TY - BOOK TI - Important bird areas in India: priority sites for conservation SN - 0195673336, U1 - KUŞ 598.0954 PY - 2004/// CY - Mumbai PB - IBCN Bombay Natural History Society KW - Important bird areas -- India KW - Birds -- Conservation -- India KW - Bird refuges -- India KW - Rare birds -- India KW - Birds -- Conservation KW - Important bird areas KW - Rare birds N1 - "With major sponsorship from Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; MSPL; Conservation, Food & Health Foundation, Inc.; IBCN; BNHS; BirdLife International."; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - India : general information -- Avifauna of India -- Wildlife legislation and policies : a brief account -- Objectives and methods of Indian IBA programme -- Process of IBA identification and selection -- GIS based mapping of the IBAs of India -- Data presentation -- National overview -- Analysis and results -- Some burning issues -- IBAs in different states of India -- Important bird areas : summary of global categories and criteria -- A1 : globally threatened species -- A2 : restricted range species -- A3 : biome restricted assemblage -- A4i : [actual symbol not reproducible] 1% of biogeographic population of waterbirds -- Postscript : vultures decline ER -