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I. Preamble. The nature and characters of tropical islands / Ayyam Velmurugan -- Tropical Islands : ecosystem and endemism / Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, Tadimalla Venkata, Ramalingaswara Subrahmanya Sharma -- II. Biodiversity of tropical Islands. Diversity of ethno-medicinal plants of tropical islands : with special reference to Andaman and Nicobar Islands / Mayur Y. Kamble, Santosh S. Mane, Chidambaram Murugan, Iyyappan Jaisankar -- Biodiversity of Polynesian islands : distribution and threat from climate change / Guillén Carlos, Ayyam Velmurugan, B.A. Jerard, R. Karthick, Iyyappan Jaisandar -- Structure and species diversity of mangrove ecosystem / Joju P. Alappatt -- Coconut biodiversity : nature's gift to the tropical islands / B.A. Jerard, V. Damodaran, Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, T.P. Swarnam -- Habitat ecology and diversity of rocky shore fauna / Kunal Satyam, Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam -- Marine ecosystems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands : species abundance and distribution / Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Thadikamala Sathish, Apurba Kumar Das, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Chelladurai Raghunathan, Gopal Dharani, Ramalingam Kirubagaran, Nambali Valsalan Sujathkumar -- Invasive species in freshwater ecosystems : threats to ecosystem services / R. Kiruba-Sankar, J. Praveen Raj, K. Saravanan, K. Lohith Kumar, J. Raymond Jani Angel, Ayyam Velmurugan, S. Dam Roy -- Avian diversity of Bay Island and its assessment tools / Chandrakasan Sivaperuman -- Marine fishery resources and species diversity of tropical waters / Punnakulam T. Rajan -- Rice genetic resources in tropical islands / P.K. Singh, K. Venkatesan, T.P. Swarnam |
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III. Climate change and its impacts on tropical Island. Climate change projections and addressing intrinsic uncertainties / Ramasamy Gowtham, Ammapet Palanisamy Ramaraj, Vellingiri Geethalakshmi -- Climate resilient and livelihood security : perspectives for Mauritius Island / B. Lalljee, Ayyam Velmurugan, Awnindra K. Singh -- Livestock and people : the intimate relation under threat / T. Sujatha, A. Kannan, S. Jeyakumar, A. Kundu, Ayyam Velmurugan, J. Sunder, T.P. Swarnam, A.D. De --Shifting equilibrium of pest and diseases in agriculture / M. Mohan, B. Kariyanna -- Uncertainties in measuring climate change impact on marine biodiversity / P.M. Mohan, Ayyam Velmurugan -- Boidiversity and climate change impacts on the Lakshadweep Islands / Ayyam Velmurugan, V.M. Abdul Gafoor, Iyyappan Jaisankar, T.P. Swarnam, John Mathai -- IV. Adaptive management. Biodiversity conservation : issues and strategies for the tropical islands / Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman -- Diversification of island agriculture : a viable strategy for adaptation to climate change / T.P. Swarnam, Ayyam Velmurugan, N. Ravisankar, Awnindra K. Singh, S.K. Zamir Ahmed -- Land shaping methods for climate change adaptation of coastal and island region / Ayyam Velmurugan, S.K. Ambast, T.P. Swarnam, D. Burman, Subhasis Mandal, T. Subramani -- Harnessing genetic resources in field crops for developing resilience to climate change / Awnindra K. Singh, R.M. Singh, Ayyam Velmurugan, R. Rahul Kumar, Utpal Biswas -- Coping with climatic uncertainties through improved production technologies in tropical island conditions / Shrawan Singh, D.R. Singh, Ayyam Velmurugan, Iyyappan Jaisankar, T.P. Swarnam -- Bioshield : an answer to climate change impact and natural calamities? / Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, T.P. Swarnam -- V. Policy decisions and biodiversity conservations in the tropical islands. Coastal are management : biodiversity and ecological sustainability in Sri Lankan perspective / Abhaya Balasuriya -- Conservation of coral reef environment : perspectives for tropical islands / P.M. Mohan, Radha Karuna Kumari -- Marine biodiversity : strategies for conservation, management and ecological restoration / Cheruvathoor Linoy Libini, K.A. Albert Idu, C.C. Manjumol, Vasant Kripa, Kolliyil Sunil Mohamed -- Agro-meteorological advisory services for informed decision making in India / Nabansu Chattopadhyay, Swati Chandras. |
