, India
• 19. People Participation in Biodiversity Conservation
• 20. Colonization of Large Wildlife in Rehabilitated Forests of Lowland in Chitwan National Park’s Buffer Zone, Nepal