Environment and Ecology / S.N.Pandey.

Contents: 1. Environmental Studies: An Introduction 2. Natural Resources and Energy Resources 3. Water Resources 4. Forest Resources 5. Phytogeography of India 6. Biodiversity 7. Threats to Biodiversity 8. Endemism and Hot Spots of Vegetation in India 9. Conservation of Biodiversity 10. Sustainable Development 11. Afforestation, Social-forestry and Agro-forestry 12. Introduction to Ecology 13. Ecological Factors: Climatic Factors 14. Soil or Edaphic Factors 15. Topographic Factors and Biotic Factors 16. Ecological Groups and Adaptations 17. Concept of Ecosystem 18. Structure and Functions of Ecosystem 19. Producers, Consumers and Decomposers 20. Energy Flow in Ecosystem 21. Food Chains, Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids 22. Various Ecosystems 23. Ecological Succession (Community Dynamics) 24. Characteristics of Community 25. Population Dynamics 26. Pollution: An Introduction 27. Air Pollution 28. Water Pollution 29. Water Borne and Water Induced Diseases and Fluoride Problem in Drinking Water 30. Soil Pollution 31. Marine Pollution 32. Noise and Thermal Pollution and Nuclear Hazards 33. Pollution Case Studies34. Select Environment Issues 35. Consumerism and Environmental Protection 36. Environment Protection Acts. About the Authors: Dr. S N Pandey, formerly Assoc. Prof., Department of Botany, DAV College, CSJM University, Kanpur, has to his credit over 30 reputed books, 70 research papers published in Indian and foreign journals. He has attended and co-organised several National and International conferences, including Millennium Wetland Event, 2000, Quebec, Canada and has so far visited over 20 countries. He has guided five Ph.Ds on variety of issues related to aquatic environmental problems. Essential Environmental Studies and Taxonomy of Angiosperms are his famous books on related topics. Prof. S.P. Misra, formerly Sr. Reader, Biopollution Study Centre, Department of Botany, Christ Church College, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur, has a long experience of teaching Botany and Environmental Sciences. He has attended several national and international conferences on Environment including paper presentation at Millennium Wetland Event-2000 at Canada. He is author of books Essential Environmental Studies, Taxonomy of Angiosperms and Plant Tissue Culture.

This is a completely revised and updated edition with instant approach. Latest information has been provided on topics like Ecosystems, Ecological Pyramids, Ecological Productivities, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Development, Endemism, Hot Spots of Vegetation in India, Global Cooling, El Nina and LA Nina and on various problems associated with Environmental Pollution and Case studies etc. New chapters like Phytogeography of India, Afforestation, Social Forestry and Agro-forestry, Ecological Factors (Climatic, Edaphic, Topographic, Biotic etc.), Ecological Groups and their Adaptations, Concept of Ecosystems, Community Dynamics, Characteristics of Community, Population Dynamics, Practical Exercises on Ecology and Environmental Pollution offer special attractions and completeness of the subject. While accompanying all such features, additional information in Special boxes and updated Environmental Calendar make the book incredibly valuable.