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Author : Jean-Michel Jauze
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Land use, Rural
ISBN : UCLA:L0108430323
Author : Roger Safford,Adrian Skerrett,Frank Hawkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472979018
This major new field guide covers Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, including the Seychelles, Coromos and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The Malagasy region contains one of the most extraordinary concentrations of biodiversity in the world. Its recognition as a zoogeographic region in its own right has recently been confirmed and, all taxa combined, the region was found to hold the second most distinct assemblage of vertebrates in the world after the Australian region, despite being the smallest of them all. This new field guide in the Helm Field Guides series covers the whole of the Malagasy region, which comprises the unique island of Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean including the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail with a colour distibution map for each species. Vagrants are also treated in detail, but without maps. All species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 124 colour plates, with artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. Conveniently, the plates have been arranged so that all the key species of the various archipelagos are placed together in sections. This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.
Author : Roger Safford,Frank Hawkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472982896
Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. This eighth and final volume covers the Malagasy region which comprises Madagascar and the various islands and archipelagos of the Indian Ocean including the Seychelles, the Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion. Every resident and migrant species is covered in full detail, comparable to other volumes in the series, and with a colour map for each species. Vagrants are treated in less detail. All species are illustrated on a beautiful series of 64 colour plates, with original artwork from John Gale and Brian Small. This is a major work of reference on the birds of the region and will remain the standard text for many years to come.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073254256
Author : Robert Barbault,Jean-Patrick Le Duc
Publisher : IRD Editions
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2856535909
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Indian Ocean
ISBN : IND:30000089031995
Author : Peter Vitousek,Lloyd L. Loope,Hennig Adsersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642789632
Oceanic islands represent a set of systems in which biological diversity varies as a consequence of remoteness or size, not environment; they are also generally simpler than continental ecosystems. Islands therefore provide an opportunity to determine the direct effects of biological diversity on ecosystem function. The volume addresses the components of biological diversity on islands and their patterns of variation; the modern threats to the maintenance of biological diversity on islands; the consequences of island biology and its modification by humanity regarding aspects of ecosystem function; the global implications of islands for conservation; and how islands can help one to understand the processes inducing changes throughout the world.
Author : D. Ohrnberger
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080542387
Bamboos constitute one of a few select categories of plants which are taxonomically related, very rich in species and of vital economic and ecological importance. Since the early 20th century the accepted number of species of bamboos, world wide, has tripled. However, until now information was scattered through numerous, often not easily available publications. The Bamboos of the World, is the first comprehensive (taxonomic as well as horticultural) reference work that provides basic information on bamboos world wide, whether they are wild or cultivated, well-known or rather unknown. The work, based on bamboo literature, facilitates access to further data by citation and a comprehensive bibliography. Among the main data included are botanical names with synonyms, and geographical distribution of genera and species, varieties with their distinctive characters, common bamboo names, plant introductions to the West, plant size and uses. The distribution of genera is mapped. The Bamboos of the World presents a wealth of essential information in an accessible and structured manner. It gives the opportunity to check under what names, and where, relevant information on any bamboo can be found. For the researcher with management and development interests it provides a convenient means of basing bamboo resource on a sound understanding of generic and species relationships, with names that appear in earlier literature put into context. The work should prove to be invaluable for those interested in the morphology, taxonomy, distribution and cultivation of bamboos. It should support botanical, forestry, horticultural and ecological research, training and resource management.
Author : Pier Paolo Viazzo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1989-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521306638
This book follows the social, economic and demographic transformations of the Alpine area from the late Middle Ages. Its aim is to reassess the image of the upland community which emerges from the work of historians, geographers and social anthropologists. The book therefore deals at length with such problems as the causes and consequences of emigration and patterns of marriage and inheritance in favouring or hampering the adjustments of local populations to changing economic or ecological circumstances, and tackles the vexed question of the relative importance of cultural and environmental factors in shaping family forms and community structures. Although its foundation lies in a long period of anthropological fieldwork conducted in an Alpine community, Upland Communities relies on the methods and conceptual tools of historical demography. Combined with a long-term historical perspective, its broad comparative approach unveils an unexpected diversity in regional and spatial demographic patterns and questions a number of deep-rooted but ultimately misleading notions concerning mountain society and its alleged backwardness in the past.
Author : Rob Marchant
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030889876
This book is an ambitious integration of ecological, archaeological, anthropological land use sciences, drawing on human geography, demography and economics of development across the East Africa region. It focuses on understanding and unpicking the interactions that have taken place between the natural and unnatural history of the East African region and trace this interaction from the evolutionary foundations of our species (c. 200,000 years ago), through the outwards and inwards human migrations, often associated with the adoption of subsistence strategies, new technologies and the arrival of new crops. The book will explore the impact of technological developments such as transitions to tool making, metallurgy, and the arrival of crops also involved an international dimension and waves of human migrations in and out of East Africa. Time will be presented with a widening focus that will frame the contemporary with a particular focus on the Anthropocene (last 500 years) to the present day. Many of the current challenges have their foundations in precolonial and colonial history and as such there will be a focus on how these have evolved and the impact on environmental and human landscapes. Moving into the Anthropocene era, there was increasing exposure to the International drivers of change, such as those associated with Ivory and slave trade. These international trade routes were tied into the ensuing decimation of elephant populations through to the exploitation of natural mineral resources have been sought after through to the present day. The book will provide a balanced perspective on the region, the people, and how the natural and unnatural histories have combined to create a dynamic region. These historical perspectives will be galvanized to outline the future changes and the challenges they will bring around such issues as sustainable development, space for wildlife and people, and the position of East Africa within a globalized world and how this is potentially going to evolve over the coming decades.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89096022777
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112037739783
Author : Vivian Louis Forbes
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9971691922
Adopting an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the political geography of the Indian Ocean, this study analyses the Law of the Sea, evaluates the national legislation of those Indian Ocean littoral states which have proclaimed their maritime limits over offshore waters, examines the numerous bilateral and trilateral agreements on continental shelf and seabed limits of the states in the region. It also previews the potential demarcations in the region of study. Apart from its well written text, perhaps the most important aspect of the work is the exceptional series of beautifully drawn maps and diagrams accompanied by detailed captions or commentaries, a unique collection worthy of publication on its own.
Author : Odd Terje Sandlund,Peter Johan Schei,Åslaug Viken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0792368762
Based on a selection of papers presented at the Norway/UN Conference on Alien Species, Trondheim, Norway
Author : John J. W. Rogers
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521397820
This book surveys the history of the Earth and the nature of the processes that controlled its history. Integrating information from many fields, the book focuses on fundamental processes, the geological record, historical topics, and specific areas such as the development of modern ocean basins and the nature of cratonic sedimentary cover sequences.