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Author: Penelope Greenslade
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the taxonomy, biology and ecology of over 300 invertebrate taxa from Macquarie Island and is also an identification guide.
Author: Patricia Selkirk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780521266338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating and readable account will appeal to all those interested in the Antarctic region in general.
Author: Maurice Hulle
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2021-07-22
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1119851211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sub-Antarctic islands are remote and isolated environments with original flora and fauna composed of a few species that are highly adapted to cold oceanic conditions. Their peculiar naturalness makes these ecosystems intrinsically fragile. This book focuses on terrestrial ecosystems and, in particular, on invertebrates - earthworms, mollusks, spiders and insects - that inhabit the French sub-Antarctic islands of the South Indian Ocean. All native and introduced species are presented in the form of individual fact sheets, which include the main identification criteria, geographical distribution and principal ecological traits. Numerous summary tables, distribution maps of introduced species, and a discussion on the originality and vulnerability of this fauna are also included. The Terrestrial Macroinvertebrates of the Sub-Antarctic Iles Kerguelen and Ile de la Possession is based on an expansive literature base, as well as on observations and photographs taken as part of a research program funded by the French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV). The book also gives an important part to the history of the discoveries of the different species, as well as current conservation issues.
Author: Danielle Clode
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-09-11
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521866200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book follows the thread of individual natural history stories through the scientists of Museum Victoria.
Author: Tim R. New
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-08-29
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9400717806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background. It bridges the gap between photographic essays on insect identification and more technical texts, to illustrate and discuss many aspects of taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary diversity in the Australian insect fauna, and its impacts in human life, through outlines of many aspects of insect natural history.
Author: William Block
Publisher: Balogh Scientific Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 286
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aims behind the bibliography are threefold: to collate information and data from the literature on Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate animals, to provide a cross-referenced, indexed information system, and to make a preliminary lisiting of species records. Literature survey covers the period from the earliest South Polar Expedition on which invertebrates were recorded (1922-25) to the end of 1990. The bibliography comprises in excess of 1400 entries; the indexes provide a classification of invertebrates, taxonomic and species lists, an author index, a general subject index, a geographical or location index and a list of expeditions on which invertebrates were found.
Author: Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 1274
ISBN-13: 0415970245
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Author: Cristina Damborenea
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2020-06-26
Total Pages: 1048
ISBN-13: 0128042664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 5: Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna, Fourth Edition, covers inland water invertebrates of the world. It began with Ecology and General Biology, Volume One (Thorp and Rogers, editors, 2015) and was followed by three volumes emphasizing taxonomic keys to general invertebrates of the Nearctic (2016), neotropical hexapods (2018), and general invertebrates of the Palearctic (2019). All volumes are designed for multiple uses and levels of expertise by professionals in universities, government agencies, private companies, and graduate and undergraduate students. - Includes zoogeographic coverage of the entire Neotropics, from central Mexico and the Caribbean Islands, to the tip of South America - Provides identification keys for aquatic invertebrates to genus or species level for many groups, with keys progressing from higher to lower taxonomic levels - Contains terminology and morphology, materials preparation and preservation, and references
Author: Tim R. New
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-06-19
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1402087829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts of the world. Contributions to this special issue of Journal of Insect Conservation range from biogeographical analyses and ecological features of island insects and their evolution to the variety of concerns for their wellbeing, and practical conservation through a variety of, sometimes novel, approaches. They provide a valuable and up-to-date resource for entomologists and conservation practitioners.
Author: Megumi F. Strathmann
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2017-10-01
Total Pages: 682
ISBN-13: 0295743247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference work is designed to provide background information on an array of northeastern Pacific marine invertebrate species so that they can be more easily included in comparative studies of morphology, cell biology, reproduction, embryology, larval biology, and ecology. It is meant to serve biologists who are new to the field as well as experienced investigators who may not be familiar with the invertebrate fauna of the northern Pacific Coast. The species discussed in this volume are mostly from the cold temperate waters of the San Juan Archipelago, near Puget SOund and the Strait of Georgia, but the information and methods given will be useful in laboratories from Alaska to central California and applicable to some extend in other coastal or inland facilities. An introductory chapter discusses basic prodcedures for collecting and maintaining mature specimens, for initiating spawning, and for culturing embryos and larvae in the laboratory. Subsequent chapters summarize reproduction and development in thirty different invertebrate groups and provided ercent references through which additional information can be traced, cite monographs or keys needed to identify species, and give methods useful for studying an array of selected species. Available information on habitat, diet, reproductive mode, egg size, developmental pattern, developmental times, larval type, and conditions for settlement and metamorphosis is reported for over 450 species.
