عنوان

Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan

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Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan

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edited by Victor Fet, Khabibulla I. Atamuradov.

Dordrecht

Springer Netherlands

1994

(viii, 653 pages)

Monographiae biologicae, 72.

1. Introduction: One hundred years of natural history in Turkmenistan --; 2. Landscapes of Turkmenistan --; 3. Climate of Turkmenistan --; 4. Paleogeography of Turkmenistan --; 5. Desertification of the arid lands of Turkmenistan --; 6. Vegetation of the deserts of Turkmenistan --; 7. Flora of Kopetdagh --; 8. Kopetdagh-Khorassan flora: Regional features of Central Kopetdagh --; 9. Vegetation of Southwest Kopetdagh --; 10. Trees, shrubs, and semishrubs in the mountains of Turkmenistan --; 11. Ecosystem structure of subtropical arid pistachio woodlands in Southern Turkmenistan --; 12. Biogeographic position of Khorassan-Kopetdagh --; 13. Vertebrates in the Red Data Book of Turkmenistan --; 14. Ecology of the bearded goat (Capra aegagrus firsleben, 1777) in Turkmenistan --; 15. Ecology of birds in the Karakum Desert --; 16. Ecological structure of the bird population in the Transcaspian region: Cartographic analysis and problems of conservation --; 17. Kidney structure and its role in osmoregulation in desert birds --; 18. On the evolution of the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus L.) in Middle Asia --; 19. Zoogeographic analysis of the reptiles of Turkmenistan --; 20. Reptiles of Kopetdagh --; 21. Geographic variability of Phrynocephalus rossikowi Nik. (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Turkmenistan and adjacent regions --; 22. Formation of the fish population in the artificial hydrographic network of Turkmenistan (the Amudarya River basin) --; 23. Arthropods inhabiting rodent burrows in the Karakum Desert --; 24. Zoogeography of Coleoptera in Turkmenistan --; 25. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Kopetdagh and the adjacent regions of Southern Turkmenistan --; 26. Fauna, zoogeography, and ecology of Orthoptera in Turkmenistan --; 27. Encyrtid wasps of Turkmenistan (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) --; 28. Zoogeography and ecological aspects of the formation of horse fly fauna (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Turkmenistan --; 29. Ant-lions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) in Turkmenistan --; 30. Fauna and zoogeography of spiders (Aranei) of Turkmenistan --; 31. Fauna and zoogeography of scorpions (Arachnids: Scorpions) in Turkmenistan --; 32. Fauna and zoogeography of molluscs of Turkmenistan --; Index of Taxa --; Index of Subjects.

The book gives a complete account of the biogeography, animal and plant ecology and natural conservation in Turkmenistan. This region within the former USSR borders on Iran and Afghanistan and includes both deserts and arid mountains. Turkmenistan, and especially the mountains of Kopetdagh, is an extremely important region for historical biogeography, as a corridor and filter between the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and the great deserts of Asia. This remote area was studied exclusively by Soviet scientists and all information was published in Russian. This book is the first to bring data on the biogeography and conservation of Turkmenistan to the general scientific community.

Ecology.

Life sciences.

Plant ecology.

edited by Victor Fet, Khabibulla I. Atamuradov.

Khabibulla I Atamuradov

Victor Fet

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