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Author : Jirí Hájek
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago III written by Jirí Hájek and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Bezděk
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Total Pages : 225 pages
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Download or read book Insect Biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago written by Jan Bezděk and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jirí Hájek
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Download or read book Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago II written by Jirí Hájek and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jiří Hájek
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ISBN 13 : 9788070365502
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Insect Biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago written by Jiří Hájek and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : UNESCO Office Cairo and Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231003747
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Biosphere reserves in the Arab Region written by UNESCO Office Cairo and Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert G. Foottit
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118945573
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)
Download or read book Insect Biodiversity written by Robert G. Foottit and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume Two of the new guide to the study of biodiversity in insects Volume Two of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society presents an entirely new, companion volume of a comprehensive resource for the most current research on the influence insects have on humankind and on our endangered environment. With contributions from leading researchers and scholars on the topic, the text explores relevant topics including biodiversity in different habitats and regions, taxonomic groups, and perspectives. Volume Two offers coverage of insect biodiversity in regional settings, such as the Arctic and Asia, and in particular habitats including crops, caves, and islands. The authors also include information on historical, cultural, technical, and climatic perspectives of insect biodiversity. This book explores the wide variety of insect species and their evolutionary relationships. Case studies offer assessments on how insect biodiversity can help meet the needs of a rapidly expanding human population, and examine the consequences that an increased loss of insect species will have on the world. This important text: Offers the most up-to-date information on the important topic of insect biodiversity Explores vital topics such as the impact on insect biodiversity through habitat loss and degradation and climate change With its companion Volume I, presents current information on the biodiversity of all insect orders Contains reviews of insect biodiversity in culture and art, in the fossil record, and in agricultural systems Includes scientific approaches and methods for the study of insect biodiversity The book offers scientists, academics, professionals, and students a guide for a better understanding of the biology and ecology of insects, highlighting the need to sustainably manage ecosystems in an ever-changing global environment.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900470728X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 2 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 6/2 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera focuses on the second part of the beetle superfamily Chrysomeloidea reported from the Palaearctic biogeographic region. For the genus and species-groups taxa all relevant names are given and all nomenclatural data are cross-checked and the distribution of species and subspecies is given per country or smaller region. A group of 14 experts have worked to collect data based on a critical review of published sources including a significant amount of new information. This volume is also a tool for specialists as well as amateurs, which warrants unambiguous communication.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004330291
Total Pages : 1477 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 1477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera gives a taxonomic overview of the most diverse group of all organisms living in the world-largest biogeographical area. The present volume is an updated edition of the first issue in 2003 but restricted to data published before the year 2000. It contains information about 33,914 taxa (together with synonyms), and increases the number of included species and other taxa by almost 5,000. In addition, thousands of species have their distributional data completed, and their ranks, systematic positions and nomenclature corrected. Almost two hundred new acts fix systematics and nomenclature, and numerous problems are discussed. Even such well known genera as Calosoma and Carabus, or tribes as Bembidiini and Panagaeini, are completely reorganized compared to the previously published catalogues. Thus, the work is a scaffold for biotic surveys, ecological studies, and nature conservation. It responds to the urgent need of an assessment of the still remaining forms of life, threatened by the on-going destruction of habitats. Taxonomy provides the basic building blocks of our understanding of the diversity of life. It stems from innate human curiosity: confronted with an unknown species we ask first “what is it”? Taxonomists recognize species and other systematic entities (taxa), define them and place them within the framework of known organisms, providing means for their subsequent identification. Contributors are: Antonio Tomás Tomas Andújar, Carmelo Fernández Andújar, Michael Balkenohl, Igor Belousov, Yves Bousquet, Boleslav Březina, Achille Casale, Hans Fery, Jan Farkač, Pier Mauro Giachino, Henri Goulet, Martin Häckel, Jiří Hájek, Oldřich Hovorka, Fritz Hieke, Jan Hrdlička, Charles Huber, Bernd Jaeger, Ilya Kabak, Boris M. Kataev, Erich Kirschenhofer, Tomáš Kopecký, Ivan Löbl, Werner Marggi, Andrey Matalin, Wendy Moore, Peter Nagel, Paolo Neri, Sergio Pérez González, Alexandr Putchkov, James A. Robertson, Joachim Schmidt, José Serrano, Luca Toledano, Uldis Valainis, Bernhard J. van Vondel, David W. Wrase, Juan M. Pérez Zaballos, Alexandr S. Zamotajlov.
Author : Catherine Cheung
Publisher : Odyssey Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789622177703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Socotra written by Catherine Cheung and published by Odyssey Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book provides the first comprehensive review of the natural history of these islands. The islands became a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve in 2003 and have been nominated as a World Heritage site. While documenting Socotra's geolo
Author : David Bramwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139497804
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Biology of Island Floras written by David Bramwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oceanic islands offer biologists unparalleled opportunities to study evolutionary processes and ecological phenomena. However, human activity threatens to alter or destroy many of these fragile ecosystems, with recent estimates suggesting that nearly half of the world's insular endemics are threatened with extinction. Bringing together researchers from around the world, this book illustrates how modern research methods and new concepts have challenged accepted theories and changed our understanding of island flora. Particular attention is given to the impact of molecular studies and the insights that they provide into topics such as colonisation, radiation, diversification and hybridisation. Examples are drawn from around the world, including the Hawaiian archipelago, Galapagos Islands, Madagascar and the Macronesian region. Conservation issues are also highlighted, with coverage of alien species and the role of ex situ conservation providing valuable information that will aid the formulation of management strategies and genetic rescue programmes.
Author : Maurizio Biondi
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN 13 : 9546426652
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Afrotropical flea beetle genera: a key to their identification, updated catalogue and biogeographical analysis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) written by Maurizio Biondi and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genera of Chrysomelidae Galerucinae Alticini from the Afrotropical region are revised. The monograph includes a key for their identification, habitus photos of all genera, microscope and scanning electron micrographs of many diagnostic morphological characters and an updated annotated catalogue with biogeographical notes that including new distributional data for Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The following new synonymies are established: Aphthona Chevrolat, 1836 = Ethiopia Scherer, 1972; Sanckia Duvivier, 1891 = Eugonotes Jacoby, 1897; Eurylegna Weise, 1910a = Eurylegniella Scherer, 1972; Kimongona Bechyn?, 1959a = Mesocrepis Scherer, 1963; Diphaulacosoma Jacoby, 1892a = Neoderina Bechyn?, 1952; Sesquiphaera Bechyn?, 1958a = Paropsiderma Bechyn?, 1958a; Podagrica Chevrolat, 1836 = Podagricina Csiki in Heikertinger & Csiki, 1940; Amphimela Chapuis, 1875 = Sphaerophysa Baly, 1876a. The genera Buphonella Jacoby, 1903 and Halticopsis Fairmaire, 1883 are transferred to tribe Galerucini; the genus Biodontocnema Biondi, 2000 stat. prom. is considered to be valid and reinstated at generic level. New combinations are also proposed. Finally a zoogeographical analysis of the flea beetle fauna in the Afrotropical region is provided.
Author : Wolfgang Wranik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783860092637
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Fauna of the Socotra Archipelago written by Wolfgang Wranik and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die dem Horn von Afrika vorgelagerte Inselgruppe Sokotra gilt als eine der isoliertesten Landmassen in der Erdgeschichte. Ihre einzigartige Planzen- und Tierwelt, darunter zahlreiche tertiäre Reliktformen, bewog einige Wissenschaftler dazu, von einem "lebenden Museum" oder dem "Galapagos des Indischen Ozeans" zu sprechen. Von den über 800 bisher auf Sokotra nachgewiesenen Pflanzenarten gelten 30 % als endemisch. Auch unter den Tieren finden sich zahlreiche endemische, durch ihre Anpassung an die Bedingungen des Inselökosystems besonders interessante Arten. Ausgehend von einer Darstellung der naturräumlichen Bedingungen, Besonderheiten der Pflanzenwelt sowie der Lebensbedingungen der Inselbewohner erfolgt im Hauptteil des Buches eine Übersicht zur Tierwelt der Inselgruppe. Dabei werden auf 760 Farbaufnahmen einige hundert Arten abgebildet, viele davon einmalig.
Author : Don H Walker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Insects of Eastern Arabia written by Don H Walker and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Magdi S. El-Hawagry
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN 13 : 954642675X
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (464 download)
Download or read book A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species written by Magdi S. El-Hawagry and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, a total number of 582 species and subspecies (few identified only to the genus level) belonging to 129 families and representing 17 orders are recorded. Two of these species are described as new, namely: Monomorium sarawatensis Sharaf & Aldawood, sp. n. [Formicidae, Hymenoptera] and Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry sp. n. [Bombyliidae, Diptera]. Another eight species are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia, namely: Xiphoceriana arabica (Uvarov, 1922) [Pamphagidae, Orthoptera], Pyrgomorpha conica (Olivier, 1791) [Pyrgomorphidae, Orthoptera], Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) [Pieridae, Lepidoptera], Anthrax chionanthrax (Bezzi, 1926) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Spogostylum near tripunctatum Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818 [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Cononedys dichromatopa (Bezzi, 1925) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Mydas sp. [Mydidae, Diptera], and Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [Hippoboscidae, Diptera]. The study generally concluded that the insect faunal composition in Al-Baha Province has an Afrotropical flavor, with the Afrotropical elements predominant, and a closer affiliation to the Afrotropical region than to the Palearctic region or the Eremic zone. Consequently, the authors tend to agree with those biogeographers who consider that parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha Province, should be included in the Afrotropical region rather than in the Palaearctic region or the Eremic zone.
Author : Robert J. Whittaker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198868561
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Island Biogeography written by Robert J. Whittaker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Consequently, theyare widely studied by ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservationists.This accessible textbook builds on the success and reputation of its predecessors, documenting the recent advances in this exciting field and explaining how islands have contributed to both theory development and testing. In addition, the book describes the main processes of island formation,subsequent dynamics, and eventual demise, explaining the relevance of island environmental history to island biogeography. The authors demonstrate the significance of islands as hotspots of biodiversity and of prehistoric and historic anthropogenic extinction. Since island species continue tofeature disproportionally in the lists of threatened species today, the book examines both the chief threats to their persistence and some of the mitigation measures that can be put in play, with conservation strategies specifically tailored to islands.
Author : Rosemary G. Gillespie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520256492
Total Pages : 1110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Islands written by Rosemary G. Gillespie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Islands have captured the imagination of scientists and the public for centuries - unique and rare environments, their isolation makes them natural laboratories for ecology and evolution. This authoritative, alphabetically arranged reference, featuring more than 200 succinct articles by leading scientists from around the world, provides broad coverage of all the island sciences. But what exactly is an island? The volume editors define it here as any discrete habitat isolated from other habitats by inhospitable surroundings. The Encyclopedia of Islands examines many such insular settings - oceanic and continental islands as well as places such as caves, mountaintops, and whale falls at the bottom of the ocean. This essential, one-stop resource, extensively illustrated with color photographs, clear maps, and graphics will introduce island science to a wide audience and spur further research on some of the planet's most fascinating habitats." --Book Jacket.
Author : Richard Boggs
Publisher : Stacey International Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Lost World of Socotra written by Richard Boggs and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a lesser Galapagos, these islands boast flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Moreover, the Socotran people have their own language (which lacks a script) and distinctive culture, cuisine and architecture: neither Arabian nor African, yet strongly and distinctively Socotran. Richard Boggs spent many months in this remote and other-world
