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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Annales zoologici fennici
Author: The Chironomidae
Author: P.D. ArmitagePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401107157
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
The dipteran family Chironomidae is the most widely distributed and frequently the most abundant group of insects in freshwater, with rep resentatives in both terrestrial and marine environments. A very wide range of gradients of temperature, pH, oxygen concentration, salinity, current velocity, depth, productivity, altitude and latitude have been exploited, by at least some chironomid species, and in grossly polluted environments chironomids may be the only insects present. The ability to exist in such a wide range of conditions has been achieved largely by behavioural and physiological adaptations with relatively slight morphological changes. It has been estimated that the number of species world-wide may be as high as 15000. This high species diversity has been attributed to the antiquity of the family, relatively low vagility leading to isolation, and evolutionary plasticity. In many aquatic ecosystems the number of chironomid species present may account for at least 50% of the total macroinvertebrate species recorded. This species richness, wide distribution and tolerance to adverse conditions has meant that the group is frequently recorded in ecological studies but taxonomic difficulties have in the past prevented non-specialist identification beyond family or subfamily level. Recent works, including genetic studies, have meant that the family is receiving much more attention globally.
Annales zoologici Fennici
Author: Issues in Life Sciences: Zoology: 2011 Edition
Author: Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
ISBN: 1464964394
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1538
Book Description
Issues in Life Sciences: Zoology / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Life Sciences—Zoology. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences: Zoology: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Life Sciences—Zoology in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences: Zoology: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Advances in the Biology of Shrews II
Author: Joseph F. MerrittPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411678184
Category : Shrews
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles
Author: R. TamarinPublisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034864167
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries
Author: Ian G. CowxPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405147334
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In this comprehensive edited book, international experts infisheries management and ecology review and appraise the status oflake and reservoir fisheries, assessment of fisheries yields,trophic ecology, rehabilitation and conservation, including aspecial section on African lakes where so much information of hugerelevance to fisheries managers is now available. Contributions from around the world. Carefully edited by internationally respected editor. Has been generated from acclaimed HIFI Symposium.
Philosophy and Biodiversity
Author: Markku OksanenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139455494
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and instrumental value are discussed. Even though the term biodiversity was invented in the 1980s to promote the cause of species conservation, discussions on biological diversity go back to Plato. There are many controversies surrounding biodiversity and a few of them are examined here: What is worthy of protection or restoration and what is the acceptable level of costs? Is it permissible to kill sentient animals to promote native populations? Can species be reintroduced if they have disappeared a long time ago? How should the responsibilities for biodiversity be shared? This book will be of interest to philosophers of science and biologists, but also to anyone interested in conservation and the environment.
Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation
Author: Jeremy B. SearlePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110701137X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Presents new insights into speciation through an in-depth analysis of extraordinary chromosomal variation in one species written by leading experts.
Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators: Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies
Author: D. Johan KotzePublisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546425907
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
This book, dedicated to Konjev Desender and Jean-Pierre Maelfait, is made up of a collection of 30 papers presented at the XIV European Carabidologists? Meeting in Westerbork, the Netherlands (September, 2009). Seventy-five specialists from 20 countries of Europe and Asia attended the meeting. Traditionally, the proceedings volumes of the European Carabidologists Meeting have become important milestones outlining the latest trends and achievements in carabidology.ÿThe aim of the organisers was to invite specialists from different countries and scientific schools to present both traditional and innovative approaches and methods in studying ground beetles. This volume includes a wide range of topics, from the description of new species, taxonomy, a summary of the activities of carabidologists during the last 40 years, biogeographical issues, methodology, behaviour, indicators, environmental issues and conservation. The book will be of use to carabidologists, specialists in traditional and molecular systematics, general and applied ecology, conservation biology, bioindication, urban ecology and biogeography.
