Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction: Vol: IV

Contents Foreword. Preface. I. Animal Ecology 1. Nematology in India problems and perspectives/A.K. Chaubey Nidhi Tyagi and Satyandra Kumar. 2. Freshwater cladocera (crustacea branchiopoda) from Muriyad Wetlands Trichur Kerala/K.K. Subhashbabu and John Thomas K. 3. Small scale mass production strategy for a Reduviid Predator Rhynocoris longifrons stal (Heteroptera reduviidae)/K. Sahayaraj and C. Ravi. 4. Studies on the biodiversity and population density of freshwater pulmonate malacofauna of Damoh and Sagar districts of M.P. (India)/M. Bhide Mohd. A. Khan U. Dubey P. Gupta P. Thakur P. Nema and S. Jain. 5. Taxonomic richness and peculiarities in the Himalaya fish fauna (Indian subcontinent)/P. Nautiyal R. Nautiyal and H.S. Rawat. 6. Heavy metal pollution in freshwater and its impact on fisheries/R.K. Gupta K.L. Jain S.K. Gahlawat and N.K. Yadava. 7. Effect of dietary L Thyroxine supplementation on growth of the Indian Major Carps Fry/A.K. Pandey P.K. Arvindakshan and B.N. Singh. 8. Nutritional ecology of carp (cyprinus carpio L.) fingerling through adult/P. Bambroo Y.R. Malhotra and K.K. Sharma. 9. Ectoparasitic diseases in freshwater fishes and their control/R.K. Gupta N.K. Yadava S.K. Gahlawat K.L. Jain and A.S. Burman. 10. Anthropogenic impacts and the distribution of crocodile salamander (Tylotriton verrucosus Anderson 1871) in the East Nepal/Kalu Ram Rai Bharat Raj Subba and Kul Prasad Limbu. 11. Population trends of Indian Mugger crocodiles crocodylus palustris at some selected sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh South India/V. Vijaya Kumar B.C. Choudhury and V.C. Soni. 12. Management conservation and farming of saltwater crocodiles an Australian case study of sustainable commercial use/Clem Tisdell and Hemanath Swarna Nantha. 13. Avifauna in agri horticultural ecosystems of Maidan area of Davangere District Karnataka India/S. Basavarajappa. 14. Computers in wildlife a tool to create a communication with birds/Manu Malhotra and D.N. Sahi. 15. Status and conservation of bird fauna in the Vembanad kole Ramsar Site Kerala India/C. Sivaperuman and E.A. Jayson. 16. Quantitative behavioural observations on Rhesus Monkey Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann)/S.K. Gahlawat R.K. Gupta R.C. Sihag and R.C. Gupta. II. Animal reproduction 17. Ecology and breeding biology of the Earthworm Allolobophora (=Aporrectodea) caliginosa trapezoides (Savigny 1826) (Oligochaeta Lumbricidae) in Libya/G. Achuthan Nair and K. Premkumar. 18. Oviposition behaviour of the stem borer Apriona cinerea Chevrolat (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) on Poplars in Jammu forests/Sanjay Bhatia Baldev Sharma and Neelarn Khajuria. 19. Mode of action of quinones as potential insect pest control agents/Smita Banerjee and Sujata Magdum. 20. Ecobiological studies on Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera chrysomelidae) a biocontrol agent on Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Jammu/Sanjay Bhatia Rajani Choudhary and Manjot Singh. 21. Reproductive performance a deciding factor for the hunter reduviids utilization in biological control/K. Sahayaraj. 22. Impact of mercury on hypothalamic nuclear center (NPO) in a freshwater teleost Danio equipinatus with special reference to reproductive physiology/Binay Kumar Singh Kaushalendra Kumar Md. Shamsul Haque and Ritesh Mandal. 23. Annual sexual rhythm in relation to environmental cues in the freshwater turtle Kachuga tecta (Gray) and Kachuga Smithi (Gray) in Jammu Shiwaliks J and K State/Anil K. Verma and V.K. Gupta. 24. Reproductive biology of Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) insights from research in Orissa Coast of India/Basudev Tripathy. 25. Endocrine disruptors and reproductive health a critical assessment/Sunil Kumar and Y. Verma. 26. Alleviation of diclofenac induced testicular toxicity by vitamin E supplementation in Albino rats/G. Vanithakumari and K. Sakthi Shree. 27. Environmental and occupational exposure to metals and reproduction/Sunil Kumar and Minal Mankad. Index. Previous volumes. Ecology is the scientific study of t. …