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Global Biodiversity, 4-volume set
Volume 1: Selected Countries in Asia
Volume 2: Selected Countries in Europe
Volume 3: Selected Countries in Africa
Volume 4: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia


Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD

Global Biodiversity, 4-volume set

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: December 2018
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771887519
Pages: 2100pp w/ index
Binding Type: hardback
Notes: 462 color and 7 b/w illustrations

THE INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

This new four-volume set, Global Biodiversity, provides a wealth of insightful information on the biodiversity of selected nations around the world. The volumes provide informative summaries of the available data on both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and microbes of the different nations selected.

Volume 1: Selected Countries in Asia provides an abundance of biodiversity information on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Volume 2: Selected Countries in Europe explores the biodiversity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, George, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Volume 3: Selected Countries in Africa provides a rich resource of biodiversity information on Libya, Morocco, and Egypt in North Africa; countries on the east coast, including Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal; land-locked countries, including Burkina Faso and Zambia; countries on the west coast, including Sudan, Tanzania; and south Africa.

Volume 4: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia explores both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and the variety of microbes of the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Australia, Paraguay, the United States, and Venezuela.

Each chapter, featuring a different country, is written by research scientists and conservationists and covers the geographical status, ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity, conservation efforts in that particular country. The authors provide statistical data on plants, animals, and microbes of that country along with genetic diversity with the focus on crop plants/cultivated plants and domesticated animals and their wild relatives. Endangered plants and animals and protected areas are discussed.

The volumes will educate people about the wealth of biodiversity of different countries, filling the gaps in knowledge and conservation and encouraging conservation of this biodiversity and sustainable utilization. The volumes will be a rich resource for professors, biology teachers, researchers, scientists, students of biology, foresters, agricultural scientists, wild life managers, as well as botanical gardens, zoos, aquariums.

Key features:

  • Provides an overview of biodiversity in many countries of the world
  • Explores the specific biodiversity information
  • Features over 450 color photos
  • Reviews the threats to biodiversity in each region covered
See Volume 1 here: Selected Countries in Asia

See Volume 2 here: Selected Countries in Europe

See Volume 3 here: Selected Countries in Africa

See Volume 4 here: Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia

CONTENTS:
Global Biodiversity, Volume 1: Selected Countries in Asia

Preface

1. Global Biodiversity Threats and Development Trends
Kjetil Bevanger

2. Biodiversity in Afghanistan
S. W. Breckle, I. C. Hedge, and M. D. Rafiqpoor

3. Biodiversity of Bangladesh
Sharif A. Mukul, Shekhar R. Biswas, and A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid

4. Biodiversity in India
T. Pullaiah and Ramakrishna

5. Biodiversity of Indonesia
Irawati and Didik Widyatmoko

6. Biodiversity of Iran
M. M. Dehshiri

7. Biodiversity in Iraq
Nature Iraq

8. Biodiversity of Japan
Takafumi Ohsawa, Fumiko Nakao, and Tohru Nakashizuka

9. Biodiversity in Lebanon
Salma N. Talhouk, M. Itani, and M. Al-Zein

10. Biodiversity in Malaysia
A. Latiff

11. Biodiversity in Mongolia
Gombobaatar Sundev, Nathan Conaboy, Urgamal Magsar, Terbish Khayankhirvaa, and Gantigmaa Chuluunbaatar

12. Biodiversity in Myanmar
Naing Zaw Htun

13. Biodiversity of Nepal: An Overview
Krishna K. Shrestha and Siddhartha B. Bajracharya

14. Biodiversity of Vietnam
P. K. Loc and M. D. Yen Leonid Averyanov

Index

Global Biodiversity, Volume 2: Selected Countries in Europe

Preface

1. Biodiversity of Bosnia-Herzegovina
S. Barudanovic

2. Biodiversity in France
Philippe Grandcolas

3. Biodiversity of Georgia
Guram Aleksidze, Givi Japaridze, Anatoli Giorgadze, and Tamar Kacharava

4. Biodiversity of Greece
Anastasios Legakis, Theophanis Constantinidis, and Panos V. Petrakis

5. Biodiversity in Hungary
Zoltán Varga

6. Biodiversity in Italy
Gianniantonio Domina and Marzio Zapparoli

7. Biodiversity in Norway
K. Bevanger

8. Biodiversity in Serbia
Biljana Panjkovi? and Slobodan Puzovi?

9. Biodiversity of Slovakia
Libor Uirych, Anna Guttová, Peter Urban, Alica Hindáková, Jaromír Ku?era, Viktor Ku?era, Jozef Šibík, and Marta Mút?anová

10. Biodiversity of Sweden
Ulf Gärdenfors

11. Biodiversity in Turkey
Ali A. Dönmez and Sedat V. Yerli

12. Biodiversity in the United Kingdom
Ranee Om Prakash and Fred Rumsey

Index

Global Biodiversity, Volume 3: Selected Countries in Africa

Preface

1. Phytodiversity of Burkina Faso
Nacoulma Blandine Marie Ivette, Ouedraogo Issaka, Ouedraogo Oumarou, Dimobe Kangbeni, and Thiombiano Adjima

2. Biodiversity in Egypt
Wafaa M. Amer

3. Biodiversity of Gabon: An Overview
Jean B. Mikissa, Flore Koumba Pambou, and Emmanuel Bayani Ngoyi

4. Biodiversity in Ghana
Michael Kwabena Osei, Lawrence Misa Aboagye, Patrickofori, and Benjamin Annor

5. Biodiversity of Libya
Mahklouf H. Mohammed and Etayeb S. Khalid

6. Biological Diversity in Morocco
Mohamaed Menioui

7. Biodiversity of Senegal: Terrestrial Ecosystems Flora and Great Fauna
Gueye Mathieu, Ba Taïbou, and Diop Sall Aminata

8. Biodiversity in Sierra Leone
Prince E. Norman, Jenneh F. Bebeley, Janatu V. Sesay, and Yvonne S. Norman

9. Biodiversity of South Africa
Danni Guo and Judith L. Arnolds

10. Biodiversity of Sudan
Ahmed A. H. Siddig, Talaat Dafalla Abdel Magid, Hagir Mahagoub El-Nasry, Abdelnasir Ibrahim Hano, and Ameer Awad Mohammed

11. An Overview of Biodiversity of Tanzania and Conservation Efforts
Ally K. Nkwabi, John Bukombe, Honori Maliti, Stephen Liseki, Nicephor Lesio, and Hamza Kija

12. Biodiversity in Togo
Kouami Kokou, Komla Afiademanyo, Komla Elikplim Abotsi, Houinsodé Segniagbeto, Mondjonnesso Gomina, and Komina Amévoin

13. Biodiversity of Zambia
Stanford Mudenda Siachoono

Index

Global Biodiversity, Volume 4 : Selected Countries in the Americas and Australia

Preface

1. Biodiversity in Bolivia
Mónica Moraes R. and Jaime Sarmiento

2. Biodiversity of Brazil
Adriana Luiza Ribeiro De Oliveira, Eliel De Jesus Amaral, and Daniel Silva Santiago

3. Biodiversity of Canada: An Overview
David A. Galbraith

4. Still Searching the Rich Coast: Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Numbers, Processes, Patterns, and Challenges
Gerardo Avalos

5. Biodiversity in Cuba
Dennis Denis, Daryl D. Cruz-Flores, and Ernesto Testé

6. Plant Biodiversity of Ecuador: A Neotropical Megadiverse Country
P. E. Lozano Carpio

7. Biodiversity in Honduras: The Environment, Flora, Bats, Medium- and Large-Sized Mammals, Birds, Freshwater Fishes, and the Amphibians and Reptiles
James R. McCranie, Et al.

8. Biodiversity of Mexico: State of Knowledge and Conservation
Patricia Koleff, Tania Urquiza-Haas, Sylvia P. Ruiz-González, and José Sarukhán

9. Biodiversity in Paraguay
Pamela Marchi, Frederick Bauer, Pier Cacciali, Alberto Yanosky, Marcelo Dujak, Christian Dujak, Michelle Campi, Sigrid Drechsel, and Bernardo Cañiza

10. Biodiversity in North America (North of Mexico)
Kanchi N. Gandhi

11. Biodiversity in Venezuela
José Ramón Grande Allende

12. Biodiversity of Australia: An Overview
C. R. Dickman

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD
Former Professor, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Andhra Pradesh, India

T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor at the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Head of the Department of Botany, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, and Member Academic Senate. He was President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014), President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013), and Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He was awarded the Panchanan Maheswari Gold Medal, the Dr. G. Panigrahi Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian Botanical Society, the Prof. Y. D. Tyagi Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, and a Best Teacher Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh. Under his guidance 53 students obtained their doctoral degrees. He has authored 45 books, edited 15 books, and published over 300 research papers, including reviews and book chapters. His books include Flora of Eastern Ghats (4 volumes), Flora of Andhra Pradesh (5 volumes), Flora of Telangana (3 volumes), Encyclopedia of World Medicinal Plants (5 volumes), and Encyclopedia of Herbal Antioxidants (3 volumes). He was also a member of Species Survival Commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Professor Pullaiah received his PhD from Andhra University, India, attended Moscow State University, Russia, and worked as postdoctoral Fellow during 1976-78.




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