Biodiversity In Indian Scenarios

“Biodiversity in Indian Scenarious” with more than thirteen research papers!! Most of the papers are original research papers on various aspects of biodiversity. A few review articles explain the past works in a well-defined manner. It is an excellent book and a source of valuable reference material for research students for various aspects on Biodiversity in our Indian subcontinent. Special reference is laid on South Indian Mountain ranges. This book will serve the purpose of the students of post-graduation in biology, especially in Plant Biodiversity. Hence, I strongly recommend it for educational institution as an excellent reference work. Valuable criticism for the improvement of second edition are welcome and will be gratefully acknowledged. Contents Chapter 1: Sahyadri: Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity by T V Ramachandra and A Suja; Chapter 2: Biodiversity in Phytochemical Research and Development by T T Sreelekha, Prabha Balaram and P K K Nair; Chapter 3: Biodiversity Assessment and its Conservation Strategies: An Overview by N Ramakrishnan; Chapter 4: Woody Species Diversity and Conservation of Trophical Semi-evergreen Forests in the Shervarayan Hills of Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu,India by K Kadavul and N Parthasarathy; Chapter 5: A Study of Forest Biodiversity Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques: A Case Study of Uttara Kannada District by Prakash K L and R K Somashekar; Chapter 6: Impact of Industrial Effluents and Agrochemicals on Biodiversity Loss in Aquatic Environment by A G Murugesan and C Rajakumari; Chapter 7: Wetlands, Water Resources and Biodiversity: An Integrated Approach for Wetland Restoration by N Ramakrishnana and A L A Chidambaram; Chapter 8: Biodiversity and its Values: An Overview by N Ramakrishnan, G Pandian, S Sampath Kumar and P Hariprasad; Chapter 9: Study on the Medicinal Plants Diversity in and Around Tiruvanamalai Hill, Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu by M Magendiram and N Ramakrishnan; Chapter 10: Structure and Composition of Woody Species in Tropicals Semi-evergreen Forest of Kalrayan Hills, Eastern Ghats, India by K Kadavul; Chapter 11: Diversity of Lianas in two Tropical Semi-evergreen Forest Sites on the Kalrayan Hills, Eastern Ghats, South India by K Kadavul; Chapter 12: Spatial Patterns and Conservation of Woody Species in a Tropical Semi-evergreen Forest of Eastern Ghats, South India by K Kadavul; Chapter 13: Biodiversity of Toxic Plants in Pondicherry and their Homicidal Effects by K Kadavul and R Joseph Diane; Chapter 14: Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants of the Marunduvalmalai Hills, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu State by B Parthipan.