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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.