Animal Behavior in the Tropics

Dr. Shakunthala Sridhara is a former ICAR emeritus scientist from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India. She has published more than 100 research articles and reviews, and has authored a dozen books on rodents, vertebrate pest management, insects and women in agriculture. She has been a frequent sessional chair in international conferences on animal behavior and rodent pests. She is also a former member on the International Council of Ethologists.

Dr. Akshay K. Chakravarthy is a former Head and principal scientist of Division of Entomology and Nematology at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, India. He is an author of many books and over 320 scientific papers and 60 chapters in entomology and natural history. His interest includes insects, birds, bats, rodents and mammals. He has nearly four decades worth of experience in teaching, research and extension. 

Dr. Geetha Bali is a scientist, academician and an institution builder. She served as the Vice Chancellor of Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women's University, Vijayapura and as a Chairperson in Board of Governors, NIT, Bhopal. She is a recipient of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Fellowship and is currently engaged with research at Cell Space Research Foundation, Bangalore. She is currently a member of the institute body of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. She was elected as the 99th President of the Indian Science congress Association and has to her credit a number of awards and recognitions at the national and international levels.

Dr. Rallapalli Ramamurthi did his post-graduation in zoology from Sri Venkateswara University , Tirupati and joined the faculty of the Department of Zoology in 1958 in the same university. He pursued his post-doctoral research work in Oregon in USA. He carried out further research and teaching in Bonn, Tubingen, Karlsruhe Nijmegen, Malta, Jackson, Memphis, Urbana, Los Angeles, Washington, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Columbia, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec city , and Tokyo covering a spread of collaborative research in as variegated fields as chemical regulatory mechanisms in endocrinology, ecoscience and environmental toxicology, the collagens, bioenergy systems, diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy.

Section I. General Principles Underlying Behavioural Studies in Vertebrates.- Chapter 1. Animal behaviour and Humans: Conflict, Coexistence and Conservation.- Chapter 2. Is Photography Only Advantageous for Research and Ecotourism? A Reassessment to Increase its Value in Conservation Efforts.- Chapter 3. Danio rerio: A Promising tool for Neurodegenerative Dysfunctions.- Chapter 4. Chronobiology - Circadian Rhythm and Cancer.- Chapter 5. Statistical Methods for Animal Behaviour Inference.- Section II. Exploring Behaviour in Vertebrates.- Chapter 6.  Personality is the Key to Success: An Amphibian Perspective.- Chapter 7. A Global Synthesis of the Impacts of Urbanisation on Amphibians.- Chapter 8. Behavioral responses of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Lepidochelys olivaceace to beach Cleaning and Conservation measures off the West Coast of India.- Chapter 9. Reptile Love: Are We Treating them Humanely?.- Chapter 10. Population Studies on Pit Vipers (Reptilia: Serpentes) South Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.- Chapter 11. Chemical Signalling while Mating in Tropical Bats.- Chapter 12. Olfactory Learning in Greater Short-Nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx.- Chapter 13.  Roosting Behaviour of Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) Temminck.- Chapter 14. Synurbization in a Songbird the Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) in India.- Chapter 15. Foraging Ecology of Wintering Anatids: A Review.- Chapter 16.  Migration in Tropical Birds.- Chapter 17. Urban Birds and Adaptive Behaviours.- Chapter 18. Behavioural Ecology of Larger Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota indica (Bechstein), Burrow Ecology, Social and Feeding Behaviour.- Chapter 19. Seasonal Reproductive Strategies of Indian Palm Squirrel, Funambulus pennanti:  Modulation by Climate, Pineal Gland and Melatonin.- Chapter 20. Behavior and Ecology of Swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) in Captivity in India.- Chapter 21. Behavioural Activity Patterns of Indian Spotted Chevrotain Moschiola  indica (Mammalia: Tragulidae) in Captivity.- Chapter 22. Behaviour and Breeding of Himalayan Goral (Naemorhaedus goral) in Captivity.- Chapter 23. Wintering Diet Selectivity of Sloth Bear, Melursus ursinus Shaw, 1791 in dry deciduous eco-system of Gujarat, India.- Chapter 24.  Social Organisation of Asian Elephants: Findings from the Kabini Elephant Population, South India.- Chapter 25.  Patterns of Crop Foraging by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Central Kerala, India.- Chapter 26. Asiatic Lions : Behavior in the Wild and Captivity.