Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan
Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:30:16 -0700
Western Ghats is one of the two hot spots of India. Like many other = tropical countries, very little is known about the diversity and = distribution of invertebrates from India. This poor understanding of our = invertebrate diversity is amply reflected in our national and regional = conservation policies and goals, which is essentially formulated for = large and charismatic vertebrates. Centre for Insect Taxonomy and = Conservation (CITAC), ATREE, Bangalore, along with the Western Ghats = Invertebrate Research and Conservation Group- a network of invertebrate = researchers of the region - has decided to bring out an edited volume = "Invertebrate diversity and conservation of the Western Ghats". This = proposed volume is expected to provide an overview of on going studies = on the diversity, ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation of = invertebrates of the Western Ghats. We envisage this volume to be a = benchmark publication on invertebrate diversity of the region. We are = inviting manuscripts both from national and international researchers = working on the invertebrates of the Western Ghats for this volume.=20
=20 Broad thematic area =20 1.. Status review of taxa 2.. Ecological studies. 3.. Behavioural ecology. 4.. Invertebrates and Ecosystem function. 5.. Invertebrate conservation. 6.. Invertebrates in conservation education. For more details pl. visit http://www.atree.org/idc_wg.html Regards Priyadarsanan __________________________________________________________________=20 Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Fellow Scientist Centre for Insect Taxonomy and Conservation Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) #659, 5th A main, Hebbal, Bangalore - 560 024, India.=20 Ph:91-80-23530069/23533942/23638771 (R) 91-80-23535287; Fax: 91-80-23530070 Other ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.atree.org/priyan.html