Perspectives In Animal Ecology And Reproduction Vol 4

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 ecosystem sustaining different kind of flora and fauna. This volume has been written in a lucid and easy to understand language dealing elaborately with following topics: Animal Ecology; Nematology in India, Freshwater cladocera, Mass production of pulmonate molluscs, Himalayan fish fauna, Heavy metal pollution in freshwater, Growth of the Indian major carps fry, Nutritional ecology of carp fmgerlings, Ectoparasitic diseases in freshwater fishes, Distribution of crocodile salamander in east Nepal, Farming of saltwater crocodiles, Population trends of Indian Mugger crocodiles, Avifauna in Karnataka, Computer in wildlife-communication with birds, Status and conservation of bird fauna in Kerala, Behavioural observations on rhesus monkey; Animal Reproduction; Breeding of the earthworm, Oviposition behaviour of the stem borer, Action of quinines in insect pest control, Hunter reduviide utilization in biological control, Impact of mercury on hypothalamic nuclear center in a freshwater teleost, Annual sexual rhythm in freshwater turtles, Reproductive biology of olive ridley sea turtle, Endocrine disruptor and reproductive health, Alleviation of testicular toxicity in albino rats, Environmental and occupational exposure to metals and reproduction. 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. Chapter 1: Nematology in India: Problems and Perspectives by A K Chaubey, Nidhi Tyagi and Satyandra Kumar; Chapter 2: Freshwater Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from Muriyad Wetlands, Trichur, Kerala by K K Subhashbabu & John Thomas K; Chapter 3: Small-scale Mass Production Strategy for a Reduviid Predator Rhynocoris longifrons Stal (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) by K Sahayaraj and C Ravi; Chapter 4: Studies on the Biodiversity and Population Density of Freshwater Pulmonate Malacofauna of Damoh and Sagar District of M P (India) by M Bhinde, Mohd A Khan, U Dubey, P gupta, P Thakur, P Nema and S Jain; Chapter 5: Taxonomic Richness and Peculiarities in the Himalaya Fish Fauna (Indian Subcontinent) by P Nautiyal, R Nautiyal and H S Rawat; Chapter 6: Heavy Metal Pollution in Freshwater and its Impact on Fisheries by R K Gupta, K L Jain, S K Gahlawat and N K Yadava; Chapter 7: Effect of Dietary L-Thyroxine Supplementation on Growth of the Indian Major Carps Fry by A K Pandey, P K Arvindakshan and B N Singh; Chapter 8: Nutritional Ecology of Carp (Cyprinus carpio, L) Fingerling, Y R Malhotra and K K Sharma; Chapter 9: Ectoparasitic Diseases in Freshwater Fishes and their Control by R K Gupta, N K Yadava, S K Gahlawat, K L Jain and A S Burman; Chapter 10: Anthropogenic Impacts and the Distribution of Crocodile Salamander (Tylotriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871) in the East Nepal by Kalu Ram Rai, Bharat Raj Subba and Kul Prasad Limbu; Chapter 11: Population Trends of Indian Mugger Crocodiles Crocodylus palustris at Some Selected Sanctuaries in Andhra Prasad, South India by V Vijaya Kumar, B C Choudhury and V C Soni; Chapter 12: Management, Conservation and Farming of Saltwater Crocodiles: An Australian Case Study of Sustainable Commercial Use by Clem Tisdell and Hemanath Swarna Nantha; Chapter 13: Avifauna in Agri-horticultural Ecosystems of Maidan Area of Davangere District, Karnataka, India by S Basavarajappa; Chapter 14: Computers in Wildlife: A Tool to Create a Communication with Birds by Manu Malhotra and D N Sahi; Chapter 15: Status and Conservation of Bird Fauna in the Vembanad-kole Ramsar Site, Kerala, India by C Sivaperuman and E A Jayson; Chapter 16: Quantitative Behavioural Observations on Rhesus Monkey Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann) by S K Gahlawat, R K Gupta, R C Sihag and R C Gupta; Chapter 17: Ecology and Breedding Biology of the Earthworm Allolobophora (= Aporrectodea) caliginosa trapezoides (Savigny, 1826) (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in Libya by G Achuthan Nair and K Premkumar; Chapter 18: Oviposition Behaviour of the Stem Borer Apriona cinerea Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), on Poplars in Jammu Forests by Sanjay Bhatia, Baldev Sharma and Neelam Khajuria; Chapter 19: Mode of Action of Quinones as Potential Insect Pest Control Agents by Smita Banerjee and Sujata Magdum; Chapter 20: Ecobiological Studies on Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) a Biocontrol Agent on Parthenium hysterophorus L in Jammu by Sanjay Bhatia, Rajani Choudhary and Manjot Singh; Chapter 21: Reproductive Performance: A Deciding Factor for the Hunter Reduviids Utilization in Biological Control by K Sahayaraj; Chapter 22: Impact of Mercury on Hypothalamic Nuclear Center (NPO) in a Freshwater Teleost Danio equipinatus with Special Reference to Reproductive Physiology by Binay Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, Md Shamsul Haque and Ritesh Mandal; Chapter 23: Annual Sexual Rhythm in Relation to Environmental Cues in the Freshwater Turtle, Kachuga tecta (Gray) and Kachuga smithi (Gray) in Jammu Shiwaliks, J&K State by Anil K Verma and V K Gupta; Chapter 24: Reproductive Biology of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea): Insights from Research in Orissa Coast of India by Basudev Tripathy; Chapter 25: Endocrine Disruptors and Reproductive Health: A Critical Assessment by Sunil Kumar and Y Verma; Chapter 26: Alleviation of Diclofenac induced Testicular Toxicity by Vitamin E Supplementation in Albino Rats by G Vanithakumari and K Sakthi Shree; Chapter 27: Environmental and Occupational Exposure to Metals and Reproduction by Sunil Kumar and Minal Mankad.