Very nice, Garg ji and encouraging India and Indian scientists are on a roll Heartening to see ANd publishers are doing their bit
BUT for the PRICE!!! Thanks for sharing and telling us Usha di ====== On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:29 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Biospheres (Publisher) <[email protected]> > Date: 1 May 2012 10:23 > Subject: New Book on Flora of Anshi N.P., Western Ghats-Karnataka > (Brochure) > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > Please find attached herewith the brochure of Flora of Anshi National > Park, Western Ghats-Karnataka authored by Sachin A. Punekar & P. > Lakshminarasimhan. > > *About the book entitled “Flora of Anshi National Park, Western-Ghats, > Karnataka”* > > ** > > Anshi National Park is one of the five National Parks in > Karnataka situated at southern end of the Northern Western Ghats and is a > part of recently declared Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve (DATR) which > encompasses a rich biodiversity of both Flora and Fauna. The present flora > presents systematic account of total of 923 species, 3 subspecies and 5 > varieties flowering plants described in 672 pages. Nine new taxa have been > described during the floristic survey of ANP including 2 newly proposed in > the present flora. This book is beautifully illustrated with 6 colour > maps and about 990 colour photographs in 126 photo plates taken in the > field well supported with detailed descriptions. > > More over documentation of medicinal and economic usage of > most of the plant species of the study area and observations on > plant-animal interactions are also dealt in detail. Besides floristic > analysis of flowering plants, checklists and photographs of different > faunal forms like Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Frogs, Butterflies, etc. are > provided. Checklists and photographs of lower groups such as Lichens and > Wild edible mushrooms, Wood rotting fungi are also given. > This Flora will be useful to professional botanists, > ecologists, environmentalists, foresters, ethnobotanists, plant breeders, > agriculturists, economists, sociologists, industrialists, teachers and > students of biology and the persons interested in flowering plants of > Western Ghats in general and Anshi National Park in particular. > > The corresponding address is mentioned in the signature below. > > Sincerely, > > -- > Publisher > Biospheres Publication, > Eshwari, 52/403, Lakshminagar, Paravati, > Pune 411 009, Maharashtra, INDIA > Mobile:+91-9372755548, +91-9503096469 > Landline: +91-20-24232573 > E.mail: [email protected] > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Usha di ===========
