Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World

1. Front Matter

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2. An Overview of the Biodiversity in Nepal

   • Prakash Kumar Paudel, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Pavel Kindlmann

   Pages 1-40

3. Conservation of Biodiversity: An Outline of the Challenges

   • Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Prakash Kumar Paudel, Pavel Kindlmann

   Pages 41-70

4. Orchid Diversity in the Chitwan District

   • Iva Traxmandlová, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Pavel Kindlmann

   Pages 71-95

5. Distribution and Diversity of Storks in the Adjoining Areas of Chitwan National Park, Nepal

   • Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai

   Pages 97-114

6. Interactions Between the Himalayan Tahr, Livestock and Snow Leopards in the Sagarmatha National Park

   • Bikram Shrestha, Pavel Kindlmann, Shant Raj Jnawali

   Pages 115-143

7. Numbers, Distribution and Facts Limiting the Abundance of Tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Bardia National Park Extension Area

   • Ramji Bogati

   Pages 145-156

8. Impact of Livestock Grazing on the Vegetation and Wild Ungulates in the Barandabhar Corridor Forest, Nepal

   • Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Pavel Kindlmann

   Pages 157-175

9. Challenges to Wildlife Conservation Posed by Hunting in Non-protected Areas North of the Bardia National Park

   • Prakash Kumar Paudel

   Pages 177-195

10. Delineating a Wildlife Corridor in an Agricultural Mosaic: Effects of Landscape and Conservation Pattern

    • Prakash Kumar Paudel

    Pages 197-213

11. Where to Go Next?

    • Pavel Kindlmann

    Pages 215-216

12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-226

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This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction. Most chapters are based on graduate research projects – relatively long-term field studies. The data presented here can be a good source of updated information on the subject and will prove to be a very useful reference in future studies of Himalayan biodiversity. They also tend to pinpoint the existing gaps in our knowledge of this region. All the chapters are based on recent trends of biodiversity and conservation vision, so the book can be a potential alternative to the existing relatively older books with outdated vision and information. Its main goal, however, is to disseminate the information about biodiversity conservation problems in the Himalayan region among the people in the developed world.

• Biodiversity
• Conservation Biology
• Himalayas

From the reviews:

“The book is well referenced throughout and exposes the reader to literature beyond what is presented in the empirical case studies. … Also useful are numerous good-quality photographs and maps, which allow the reader to put the case studies into appropriate context. … This book, therefore, appeals to multiple audiences … it is a useful starter and a suitable text for undergraduate or postgraduate students. … make a lasting contribution to conservation of Himalayan biodiversity in the face of rapid change.” (Shonil A. Bhagwat, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 32 (3), August, 2012)

• , Biodiversity Research Centre, CzechGlobe - Global Change Research Cent, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

  Pavel Kindlmann

Pavel Kindlmann is professor of ecology at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic and performs research on various aspects of biodiversity as the Head of the Biodiversity Research Centre, in the CzechGlobe - Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences, in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. His main interests include population and metapopulation dynamics and life history strategies with a special emphasis on insect herbivores, their predators, and on the orchid family. He authored or edited several books on population systems, orchids and conservation biology and published about 100 scientific papers in prominent journals.

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