Preface and Acknowledgements iii
PART I
ASPECTS OF HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE
Chapter 1: The Relationship between Birds, Wild Animals and Agriculture in India
Chapter 2: Causes of Conflict
Chapter 3: The Effect of Agriculture–Wildlife Conflict on Farming Families
Chapter 4: Threats to Wildlife in the Agricultural Landscape
Chapter 5: Resolving Wildlife–Agriculture Conflict and Promoting Coexistence
Chapter 6: Building Capacity and Raising Awareness
Chapter 7: Policies and Strategies to Prevent Conflict
Chapter 8: Overview of Crop-protection Methods Commonly Used in India
PART II
BIRDS AND AGRICULTURE
Chapter 9: Many Dimensions of the Bird–Agriculture Relationship
Chapter 10: Farmer’s Friends—Birds that are Beneficial to Agriculture
Chapter 11: Threats to Birds Beneficial in Agriculture and Conservation Issues
Chapter 12: Crop Damage by Birds
Chapter 13: Protecting Crops from Bird Damage
Chapter 14: Conserving and Encouraging Birds Beneficial in Agriculture
PART III
COMMON WILD ANIMAL CROP DEPREDATORS
Chapter 15: Monkeys
Rhesus Macaque
Bonnet Macaque
Hanuman Langur
Chapter 16: Ungulates
Indian Wild Boar
Nilgai or Blue Bull
Chital or Spotted Deer
Blackbuck 154 Gaur or Indian Bison
Chapter 17: Asian Elephant
Chapter 18: Indian Crested Porcupine
PART IV
CASE STUDIES
Bird Case Studies
Bird and Animal Case Studies
Animal Case Studies
Bibliography
Appendix
Index