Advances in the Systematics of Diplopoda 1
Advances in the Systematics of Diplopoda 1

Author: Sergei I. Golovatch

Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD

Published: 2009-04-07

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9546424846

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This volume contains three papers on the taxonomy of Diplopoda. The first, larger paper revises the small Oriental family Haplodesmidae, Polydesmoidea, Polydesmida, showing it to be synonymous with Doratodesmidae. Six new species are described, an old one is redescribed, numerous new synonymies and diagnoses are proposed, all six genera recognized as valid a redefined and keyed, as well as all their known constituent species. The second paper is devoted to descriptions of a new aberrant genus and two new species of Dalodesmidae, Dalodesmidea, Polydesmida from Tasmania, Australia. The third article provides the description of a new, northernmost species of a large southern African genus of Spirostreptidae, Spirostreptida from Zumbabwe.

Encyclopedia of Caves
Encyclopedia of Caves

Author: William B. White

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-05-10

Total Pages: 1260

ISBN-13: 0128141255

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Encyclopedia of Caves, Third Edition, provides detailed background information to anyone with a serious interest in caves. This includes students, both undergraduate and graduate, in the earth, biological and environmental sciences, and consultants, environmental scientists, land managers and government agency staff whose work requires them to know something about caves and the biota that inhabit them. Caves touch on many scientific interests in geology, climate science, biology, hydrology, archaeology, and paleontology, as well as more popular interests in sport caving and cave exploration. Case studies and descriptions of specific caves selected for their special features and public interest are also included. This book will appeal to these audiences by providing in-depth essays written by expert authors chosen for their expertise in their assigned subject. - Features 14 new chapters and 13 completely rewritten chapters - Contains beautifully illustrated content, with more than 500 color images of cave life and features - Provides extensive bibliographies that allow readers to access their subject of interest in greater depth

Checklist of the Millipeds of North America
Checklist of the Millipeds of North America

Author: Ralph Vary Chamberlin

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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References are cited not only in the original description, but also literature with an illustration or other such information regarded as important, and also the place in which the binomial here adopted was first used.

A Checklist of the Millipeds of Mexico and Central America
A Checklist of the Millipeds of Mexico and Central America

Author: Harold Frederick Loomis

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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The milliped fauna of Mexico and Central America is very poorly known. The present checklist has been prepared to overcome some of the difficulties of studying the millipeds of these countries, as presented by the dispersed literature and lack of bibliographies to it. In general, the checklist follows the arrangement of the Checklist of the Millipeds of North America, and adopts the basic classification system proposed by R.V. Chamberlain and R. L. Hoffman on pages 7 and 8, except as altered later by the junior author to combine the orders Spirostreptida and Cambalida, with the latter reduced to a suborder. Keys to all classification categories through families have been included here.

Soil Biology Guide
Soil Biology Guide

Author: Daniel L. Dindal

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1991-01-16

Total Pages: 1381

ISBN-13: 0471045519

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A comprehensive study of the biology, taxonomy, and ecology of each of the soil biotic groups. The first chapter presents an ecological approach to soil studies. The remaining 42 chapters provide specific information on each of the taxonomic groupings. Contains illustrated identification keys to each group. Some keys go by functional morphological delineations; others lead the reader to classical identification at family, genus, or species levels. Some incorporate descriptions of new genera and species. Especially useful for the study of mesic, xeric, and hydric terrestrial sites. Includes an extensive bibliography.

The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist
The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist

Author: David B. Williams

Publisher: Graphic Arts Books

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 088240900X

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Back to the city, or back to nature? Seattle author David Williams shows us how we can get the best of both. Botany and bugs, geology and geese, and creeks and crows; living in a major city doesn't have to separate us from the natural world. Stepping away from a guidebook format, Williams presents the reader with a series of essays and maps that weave personal musings, bits of humor, natural history observations, and scientific data into a multi-textured perspective of life in the city--descriptions of his journeys as a naturalist in an urban landscape. Williams addresses questions that an observant person asks in an urban environment. What did Seattle look like before Europeans got here? How does the area's geologic past affect us? Why have some animals thrived and other languished? How are we affected by the species with whom we share the urban environment and how do we affect them? This book captures all of the distinctive flavors of the Emerald City, urban and natural.