Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles /
نام عام مواد
[Book]
نام نخستين پديدآور
by Clarke H. Scholtz, Adrian L. V. Davis & Ute Kryger
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Sofia-Moscow :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Pensoft Pub.,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2009
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
567 p. :
ساير جزييات
ill., graphs, tables ;
ابعاد
24 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliography (p. [484]-535) and index
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
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
بدون عنوان
0
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Beetles-- Phylogeny
موضوع مستند نشده
Dung beetles
موضوع مستند نشده
Dung beetles-- Behavior
موضوع مستند نشده
Scarabaeidae
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