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The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats /
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 previo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Biology of habitats.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191551444 0191551449 |