Guhanagari A Book on Urban Wildlife

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Guhanagari A Book on Urban Wildlife
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AuthorPradeep Hegde, Sathya Chandra Sagar H S
TranslatorDV Girish, Shashank Dalvi, Madhava C Kurp
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUrban wildlife
PublisherChrist University
Media typePrint
Pages156
ISBN978-93-82305-93-4
Websitewww.christuniversity.in/publications/books/1447

Guhanagari: A Book on Urban Wildlife is an attempt to show the diversity of life in Christ University, Bangalore.[1] The book documents from the migratory fluttering butterflies to mammals living inside the 25-acre university campus.[2]

The work was done, while they were students of Christ University, Bangalore campus.[3]

Summary[]

The book is divided into twelve chapters based on the Phylum and Class (biology) with a list of species. Most of the species are accompanied with a photograph and ID. This is the first attempt to document the 35-acre campus inside the city.

Checklist[]

Names Number of Species Comments
Trees 82
Butterflies 59
Spiders 30
Ants 14
Dragonflies & Damselflies 8
Amphibians 1
Reptiles 5
Birds 55
Mammals 7

Contributors[]

  1. D V Girish, Managing Trustee, Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust
  2. Shashank Dalvi, Wildlife Biologist
  3. Madhava C Kurup, Wildlife Enthusiast
  4. Swapna Lawrence, Christ University
  5. Sudarshan Basrathaya, Christ University
  6. Shifa Ahamed, Christ University
  7. Shubham Gupta, Christ University
  8. Arjun S Menon, Christ University
  9. Ritobroto Chanda Christ University
  10. Minoti Asher Christ University
  11. Akash Paalaksh, Christ University
  12. George Thengummoottil, Managing Trustee, Keratoconus Foundation India

References[]

  1. ^ Pradeep Hegde; Sathya Chandra; Sagar H S (23 July 2016). GUHANAGARI: A Book on Urban Wildlife at Christ University, Bengaluru. ISBN 9789382305934. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Christ University". Christuniversity.in. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Wild campus notes - Metroplus". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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