The Natural History of Biospeleology
Author: Ana Isabel Camacho
Publisher: Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 9788400072803
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Biospeleology
Author: A. Vandel
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-09-11
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 1483185133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals discusses the fundamental concepts in understanding the biological make up of cave-dwelling animals. The title aims to relate the subterranean world as a habitat for organisms. The first part of the text tackles basic concerns, such as the concept of the subterranean world and cavernicoles, along with the history and research concerns in biospeleology. Next, the selection enumerates the subterranean flora and fauna, along with the geographical distribution and ecology of cavernicoles. The next two parts detail the physiology and behavior of cavernicoles, while the last part tackles the evolution of cavarnicoles. The book will be of great interest to zoologists, biologists, and ecologists who wish to gain a better understanding of the biological properties of subterranean organisms.
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Author: John Gunn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 1971
ISBN-13: 1579583997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science examines 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 Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats
Author: David C. Culver
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-04-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0192552767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second edition of this widely cited textbook continues to provide a concise but comprehensive introduction to cave and subterranean biology, describing this fascinating habitat and its biodiversity. It covers a range of biological processes including ecosystem function, evolution and adaptation, community ecology, biogeography, and conservation. The authors draw on a global range of examples and case studies from both caves and non-cave subterranean habitats. One of the barriers to the study of subterranean biology has been the extraordinarily large number of specialized terms used by researchers; the authors explain these terms clearly and minimize the number that they use. This new edition retains the same 10 chapter structure of the original, but the content has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout to reflect the huge increase in publications concerning subterranean biology over the last decade.
Cave Biology
Author: Aldemaro Romero Díaz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-07-23
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 0521828465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation.
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Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 1708
ISBN-13:
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Author: Aldemaro Romero
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-07-23
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1139480537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiospeleology, the study of organisms that live in caves, has a tremendous potential to inform many aspects of modern biology; yet this area of knowledge remains largely anchored in neo-Lamarckian views of the natural world in both its approaches and jargon. Written for graduate students and academic researchers, this book provides a critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation. Aldemaro Romero provides a historical analysis of ideas that have influenced biospeleology, discusses evolutionary phenomena in caves, from cave colonization to phenotypic and genotypic changes, and integrates concepts and knowledge from diverse biological viewpoints. He challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the biology of caves, and highlights urgent questions that should be addressed in order to get a better and more complete understanding of caves as ecosystems.
Evolutionary Biology
Author: Theodosius Dobzhansky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1468480944
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1 On Some Fundamental Concepts of Darwinian Biology.- Vitalism, Mechanism, and Compositionism.- Adaptedness and Adaptation.- Adaptedness to Survive and to Reproduce.- Adaptability.- Evolutionary Plasticity.- The Problem of Quantification of Adaptedness.- Darwinian Fitness.- Varieties of Natural Selection.- Darwinian Fitness and Adaptedness.- Evolutionary Opportunism and Adaptive Radiation.- Progressive Evolution.- References.- 2 Cave Ecology and the Evolution of Troglobites.- Animal Life in Caves.- The Cave Ecosystem.- Regressive Evolution in Cave Animals.- Speciation and Adaptation in Troglob.
Cave and Karst Systems of Romania
Author: Gheorghe M. L. Ponta
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-07-04
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 3319907476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on Romania’s more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone. It examines these caves and related topics in a format suitable for cavers, while also addressing a broad range of aspects useful for students and researchers. Since the Institute of Speleology was first established by Emil Racovita in 1920, a great deal of research has been conducted on all cave and karst types. As such, the book examines a variety of scientific fields, including karst geology, hydrogeology, biospeleology, paleoclimatology, mineralogy and archaeology.
