Gujarat Desert Ecology

Chapters in Edited Books

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  1. Mahato AKR, Patel RM, Bhatt JB, VijayKumar V and Asari RV (In Press). Status, Diversity and Conservation of Sacred Grove in Kachchh district of Gujarat.” In: Ecological Tradition of Gujarat (Ed.). CPR Environmental Education Centre, Chennai.
  2. Lakshmanaperumalsamy P, Karthikeyan K and Jayanthi G (2015). An Insightful Overview on Multifaceted Perspectives of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). In: Plant Microbe Interactions (Eds. Ramaswamy K. and Kumar K). New India Publishing Agency, Pp:153-172.
  3. Gajera NB and Dharaiya N (2014).“Diversity and Distribution of some rare and endangeredmammals in North Gujarat Region – Gujarat.” In: Bioscience Research and Conservation (Ed.Sharma K.). Lambert Academic publishing (LAP), Germany, Pp. 31-61.
  4. Gajera NB, VijayKumar V and Pardeshi MK (2014). Mammalian Species Distribution and Diversity in Major Land Uses of Arid Region in Kachchh – Gujarat. In: Biodiversity Distribution and Conservation (Ed. Khinchi S.S.). Pointer Publishers, Rajasthan, India, Pp. 180-205.
  5. Patel RM and Mahato AKR (2014). Medicinal Plant diversity in selected MPCAs of Eastern Kachchh, Gujarat. In: Biodiversity Distribution and Conservation (Ed. Khinchi S.S.).Pointer Publishers, Rajasthan, India, Pp. 145-169.
  6. Gajera N, Mahato AKR and Vijay Kumar V.(2013). “Status of Biodiversity in Man-made Wetlands along Coastal areas of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India,” 86-117. In Biodiversity of Aquatic Ecosystem-Significance threats and Conservation (Eds. Bharti, P.K. and Kaoud, H.A.), Discovery Publishing House Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN No.: 978-93-5056-297-0.
  7. NanthakumarK, Karthikeyan K, Suriyanarayanan S and Lakshmanaperumalsamy P (2013).“Application of Plackett – Burman Design to Optimize Bioprocess Variables for Decolorization of Reactive Red 195 by a Termite Associated Bacterial Consortium BUTC7.” In: Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. R. K. Velu (ed.) Springer India. 23-34. DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1087-0_3.
  8. Thivakaran GA(2012). “Marine Molluscan Diversity: Where do we stand.” In: Marine Biodiversity: Present Status and Prospects. (Eds: P. Santhanam and P. Perumal). Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp 119-126.
  9. Thivakaran GA and Kundu S (2012).“Ecology of Macrobenthos in the Coastal Waters of Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat.” In: Marine Biodiversity: Present Status and Prospects. (Eds: P. Santhanam and P. Perumal). Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp 207-225.
  10. Chandra R, Prusty BAK and Azeez PA (2009). “Biomass, productivity and species diversity of plant community in a rain fed monsoonal wetland ecosystem with specific emphasis on its temporal variability.” In: International Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration Nova Publishers, New York, USA.
  11. Prusty BAK, Chandra R, Shah HM, Azeez PA (2009). “Catchment Changes Influence the Arrival Pattern of Fishes into a Semitropical Monsoonal Wetland System.” In: Conservation and Restoration. Nova Publishers, New York, USA.
  12. Bhatt DC and Joshi PN (2004). Ethno-botanical Plants of Pachchham Hills of Kachchh District, Gujarat India. In: Ethnomedicinal Plants. (Eds: PC Trivedi and NK Sharma). Pointer Publishers, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India. Pp. 116-135
  13. Geevan CP, Dixit AM and Silori CS (2005). Dynamics of the resource economics of open access grasslands of Kachchh District (Gujarat). In: Biodiversity and Quality of Life (Eds. H Sengupta and J Bandyopadhyay). Macmillan, New Delhi.
  14. Joshi PN, Bhatt DC, Parmar RP, Dodia SK and Lashkari PI (2004). Medicinal value of Adansonia digitata L. in Kachchh, Gujarat, India. In: Ethnomedicinal Plants. (Eds: PC Trivedi and NK Sharma). Pointer Publishers, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India. Pp: 160-163.
  15. Joshi PN, Bhatt Dc, Soni H and Joshua J (2007). Etymological history of some floral elements – A case study of Kachchh District, Gujarat, India. In: Economic Botany (Prof. PC Trivedi Festschrift Volume, Ed. Sampat Nehra), Pointer Publishers, Jaipur. 408 p.
  16. Joshi PN, Bhatt DC, Soni H and Joshua J (2007). Etymological history of some floral elements – A case study of Kachchh District, Gujarat, India. In: Economic Botany (Prof. P.C. Trivedi Festschrift Volume) (Ed. S Nehra) Pointer Publishers, Jaipur. ISBN: 81-7132-485-1. 408 pp.
  17. Joshi PN, Bhatt DC, Soni H and Joshua J (2007). Etymological history of some floral elements – A case study of Kachchh District, Gujarat, India. In: Economic Botany (Ed. S Nehra), Pointer Publishers, Jaipur. 408 pp.
  18. Joshi PN, Joshua J and Bhatt DC (2001). Eco-taxonomical study on the flora of Bhuj taluka, Kachchh, Gujarat. In: Emerging Areas in Plant Sciences. (Ed. BR Pandit), Ecology Division, Department of Life Science, Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar. Pp. 96-101.
  19. Joshua J, Sunderraj SFW and Joshi PN (2008). Status survey of Threatened Plants in Kachchh Desert, Gujarat. Pp. 101-108. In: Special Habitats and Threatened Plants of India (Ed. GS Rawat). ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas. Vol. 11 (1). Wildlife Institute of India. Dehradun, India.
  20. Kumar A and Pardeshi M (2008). Protecting the Desert Thorn Forest ecosystem in the face of increased mining in the drylands of Kachchh, West India. In: The nature of drylands: Diverse ecosystems, diverse solutions. IUCN World Conservation Congress. Pp. 16.
  21. Kumar A, Marcot BG and Roy PS (2008). Spatial patterns and ecology of a shifting cultivation landscape in Garo Hills, India. In: Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes: Multiple Use and Sustainable Management’ (Eds. R Lafortezza, J Chen, G Sanesi and TR Crow). Springer Publishers, The Netherlands.
  22. Sunderraj SFW, Joshua J and Vijay Kumar V (2006). Sea Turtles and their Nesting Habitats in Gujarat. Pp: 156-169. In: Marine Turtles of the Indian Subcontinent. (Eds: K Sanker and BC Choudhury). Orient Longman Private Limited, Chennai, India. 415p.
  23. Sunderraj SFW, Joshua J, Brahmbhatt L, Saravanakumar A, Muthuraman B and Das SK (2006). The status of sea turtle population on the Gujarat coast. In: Towards an integrated and collaborative sea turtle conservation programme in India (Eds. K Shankar and HV Andrews). UNEP / CMS-IOSEA Project Report Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu. Pp.18-44.
  24. Thivakaran GA (2010). Coastal Ecology of Kachchh-Issues and Problems. In: Status of Ecology of Kachchh. Book to be published during the Gujarat Sthapan Day- 1st May 2010, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Bhuj, Gujarat, India.
  25. Vijay Kumar V (2006). Ecology and Natural History of Indian Crocodilians with Special Reference to Mugger Crocodiles. In: Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction (Eds. VK Gupta and AK Verma), Vol III. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp. 193-229.
  26. Vijay Kumar V, Choudhury BC and Soni VC (2007). Population Trends of Indian Mugger Crocodiles Crocodylus palustris at Some Selected Sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh, South India. In: Perspectives in Animal Ecology and Reproduction (Eds. VK Gupta and AK Verma), Vol IV, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp. 210-232.

Vijaya Chitra, A., Selvaraj, S., Munusamy, A. P., Kuppanan, N., & Karthikeyan,K. (2022). Role of Nanodiagnostics in Health Sciences. In: Kasinathan,K., Elshikh, M.S., Al Farraj, D.AA. (Eds) Nanomaterials for EnergyConversion, Biomedical and Environmental Applications. MaterialsHorizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials (pp. 305–314). Springer,Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2639-6_14 Online ISBN978-981-19-2639-6.

Trivedi N., Sharma R., Mondal A. S., Dixit D. (2022). Recent Advances inBiotechnology of Seaweeds: An Overview. Sustainable Global Resourcesof Seaweeds Volume 1 Bioresources, Cultivation, Trade and MultifariousApplications, Editors: Rao A.R. and Ravishankar G.A., Springer, 2022,627-644.

Ravinesh, R. and A. Biju Kumar (2022) Collection, preservation, anddocumentation of estuarine and marine benthic invertebrates. Pp33-82. In: Prince S.G., Salom, G.T.V. and Krishnakumar, S. (Eds) Ecology and Biodiversity of Benthos, Elsevier Radarweg 29, PO Box211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Trivedi N., Sharma R., Mondal A.S., Dixit D. (2022). Recent Advances inBiotechnology of Seaweeds: An Overview. Sustainable GlobalResources of Seaweeds Volume 1 Bioresources, Cultivation, Tradeand Multifarious Applications, Editors: Rao A.R. and RavishankarG.A., Springer, 2022, 627-644.

Vidhisha, V., Vijay Kumar, V. and Mahato A. K. R. (2022) Desertification,Climate Change and Biodiversity in Kachchh Drylands. In: ClimateChange, Biodiversity & Development, Editors: Pandurangan A.G. andKrishnan P.N., Centre for innovation in science & Social Action, 2022,Chapter 4

Paradva, B.R., R. A. Poptani., J. B. Bhatt and A. K. R. Mahato, (2020)Diversity and phyto-sociology of arid vegetation in different habitatsof Rapar taluka, Kachchh, Gujarat. Pp. 86-91 In. Bijukumar et al. (Eds.)Perspectives on Biodiversity of India. Vol. IV: 621p

Vidhisha, V., Vijay Kumar, V. and Mahato A. K. R. (2018)Desertification, Climate Change and Biodiversity in KachchhDrylands. (In: Press).

Mahato A.K.R. (2017). Ethno-ecological practices of Indigenouscommunities of Jharkhand - Its role in conservingbiodiversity. In: Ecological Tradition of India (Ed.Amritalingam M.), Vol-XIII. Published by ENVIS Centre, CPREnvironment Education Centre, Chennai, India, Pp. 112-128.

Mahato A.K.R. (2017). Status on the forests and biodiversity ofJharkhand. In: Ecological tradition of India (Ed.Amritalingam M.), Vol-XIII. Published by ENVIS Centre, CPREnvironment Education Centre, Chennai, India, Pp. 14-54.

Paradva B., Bhatt J.B. and Mahato A.K.R. (2017). Review on theethno-botanical practices among the local communities ofJharkhand. In: Ecological tradition of India (Ed.Amritalingam M.), Vol-XIII. Published by ENVIS Centre, CPREnvironment Education Centre, Chennai, India, Pp. 64-83.

Thivakaran G.A. Mangrove restoration: An overview ofcoastal afforestation in India. In: Wetland Science:Perspectives from South Asia (Eds: Prusty B.A.K., Chandra R.,and Azeez P.A.). Springer (India) Private Limited, New Delhi,India.

Thivakaran G.A. Restoration initiatives anddependency reduction on mangrove wetlands: A case studyof Ashirawandh village, Kachchh, Gujarat, India. In: WetlandScience: Perspectives from South Asia (Eds: Prusty B.A.K.,Chandra R., and Azeez P.A.). Springer (India) Private Limited,New Delhi, India.

Bhatt JB, Chauhan JB, Gohel AK and Mahato AKR (2015) Diversity of floralspecies uses in religious and cultural practices by the Hindu community ofGujarat. Pp. 67-76, In M. Amritalingam (Eds.) Ecological Tradition of India,Vol-XI, Gujarat, published by ENVIS Centre, CPR Environment EducationCentre, Chennai.

Kumar VV, Mahato AKR and Patel RM (2015). Ecology and Management of'Banni' grassland of Kachchh, Gujarat. Pp. 42-53, In G. S. Rawat and B. S.Adhikari (Eds.) Ecology and Management of Grassland Habitats in India.ENVIS Bulletin; Wildlife and Protected Areas, Wildlife Institute of India,Dehradun-248001, India, Vol. 17: 240pp.

Mahato AKR, Bhatt JB, Chauhan JB, Raman RK, Gohel AS and Paradva BR(2015) Socio-cultural linkages and Historical account of some SacredNatural Sites of Kachchh district, Gujarat. Pp. 77-87, In M. Amritalingam(Eds.) Ecological Tradition of India, Vol-IX, Gujarat, published by ENVISCentre, CPR Environment Education Centre, Chennai.

Mahato AKR, Patel RM, Bhatt J, Kumar VV and Asari RV (2015). Status,Diversity and Conservation of Sacred groves in Kachchh district of Gujarat.In M. Amirthalingam (Ed.), Ecological traditionof India: Gujarat, Vol. XI.24-56p. Published by ENVIS Centre, CPR Environment Education Centre,Chennai.

Lakshmanaperumalsamy P., Karthikeyan K. and Jayanthi G. (2015). An Insightful Overviewon Multifaceted Perspectives of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). In: PlantMicrobe Interactions (Eds. Ramaswamy K. and Kumar K.). New India Publishing Agency, Pp:153-172.

Mahato A.K.R., Patel R.M., Bhatt J.B., VijayKumar V. and Asari R.V. Status,Diversity and Conservation of Sacred Grove in Kachchh district of Gujarat. In: EcologicalTradition of Gujarat (Ed.). CPR Environmental Education Centre, Chennai.

Patel R.M. and Mahato A.K.R. (2014). Medicinal Plant diversity in selected MPCAs ofEastern Kachchh, Gujarat. In: Biodiversity Distribution and Conservation (Ed. Khinchi S.S.)Pointer Publishers, Rajasthan, India, Pp. 145-169.

Gajera N.B. and Dharaiya N. (2014). Diversity and Distribution of some rare and endangeredmammals in North Gujarat Region - Gujarat. In: Bioscience Research and Conservation (Ed.Sharma K.). Lambert Academic publishing (LAP), Germany, Pp. 31-61.

Gajera N.B., VijayKumar V. and Pardeshi M.K. (2014). Mammalian Species Distribution andDiversity in Major Land Uses of Arid Region in Kachchh - Gujarat. In: Biodiversity Distributionand Conservation (Ed. Khinchi S.S.). Pointer Publishers, Rajasthan, India, Pp. 180-205.

Gajera Nikunj, Arun Kumar Roy Mahato and V. Vijay Kumar (2013). Status of Biodiversity in Man-made Wetlands along Coastal areas of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India, 86-117. In “Biodiversity of Aquatic Ecosystem-Significance threats and Conservation” (Eds. Bharti, P.K. and Kaoud, H.A.), Discovery Publishing House Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN No.: 978-93-5056-297-0.

Nanthakumar, K., Karthikeyan, K., Suriyanarayanan, S. and Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P. (2013). Application of Plackett - Burman Design to Optimize Bioprocess Variables for Decolorization of Reactive Red 195 by a Termite Associated Bacterial Consortium BUTC7. In: Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. R. K. Velu (ed.) Springer India. 23-34. DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1087-0_3.

Thivakaran, G.A and Kundu, S. (2012). Ecology of Macrobenthos in the Coastal Waters of Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat. In: Marine Biodiversity: Present Status and Prospects. (Eds: P. Santhanam and P. Perumal). Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp 207-225.

Thivakaran, G.A.,(2012). Marine Molluscan Diversity: Where do we stand In: Marine Biodiversity: Present Status and Prospects. (Eds: P. Santhanam and P. Perumal). Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi. Pp119-126.

Vijay Kumar V. (2010). Grasslands of Kachchh. In: State of Environment of Kachchh.

Chandra. R, Prusty BAK and Azeez PA (2009). Biomass, productivity and species diversity of plant community in a rain fed monsoonal wetland ecosystem with specific emphasis on its temporal variability.In: International Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration” Nova Publishers, New York, USA.

Prusty BAK, Chandra R, Shah Hussain Mand Azeez PA (2009). “Catchment Changes Influence the Arrival Pattern of Fishes into a Semitropical Monsoonal Wetland System. In: Conservation and Restoration. Nova Publishers, New York, USA.

Thivakaran GA (2009). Coastal Ecology of Kachchh-Issues and Problems. In: Status of Ecology of Kachchh. Book to be published during the Gujarat Sthapan Day.