India is one of the twelve-megadiversity centers of the world with two of the eighteen hotspots worldwide. However, the biowealth is under unprecedented environ-mental threat. Over 4.66% of the country's biodiversity rich areas have been earmarked for extensive in-situ conservation of habitats through protected area network. Serious efforts are also being made to conserve this wealth under ex-situ programmes. For biodiversity conservation our understanding of ...
