Biswajit Roy Chowdhury (31 results)

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Condition: Good. original orange boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, coloured endpapers, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2004, 1st impression. EX-LIBRARY with usual stamps & markings but no pages removed. Unclipped D/J is in protective cover. Pages in excellent condition being crisp, clean & free of any annotations or creases, although slightly 'waved'. A very lightly used copy. If you have any queries please contact me by e-mail. Photos of items also available on request. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week. (2-1450).

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 135 photographs, maps (illustrator). 1st Edition. India?s natural diversity is unmatched From the snow-bound Himalayas to the scorching deserts lush green forests and vast coastlines the terrain needs more than a lifetime to be explored and seen up-closeWild Wonders of India takes the reader through a visually delightful voyage across the length and breadth of the country showcasing the wealth of flora and fauna that the country boasts Specially for the uninitiated yet inclined Wild Wonders of India is almost akin to a familiarisation-tour through India?s many splendoured forests their wildlife specialities and India?s precious wildlife reserves -- its National Parks Wildlife Sanctuaries and Tiger ReservesWild Wonders of India doesn?t let up an opportunity to draw the reader?s attention to matters more serious--it brings to fore how rapidly the list of India?s endangered wildlife species is growing longer--a wake-up call for us to realise that not all is well on Planet Earth and we need to save it 152 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: 1. Fauna of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve - an introduction/ Kailash Chandra, JRB Alfred, Bulganin Mitra and Biswajit Roy Chowdhury. 2. Bengalian Rain forest to Sundarban Biosphre Reserve - a journey towards conservation/Ranjana Saha and Bulganin Mitra. 3. Tigers of Sundarban/Biswajit Roy Chowdhury. 4. A Step towards understanding Sundarban tigers/Pradeep Vyas. 5. Diversity and conservation of mammalian fauna of Indian Sundarban/J K De. 6. Avian diversity of Indian Sundarban and their present status/Biswajit Roy Chowdhury and G. Maheswaran. 7. Reptilian diversity in the mangrove of Indian Sundarban/Kaushik Deuti. 8. Frogs and toads diversity of Indian Sundarban and threats/Kaushik Deuti. 9. Fish diversity of Indian Sundarban and its resource and research prospects/Subhrendu S Mishra and K C Gopi. 10. Molluscan diversity of Indian Sundarban with their conservational aspects/Tulika Biswas. 11. Insect faunal diversity and their ecosystem services in Sundarban Biosphere reserve/Bulganin Mitra. 12. Spring tails (Collembola: Hexapoda) diversity of Indian Sundarban and their importance in the mangrove ecosystem/Gurupada Mandal. 13. Horseshoe crab of Indian Sundarban/Basudeb Tripathy. 14. Crustacean diversity of Indian Sundarban and their sustainable utilisation/K. Valarmathi. 15. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Sundarban/John T D Caleb, Sumantika Chatterjee and Vikas Kumar. 16. Soil-inhabiting nematodes of Indian Sundarban/Debabrata Sen. 17. Diversity of protista of Indian Sundarban/Chitra Jayapalan. 18. Threats of Indian Sundarban/Ajanta Dey and JRB Alfred. 19. New Discoveries from Indian Sundarban. 20. Protected animal species of Indian Sundarban. 21. Animal species recorded from Indian Sundarban (other than previous chapters). Suggested reading. The zoological survey of India (ZSI) is a taxonomic research organization, established on 1st July 1916, dedicated itself to exploring and documenting the country's faunal resources. It was a long felt need to update the faunal data of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve. This is the first consolidated pictorial document on the fauna of the Indian part of these deltaic mangrove islands, prepared with the latest published information from Protista to Mammalia, and documents over 2600 species of animals. Moreover, it records the discovery of new species exclusively from this vulnerable part of the world, as well as the unique Royal Bengal tiger, threats related to climate change and the socio-cultural profile of this UNESCO designated World Heritage site. (jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: 1. Preface. 2. Abbreviations. 3. Wetland: an overview. 4. Introduction to Indian Ramsar Wetlands. 5. Faunal Groups. 6. Threatened Fauna (Vertebrates). 7. References. From the preface: Wetlands are ecologically as well as economically important systems which harbour rich natural resources and play a crucial role in various hydrological cycle. carbon sequestration, and global greenhouse gas emission. As defined by Ramsar convention 1971, Wetlands are area of marsh, fen, peat-land or water. whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water, the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meter The wetlands act as buffers for terrestrial run-off and thus prevent eutrophication of inlands and coastal waters. Further, it not only acts as a reservoir of biodiversity but also triggers the mass movement of living creature, e., refuge for migratory birds. The system often creates an oxic- anoxic condition which facilitates simultaneous activity of both aerobic and anaerobic life forms, e.g., microbes, larvae of insects, and fishes. However, due to anthropogenic activity and climate change the wetlands are under high pressure not only in India but globally and our understanding of the various life forms it harbours, remains far from complete. Even the wetlands in biodiversity hotspots of India are under stress and thus strive to conserve itself and the associated diversity. The Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. As of now there are 171 Contracting Parties on the convention on wetlands. The total number of wetlands of international importance around the world is 2,414 covering and area of 254,543,972 ha. Since India became a contracting party to the Ramsar convention in 1981 a total of 42 Ramsar sites spread over an area of 11,528.574 sq. km ha have been identified thus far.

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