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.
Discusses India’s biodiversity hotspots
Provides a comprehensive overview of bio-diversity in tropical rainforests
Elucidates the conservation and management strategies for rainforest communities
Chandrakasan Sivaperuman
Ecology Vertebrate Diversity Tropical Forests Environmental Sciences