Faunal ecology and conservation of the Great Indian Desert
By: C. Sivaperuman, Q.H. Baqri, G. Ramaswamy, M. Naseema, editors.
Contributors: Sivaperuman, C.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9783540874089
Subjects: Desert animals -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Desert ecology -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Endangered ecosystems -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Biodiversity conservation -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Nature conservation -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Animals -- Thar Desert (India and Pakistan); Thar Desert (India and Pakistan) -- Environmental conditions.
Table of contents: title: The Thar of Rajasthan (India) : ecology and conservation of a desert ecosystem / K.K. Sharma and S.P. Mehra; title: Climate and microclimate changes influencing the fauna of the hot Indian arid zone / A.S. Rao; title: Dung beetles (Coleoptera-Scarabaeidae-Coprinae) of the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and Gujarat / R. Sewak; title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Thar Desert of Rajasthan and Gujarat / N. Tak; title: Spiders in the Desert National Park / C. Sivaperuman and N.S. Rathore; title: Species richness and dominance of reptiles in the Aravalli Foothills of Rajasthan / S. Gaur; title: Present status of vultures in the Great Indian Thar Desert / A.K. Chhangani; title: Structure of an arid tropical bird community, Rajasthan / C. Sivaperuman, S. Dookia, P.L. Kankane, and Q.H. Baqri; title: Changing avian diversity in Jodhpur, western Rajasthan / H. Singh; title: Avifaunal diversity in the IGNP Canal area, Rajasthan / C. Sivaperuman and Q.H. Baqri; title: Impact assessment of the Indira Gandhi Canal on the avifauna of the Thar Desert / M. Idris, P. Singh, and S. Johari; title: Eco-status of chiropteran fauna in and around Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Bikaner in the Great Indian Desert / A. Purohit and K.B. Vyas; title: Eco-biodiversity of rodent fauna of the Thar Desert / M. Idris; title: Primates in the Thar Desert / G. Agoramoorthy; title: Status of the Indian gazelle (Gazella bennettii Sykes, 1831) in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India / S. Dookia, M. Rawat, G.R. Jakher, and B.R. Dookia; title: Revival prospects of larger mammals in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan / P.L. Kankane.