Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction: Vol. VIII

Contents Editorial board Foreword Preface I Animal Ecology 1 Sodium fluoride induced toxicity in the eggs and larvae of Drosophila melanogasterHP Gurushankara M Shanthala and V Vasudev 2 Does predation affect the life style of freshwater copepodaHH Mohammed SD Salman and AAM Abdullah 3 Integration of botanicals and microbial pesticides for the control of dengue vector Aedes aegypti Insecta Diptera CulicidaeK Murugan A Naresh Kumar K Kovendan K Prasanna Kumar Jiang-Shiou Hwang and Donald R Barnard 4 Body metric variation in population of the giant African snail Achatina fulica Bowdich from two different environM Jayashankar MS Reddy P Marimuthu and Katre Shankuntala 5 Ionic variability of aquatic environment and osmoregulatory adaptations in teleost fishes an ecological perspectiveIqbal Parwez and Subuhi Abidi 6 Ecotoxicological risk assessment of pharmaceutical effluent on blood chemistry profiles of an Indian major carp labeo rohitaChokkalingam Kavitha Mathan Ramesh Annamalai Malarvizhi and Jayanthi Prabhu Naveena 7 Behavioural alterations of freshwater airbreathing teleost Channa punctatus Bloch in response to heavy metal exposureMohit Tiwari NS Nagpure DN Saksena and WS Lakra 8 Fisheries and aquaculture in India-Dimension towards development a reviewMeenakshi Jindal and Kavita Sharma 9 A critical review on certain aspects of anuran integumentPrahlad Dube 10 Human-plants interaction a case study on useful plants of dasigo tribe Mamberamo Papua IndonesiaAgustina YS Arobaya and Freddy Pattiselanno 11 Time budget activity pattern of behavioral displays of captive axis deer Axis axisPradeep S Khanpara and Kauresh D Vachhrajani 12 Alleviation of obesity induced oxidative stress in heart by triphalaB Kalaivani and G Vanithakumari 13 Study of age related changes in the activity of some metabolic enzymes in Cyprinus carpio as biomarkersKL Jain Meenakshi Jindal and Simmi 14 Biopesticides - its prospects and limitations an overviewShahnawaz A Dar ZH Khan Akhtar Ali Khan and Sheikh Bilal Ahmad 15 Light microscopic as well as ultrastructural changes in adrenal cortex of Mus norvegicus induced by sub-lethal heroin administrationKaminidevi K Bhoir SA Suryawanshi and AK Pandey 16 Effect of neem seed alkaloid extract on the serum levels of sex hormones and pituitary Gonadotrophins in male albino ratsV Maruthappan M Ramesh and K Sakthi Shree II Animal Reproduction 17 Trypterygium wilfordii a new hope for male contraceptionMukesh Kumar and NK Lohiya 18 Mating behaviour of commercially important portunid crab portunus pelagicus Linnaeus 1758Anand T and P Soundarapandian 19 Leydig cell differentiation in adult amphibian Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis testisKatti Pancharatna 20 Biochemical changes in ovary and uterus of mice after exposure to indoxzacarbTY Mudaraddi and BB Kaliwal 21 Ethno-medicinal use of herbal drugs for enhancing male fertilityPallavi Gupta Amita Kanaujia and Poonam Singh 22 Comparative study on the induced spawing of clarias batrachus using three different hormones ovatide Ovaprim and pituitary extractKavita Sharma Meenakshi Jindal and NK Yadava 23 Reproductive potential of freshwater fish in fluoride contaminated waterAnand Kumar Sandeep Bajpai Nalini Tripathi and Madhu Tripathi 24 Sexual selection and mating systems across the animal world a reviewOmkar and Geetanjali Mishra Previous volumes Index The present volume of the book series Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction Vol 8 is an excellent compilation of twenty four research as well as review communications lucidly written by stalwarts from various research institutions and universities The authors have tried to analyse the ecological spectra vis a vis breeding strategies adopted by diverse group of animals in nature and under controlled conditions This volume shall generate further database and interest for the benefit of academicians researchers and scientists working on animal ecology breeding reproduction and other aspects in these fields who shall find the boo.…