عنوان
پدید آورنده
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رده
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محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9546425176
(Number (ISBN
9789546425171 (pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b511378
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Clarke H. Scholtz, Adrian L. V. Davis & Ute Kryger
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sofia-Moscow :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Pensoft Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
567 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., graphs, tables ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliography (p. [484]-535) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Evolution and ecological success of dung beetles / Clarke H. Scholtz. The origin of dung beetles ; Evolution of feeding, competition, and life history strategies ; Pre-copulatory behaviour, sexual attraction, mate selection and co-operative breeding ; Nesting and breeding patterns ; Special morphological features of dung beetles -- Physiological and behavioural ecology / Clarke H. Scholtz. Food and feeding in dung beetles ; Environmental influence on the development of colour in dung beetles ; The role of thermoregulation and orientation in the avoidance of competition in dung beetles ; The loss of flight ; Respiration and water conservation ; Sexual selection -- Phylogeny of the Scarabaeinae / Clarke H. Scholtz. Currently-recognised tribes of Scarabaeinae ; Phylogenetic studies of the Scarabaeinae -- Historical biogeography of the Scarabaeinae and its physical and biotic drivers / Adrian L. V. Davis. Historical, origin, evolutionary timescale, and its drivers ; Evidence for varous evolutionary hypotheses ; Classification, phylogeny, spatial patterns and biogeographical hypotheses ; Outlines of composition, spatial patterns and hypothetical origins of regional dung beetle faunas ; Conclusions -- Conservation of dung beetles / Ute Kryger. Importance of dung beetles in ecosystems ; Effects of habitat destruction and fragmentation on dung beetles ; Dung beetles as bio-indicators ; Conservation of dung beetles and modern parasite management ; Mitigation options ; Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. World genera of dung beetles
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Beetles-- Phylogeny
Dung beetles
Dung beetles-- Behavior
Scarabaeidae
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Scholtz, C. H
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Davis, Adrian L. V., (Adrian Louis Victor)
Kryger, Ute
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20111022125042.0
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Electronic name
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Y
