Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Abstract

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation by Mundanthra Balakrishnan, published by the Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur/New Delhi (India), with a forward by Prof. Dr. Walter R. Erdelen, Former Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO is not just another book on wildlife; its primary focus is on education. Accordingly, its design reflects the series focus on “self-directed learning”, as pointed out in the preface at the beginning of the book by the series editor, Professor Anantanarayanan Raman of Charles Sturt University, Australia. The book uses the right approach, viz. a connotation of wildlife as encompassing all organisms not directly under human control and which build the fabric of our “natural ecosystems