title: A study of Malaiyur village ecosystem of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu (India).
abstract: The interaction between man and environment in Malaiyur, a hilly village of Madurai District (Tamil Nadu) was studied during the year 1998. The village is sustained on agriculture labour and hence occupies the lowest hierarchy with traditional occupation and the people may be categorised as 'ecosystem people'. The study suggests that the people has to be changed as 'Biosphere people' to protect the environmental degradation due to human activities.
authors.affiliation: P.G. Department of Zoology, Madura College, Madurai-625 011, India.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Nagendran
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baskaran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lakshmanan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivanarumugam
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014197:Trees; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*