Environmental Science/Climate Change & Mitigation

Biodiversity Hotspots of the World

Biodiversity Hotspot of the Indo-Burma Region
Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD

Biodiversity Hotspot of the Indo-Burma Region

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming August 2025
Hardback Price: $240 US | £180 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781998511105
Pages: Est. 375pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Series: Biodiversity Hotspots of the World
Notes: 71 color and 2 b/w illustrations

The Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, spanning over two million total square kilometers, covers parts of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is one of the world 36 biodiversity hotspots and is considered one of the most biologically important regions on Earth. The hotspot is home to a remarkable diversity of plants and animals.

This new volume, Biodiversity Hotspot of the Indo-Burma Region, covers a range of diverse topics, including studies of the paleoclimatic oscillations of the region as well as the impact of climate change on the region. Also addressed are the various types of forests, plants and vegetation, lichen and cyanobacteria, etc., found in the hotspot. It presents examinations of faunal diversity and agrobiodiversity as well.

This volume is part of the Biodiversity Hotspots of the World book series, which addresses the urgent need to take stock of the biodiversity in hotspots around the world in order to foster conservation and management. This volume, Biodiversity Hotspot of the Indo-Burma, as well as the other volumes in this series, are essential resources for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology, and evolution as the series concisely records the existing biodiversity of these hotspots of the world.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Palaeoclimatic Oscillations in the Indo-Burma Hotspot: Recent Evidence from Wetlands

Susheel Kumar, Santanu Ghosh, Tushar Adsul, Keshav Kumar Upadhyay, Balram Tiwari, Akhandal Sahoo, Dinesh Kumar, and Atul Kumar Varma

2. Vegetation and Forest Types of Vietnam Part of the Indo-Burma Hotspot
Dang Viet Hung and Leonid Averyanov

3. Microbial Diversity of Soil and Sandstones Forming Historical Monuments of the Indo-Burma Region: A Review
Ningthoujam Ranjana Devi, Salam Suresh Singh, Ngangbam Somen Singh, Rajdeep Chanda, Keshav Kumar Upadhyay, and S. K. Tripathi

4. Cyanobacteria from the Indo-Burma Hotspot Region of India: Diversity, Endemism, and Future Scopes
Sudipta Kumar Das, Sukumar Bhakta, and Siba Prasad Adhikary

5. Lichen Diversity of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
Sanjeeva Nayaka, Biju Haridas, and Ambikesh Debnath

6. Liverwort and Hornwort Diversity in the Indo-Burma Hotspot Region of India
D. K. Singh

7. Pteridophytes of the Indo Burma Region: A Look into Their Status
R. Vanlalpeka, P. C. Vanlalhluna, and S. K. Mehta

8. Diversity of Angiosperms in the Indo–Burma Biodiversity Hotspot Region
Sandhyarani Devi Khomdram, Bimolkumar Singh Sadokpam, and Sanatombi Devi Yumkham

9. The Changing Paradigms of Phyto-Diversity in Andaman Group Islands of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
Lal Ji Singh, S. Mahadevakumar, Pankaj A. Dhole, Anil Kumar Midigesi, and Gautam Anuj Ekka

10. Faunal Diversity of Andaman Group of Islands: Part of the Indo-Burma Hotspot
C. Sivaperuman and Ramakrishna

11. The Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and Climate Change
Khoisnam Vramari Devi, Keshav Kumar Upadhyay, Rajdeep Chanda, Susheel Kumar, Ngangbam Somen Singh, David C. Vanlalfakawma, Shri Kant Tripathi, and Mamta Joshi

12. Diversity of Eel Species in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot: Taxonomic Status, Economic Importance, Present Status, and Prevailing Threats
Chittaranjan Baruah and Ramashankar Bordoloi

13. Agrobiodiversity in Traditional Land Use Systems of North East Indian Part of Indo-Burma Hotspot
Akoijam Benjamin Singh, Henchai P. Phom, H. Vanlalmalsawmropuia, Suresh Kumar, Vinod Prasad Khanduri, and Kewat Sanjay Kumar

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD
Former Professor, Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India

T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor in the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean, Faculty of Biosciences; Head of the Department of Botany; Head of the Department of Biotechnology; and member of the Academic Senate. He was President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014), President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013), and Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. Under his guidance, over 50 students obtained their doctoral degrees. He has authored over 70 books, edited over 40 books, and published over 340 papers. His books include Redsanders: Silviculture and Conservation (Springer), Genetically Modified Crops (Springer), Sandalwood: Silviculture, Conservation and Applications (Springer), Advances in Cell and Molecular Diagnostics (Elsevier), Camptothecin and Camptothecin Producing Plants (Elsevier), Paclitaxel (Elsevier), Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India (CRC Press), Ethnobotany of India (5 volumes, Apple Academic Press), Global Biodiversity (4 volumes, Apple Academic Press), and Invasive Alien Species (4 volumes, Wiley Blackwell). He was also a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Professor Pullaiah received his PhD from Andhra University, India, attended Moscow State University, Russia, and worked as postdoctoral fellow during 1976-1978.




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