The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats:
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1. Verfasser: Culver, David C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Biology of habitats
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Beschreibung:This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to cave ecology. The emphasis is on the organisms that dominate this unique environment, although conservation and management aspects are also considered. The book is intended for both graduate students and professionals and assumes no previous knowledge of cave biology. - ;Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long been objects of fascination, curiosity, and debate. The question of how such organisms have evolved, and the relative roles of natural selection and genetic drift, has
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index
The subterranean domain -- Sources of energy in subterranean environments -- Survey of subterranean life -- Ecosystem function -- Biotic interactions and community structures -- Adaptations of subterranean life -- Colonization and speciation in subterranean environments -- Geography of subterranean biodiversity -- Some representative subterranean communities -- Conservation and protection of subterranean habitats
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 254 pages)
ISBN:0191551449
9780191551444

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