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Author : Paul Selden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Arachnida
ISBN : CHI:54964213
Author : Mark S Harvey
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643098749
This authoritative catalogue will greatly assist readers in finding the correct taxonomic name for any given family, genus or species within each of the six arachnid orders treated. It contains a valuable summary of bibliographic information, enabling readers to access the worldwide literature for these smaller orders. The catalogue presents full bibliographic data on each of the taxa named thus far, treating over 1600 species. It contains the most current classification system for each group, some of which have not been catalogued on a world scale for over 70 years. A summary of taxonomic changes is included. This quality reference will be of immense value to arachnologists, systematists, taxonomists, ecologists and biodiversity professionals, especially those interested in tropical rainforest communities.
Author : Daniel I. Hembree,Brian F. Platt,Jon J. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401787215
Paleontologists and geologists struggle with research questions often complicated by the loss or even absence of key paleobiological and paleoenvironmental information. Insight into this missing data can be gained through direct exploration of analogous living organisms and modern environments. Creative, experimental and interdisciplinary treatments of such ancient-Earth analogs form the basis of Lessons from the Living. This volume unites a diverse range of expert paleontologists, neontologists and geologists presenting case studies that cover a spectrum of topics, including functional morphology, taphonomy, environments and organism-substrate interactions.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 5485 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780123847201
The 7-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Second Edition maintains the reputation of the highly regarded original, presenting the most current information available in this globally crucial area of research and study. It brings together the dimensions of biodiversity and examines both the services it provides and the measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity. The science of biodiversity has become the science of our future. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning areas of both physical and life sciences. Our awareness of the loss of biodiversity has brought a long overdue appreciation of the magnitude of this loss and a determination to develop the tools to protect our future. Second edition includes over 100 new articles and 226 updated articles covering this multidisciplinary field— from evolution to habits to economics, in 7 volumes The editors of this edition are all well respected, instantly recognizable academics operating at the top of their respective fields in biodiversity research; readers can be assured that they are reading material that has been meticulously checked and reviewed by experts Approximately 1,800 figures and 350 tables complement the text, and more than 3,000 glossary entries explain key terms
Author : Alessandro Minelli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198566205
Animal phylogeny is undergoing a major revolution due to the availability of an ever increasing amount of molecular data, the application of novel methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, and advances in palaeontology and molecular developmental biology.This book revises the major events in animal evolution in the light of these recent advances.
Author : Janet Leonard,Alex Cordoba-Aguilar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195325553
This edited volume explores primary sexual characters in a wide variety of animal taxa. It provides an overview of sexual diversity, the selective pressures that have shaped it, and an introduction to the data and theoretical issues in sexual selection that are changing our view of sexual processes.
Author : Dietrich Mossakowski,Ulrich Irmler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031125393
Climate change is one of the most severe dangers for mankind worldwide. Beside the temperature increase, the sea level will rise and flood wide coastal areas, which is already remarkable today. The effects will be dramatic, in particular, at coasts with low elevation gradients such as at the German coasts of the North and Baltic Sea. The impact will be not only severe for coastal people, but still more for the unique coastal ecosystems, which harbors many plant and animal species that are already endangered today. This book focuses on the coastal terrestrial ecosystems of the German North and Baltic Sea. It describes the reactions of plants and animals (i.e. spiders, carabid beetles, bees and nematodes) on the future temperature and sea level increase. The combination of field and experimental studies is unique for Europe and for many parts of the world. It not only studies the actual elevation gradients and the climatic and saline gradients from West to East, but also the historical changes to document processes at coastal ecosystems that were already passed. In contrast to many books that studied the marine processes with similar backgrounds, this book concerns the terrestrial coastal ecosystems that were overall rarely studied and, in particular, never studied under this specific viewpoint.
Author : George O. Poinar Jr.
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789047428664
This book establishes a solid base in palaeonematology with descriptions of 66 new fossil species and accounts of all previous fossil and subfossil nematodes from sedimentary deposits, coprolites, amber and mummies.
Author : Talat Parween,Sumira Jan
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128176153
Ecophysiology of Pesticides: Interface between Pesticide Chemistry and Plant Physiology is the first comprehensive overview of the physical impact of this increasingly complex environmental challenge. Designed to offer state-of-the-art knowledge, the book covers pesticide usage and its consequences on the ecophysiology of plants. It includes the challenge of policymaking in pesticide consumption and a risk analysis of conventional and modern approaches on standard usage. In addition, it summarizes research reports pertaining to the physio-ecological effects of pesticides, discusses the environmental risks associated with the over-utilization of pesticides, and covers pesticide usage on the micro-flora and rhizosphere. This book is a valuable reference for plant ecologists, plant biochemists and chemists who want to study pesticide consumption and its biochemical and physiological evaluation effects on plants. It will also be of immense help to university and college teachers and students of environmental biotechnology, environmental botany and plant ecophysiology. Contains comprehensive coverage of topics on pesticides, environmental ecology and strategies for pesticide control Presents all data available on the intensification of pesticide stress on non-target organisms Includes an appendix of products containing active ingredients
Author : Alessandro Minelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139437806
Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.
Author : Petar Beron
Publisher : Springer
Page : 987 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319744186
This volume merges all geographical and paleogeographical data on all groups of the arachnofauna. The book features topics such as the ecological factors, climate and other barriers that influence the distribution of arachnida. It also elaborates on the characteristics of the distribution such as arachnida at high altitude (e.g. Himalaya), in caves, in polar regions and highlights differences between the arachnofauna of e.g. Mediterranean regions vs Central Europe, West African vs Indomalayan and more. Furthermore, amongst other topics the volume also includes chapters on the systems of arachnida, fossil orders, dispersal and dispersion, endemics and relicts, regional arachnogeography, cave and high altitude arachnida.
Author : David Penney
Publisher : Siri Scientific Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Amber
ISBN : 9780955863608
Author : Michael Heads
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520951808
Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integrating Earth history and biogeography, Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics is an alternative view of distributional history in which groups are older than suggested by fossils and fossil-calibrated molecular clocks. The author discusses possible causes for the endemism of high-level taxa in tropical America and Madagascar, and overlapping clades in South America, Africa, and Asia. The book concludes with a critique of adaptation by selection, founded on biogeography and recent work in genetics.
Author : Joel Cracraft,Michael J. Donoghue,Curator the Herbarium Peabody Museum of Natural History Michael J Donoghue
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195172348
Provides a synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. This work treats the major groups of organisms. It is useful for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists.
Author : Jan Schwartz
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 1600213723
Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to the variety of all life on earth, and the complex relationships among living things, and between living things and their environment. Biodiversity includes genetic variety, species diversity, and variability in communities, ecosystems and landscapes. Biodiversity sustains the environments in which we live and on which our lives and those of every other living creature on Earth depend. Thanks to biodiversity, we are able to obtain such necessary goods as food, clothing, medicine, and fuel. Equally important are the ecosystem services that biodiversity provides, such as clean air and drinkable water. Conservation scientists have identified a number of universal threats to biodiversity: habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, pollution, overpopulation, overexploitation and consumption, and global climate change. This book examines critical issues in this field from researchers around the globe.
