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Author : Brian Frederick Kensley
Publisher : CRC PressI Llc
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9058093271
A look at isopod systematics and evolution, topics confronted include the influence of genetic and extrachromasomal factors on their population rate and a comparison of different species in different habitats.
Author : Spyros Sfenthourakis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789047412854
Oniscids are wonderful model organisms for studies addressing more general biological questions, and they arguably demonstrate the best evolutionary progression in any extant group of organisms. Their unique properties as terrestrial crustaceans living in a wide range of habitats from coast to desert offer great advantages to study physiological and behavioural adaptations, ecological, phylogenetic, and biogeographical patterns, and evolutionary processes. This volume contains contributions, which were presented at the 5th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods that took place on Crete, May 2001, and which was dedicated to the memory of the late Marie Flasarova. All papers have been peer-reviewed before inclusion in the book. The contributions give a well balanced account of current research on all aspects - covering systematics, ecology, biogeography, morphology, physiology, immunology, endocrinology, behaviour, and hostparasite relationships - of biology of the remarkable creatures included in the Isopoda suborder Oniscidae, the only crustaceans that have conquered almost all terrestrial habitat types. This book will prove useful to all crustacean researchers, working on either terrestrial, freshwater or marine organisms.
Author : Michael R. Warburg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662218891
Already as a young boy, I used to walk with my late father, an ardent naturalist at heart, though to his regret not by profession, in the fields and woods on Mt. Carmel where we lived. My father, being largely an amateur ornithologist but also loving other vertebrates, was less inter ested in the little creatures(-the invertebrates) so abundant under stones. These were, more often then not, isopods which are particularly abundant in the Mediterranean region of northern Israel, and therefore not difficult to encounter (Fig. 1). Thus, my interest in the terrestrial isopods started at an early stage. Many years later, after graduating from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, I worked as an assistant to my late friend and colleague, Professor Michael Costa, at the Teachers Seminary in Oranim. One day I found on my desk a copy of Edney's (1954) paper: Woodlice and the land habitat, which my friend left for me knowing of my interest in this group. Therefore, due to the stimulus of Edney's paper, and the many interesting questions it raised in my mind, I developed a lifelong interest in this amazing crustacean group. My research in the ecophysiology of this group followed to a large extent the directions formulated by Edney and Cloudsley-Thompson whose name will be mentioned throughout this book. I am also indebted to the many stimulating discussions with my friends and colleagues C. S. Crawford, K. E. Linsenmair, and E.
Author : George D. F. Wilson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520097459
The deep-sea Isopods, a diverse and ecologically successful group of crustaceans, are the subject of this monograph. The author provides detailed descriptions and geographic distributions for one subfamily (Lipomerinae) in a larger group (Munnopsidae) that have secondarily evolved the ability to swim. Their evolution is illuminated by character studies and numerical phylogenetic analyses. A rationale for grouping the diverse subfamilies of the Munnopsidae into one family (as opposed to three separate families) concludes this work.
Author : Nile Bruce
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789546425058
This is the first issue of ZooKeys devoted to taxonomy of the Crustacea, specifically crustaceans from the Southern Hemisphere, with contributions describing new taxa from Australia, New Caledonia, the Tasman Sea, Fiji, Madagascar and Antarctica. The issue comprises six papers on the Peracarida, and one each on Decapoda and Spinicaudata, describing four new genera, 12 new species, and new diagnoses to a further four genera. The first occurrence of the Eurasian clam shrimp Eoleptestheria ticinensis in Australia, is reported. There are three isopod contributions, two describing new species and new genera of deep-water Serolidae from Australia and the tropical southwestern Pacific, the third describing a new genus and new species of Anthuroidea from Australian coral reefs. One paper revises the amphipod genus Epimeria describing two species, one new, from Antarctic waters of the Ross and Weddell Seas. Two contributions on the Tanaidacea, describe new species from tropical Australia. The remaining paper describes a new species of freshwater crab (Family Potamonautidae) from Madagascar.
Author : Jasna ?trus,Stefano Taiti,Spyros Sfenthourakis
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789546426307
Terrestrial isopods (woodlice) are the only group of crustaceans fully adapted to life on land and with about 3,700 species known at present represent the largest suborder of Isopoda. They occur in almost any kind of terrestrial habitat, from littoral to high mountains, from forests to deserts, with some species adapted to live in subterranean environments and others secondarily having returned to water. Woodlice are particularly important from a biogeographical and an ecological point of view, since they have limited dispersal ability, are often endemic to small geographic areas, and are extremely diverse ecologically.ÿThey also represent en excellent model group of animals to study the physiological adaptations related to the transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial way of life. This special issue of ZooKeys includes a collection of 20 papers presented during the 8th International Symposium on Terrestrial Isopod Biology, which was held at Bled, Slovenia from 19th to 23rd June 2011. Contributions address a wide range of topics related to terrestrial isopods, such as systematics, biogeography, morphology, physiology, molecular biology, microbiology, and ecology. Two contributions are related to the state of the art and future perspectives on biomineralizations in crustaceans and ecotoxicology in soil fauna. This special issue will be of great value for anyone interested in the biology of crustaceans in general and of terrestrial isopods in particular, stimulating future research on this unique group of animals.
Author : Nils Anthes,Peter M. Kappeler,Ralph Bergmüller,Wolf Blanckenhorn,H. Jane Brockmann,Claudia Fichtel,Lutz Fromhage,Joachim Frommen,Wolfgang Goymann,Juergen Heinze,Katharina Hirschenhauser,Heribert Hofer,Sylvia Kaiser,Bart Kempenaers,Gerald Kerth,Judith Ingrid Korb,Kurt M. Kotrschal,Cornelila Kraus,Martha Manser,Nico Michiels,Robin F. A. Moritz,Mario Pahl,Dustin Penn,Norbert Sachser,Martin Schaefer,Carel P. van Schaik,Jutta M. Schneider,Isabella Schreiber,Michael Taborsky,Jürgen Tautz,Fritz Trillmich,Shaowu Zhang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642026249
This up-to-date review examines key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. Various tests are covered, including recent empirical examples.
Author : David Westneat,Charles W. Fox,Charles Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195331929
Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology presents a comprehensive treatment of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors and is suitable as a graduate-level text and as a sourcebook for professional scientists.
Author : Rui F. Oliveira,Michael Taborsky,H. Jane Brockmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139469524
The study of alternative reproductive tactics (the behavioural strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one of great interest to researchers. For instance, why do some males guard both nest and eggs, while others sneak into nests while pairs are spawning and fertilise those eggs? The field offers a special opportunity to study the evolution and functional causes of phenotypic variation, which is a general problem in the field of evolutionary biology. By integrating both mechanistic (psychological) and evolutionary (behavioural ecology) perspectives and by covering a great diversity of species, Alternative Reproductive Tactics addresses this integrated topic of longstanding interest, bringing together a multitude of otherwise scattered information in an accessible form that is ideal for graduate students and researchers.
Author : Martin Thiel,Gary Poore
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190637842
A thorough review of the evolution and biogeography of crustaceans to determine how crustaceans have been able to evolve in a number of climates and habitats; this volume also examines the ecological and biogeographical implications of that evolutionary process.
Author : Gary C. B. Poore
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643069011
The published works are derived from the Zoological catalogue of Australia database. Taxa in the Australian fauna are divided among volumes to form sets of about 1800-2000 species available names, such that each volume comprises the whole or part of one or more major groups.
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1971 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135455088
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Author : Andrew L. Lissner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Benthos
ISBN : UCLA:L0075027359
Author : A.M. Alikhan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351411554
This text contains the papers of a meeting on American isopods, the only crustacean group with representatives in all terrestrial ecosystems ranging from the sea shore to the desert. Due to such adaptibility, this group can be seen as a model for the successful transition on land. The text deals with two main subjects: the effects of stressful conditions on the individual animal as reflected by its survival or by the disruption of its normal reproductive pattern; and the distribution of the isopods and their selection of microhabitat.
Author : Martin Thiel,Les Watling
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190266806
This second volume in the Natural History of the Crustacea series examines how crustaceans-the different body shapes and adaptations of which are described in volume 1-make a living in the wide range of environments they inhabit, and how they exploit food sources. The contributions in the volume give synthetic overviews of particular lifestyles and feeding mechanisms, and offer a fresh look at crustacean life styles through the technological tools that have been applied to recent crustacean research. These include SEM (scanning electron microscope) techniques, micro-optics, and long-term video recordings that have been used for a variety of behavioral studies. The audience will include not only crustacean biologists but evolutionary ecologists who want to understand the diversification of particular life styles, ecologists who follow the succession of communities, biogeochemists who estimate the role of crustaceans in geochemical fluxes, and biologists with a general interest in crustaceans.
