Author: Museo de ZoologíaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : es
Pages : 824
Book Description
Miscelánea zoológica
Author: Museo de ZoologíaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : es
Pages : 824
Book Description
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Author: The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean
Author: Neftalí Ríos-LópezPublisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178427268X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
An expansive and detailed review of the biology of Caribbean amphibians, considering their threats, conservation and outlook in a changing world. Amphibians are the group of vertebrates undergoing the fastest rate of extinction; it is urgent that we understand the causes of this and find means of protecting them. This landmark illustrated volume brings together the leading experts in the field. As well as offering an overview of the region as a whole, individual chapters are devoted to each island or island-group and the measures used to protect their amphibians through legislation or nature reserves. The biological background of insular biogeography, including its methods, analysis and results, is reviewed and applied specifically to the problems of Caribbean amphibians – this includes a re-examination of patterns and general ideas about the status of amphibians in the Anthropocene. The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean offers an important baseline against which future amphibian conservation can be measured in the face of climate change, rising sea level and a burgeoning human population. Covers over 300 species.
A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico
Author: Richard E. WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anobiidae
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Wildlife Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wild life, Conservation of
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
A Bibliography of Ant Systematics
Author: Philip S. WardPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520098145
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This bibliography is a comprehensive compilation of the literature on ant systematics. Covering the period 1758 to 1995, it contains entries for approximately 8,000 publications on the taxonomy, evolution, and comparative biology of ants. Most of the literature citations have been carefully verified and precisely dated. An introductory chapter discusses the problems associated with dating a citation of taxonomic literature. A list of all serials cited (more than 1,300 titles) and their abbreviations accompanies the bibliography.
The Skull, Volume 1
Author: James HankenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226315673
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
In this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.
Biogeography of the West Indies
Author: Charles A. WoodsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100061185X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
As a review of the status of biogeography in the West Indies in the 1980s, the first edition of Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future provided a synthesis of our current knowledge of the systematics and distribution of major plant and animal groups in the Caribbean basin. The totally new and revised Second Edition, Biogeography
Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture
Author: Alien Reptiles and Amphibians
Author: Fred KrausPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402089465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Transportation of species to areas outside their native ranges has been a feature of human culture for millennia. During this time such activities have largely been viewed as beneficial or inconsequential. However, it has become increasingly clear that human-caused introductions of alien biota are an ecological disruption whose consequences rival those of better-known insults like chemical pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. Indeed, the irreversible nature of most alien-species int- ductions makes them less prone to correction than many other ecological problems. Current reshuffling of species ranges is so great that the present era has been referred to by some as the “Homogocene” in an effort to reflect the unique mag- tude of the changes being made. These alien interlopers often cause considerable ecological and economic d- age where introduced. Species extinctions, food-web disruptions, community alte- tions, ecosystem conversion, changes in nutrient cycling, fisheries collapse, watershed degradation, agricultural loss, building damage, and disease epidemics are among the destructive – and frequently unpredictable – ecological and economic effects that invasive alien species can inflict. The magnitude of these damages c- tinues to grow, with virtually all environments heavily used by humans now do- nated by alien species and many “natural” areas becoming increasingly prone to alien invasion as well. Attention to this problem has increased in the past decade or so, and efforts to prevent or limit further harm are gaining wider scientific and political acceptance.