The Natural History of Biospeleology
Author : Ana Isabel Camacho
Publisher : Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biospeleology
ISBN : 9788400072803
Author : Ana Isabel Camacho
Publisher : Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biospeleology
ISBN : 9788400072803
Author : A. Vandel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1483185133
Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals discusses the fundamental concepts in understanding the biological make up of cave-dwelling animals. The title aims to relate the subterranean world as a habitat for organisms. The first part of the text tackles basic concerns, such as the concept of the subterranean world and cavernicoles, along with the history and research concerns in biospeleology. Next, the selection enumerates the subterranean flora and fauna, along with the geographical distribution and ecology of cavernicoles. The next two parts detail the physiology and behavior of cavernicoles, while the last part tackles the evolution of cavarnicoles. The book will be of great interest to zoologists, biologists, and ecologists who wish to gain a better understanding of the biological properties of subterranean organisms.
Author : Aldemaro Romero Díaz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 38,51 MB
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521828465
A critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation.
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1971 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135455082
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1708 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN :
Author : Aldemaro Romero
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1139480537
Biospeleology, the study of organisms that live in caves, has a tremendous potential to inform many aspects of modern biology; yet this area of knowledge remains largely anchored in neo-Lamarckian views of the natural world in both its approaches and jargon. Written for graduate students and academic researchers, this book provides a critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation. Aldemaro Romero provides a historical analysis of ideas that have influenced biospeleology, discusses evolutionary phenomena in caves, from cave colonization to phenotypic and genotypic changes, and integrates concepts and knowledge from diverse biological viewpoints. He challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the biology of caves, and highlights urgent questions that should be addressed in order to get a better and more complete understanding of caves as ecosystems.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Romania
ISBN :
Author : Theodosius Dobzhansky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1468480944
1 On Some Fundamental Concepts of Darwinian Biology.- Vitalism, Mechanism, and Compositionism.- Adaptedness and Adaptation.- Adaptedness to Survive and to Reproduce.- Adaptability.- Evolutionary Plasticity.- The Problem of Quantification of Adaptedness.- Darwinian Fitness.- Varieties of Natural Selection.- Darwinian Fitness and Adaptedness.- Evolutionary Opportunism and Adaptive Radiation.- Progressive Evolution.- References.- 2 Cave Ecology and the Evolution of Troglobites.- Animal Life in Caves.- The Cave Ecosystem.- Regressive Evolution in Cave Animals.- Speciation and Adaptation in Troglob.
Author : Gheorghe M. L. Ponta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319907476
This book focuses on Romania’s more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone. It examines these caves and related topics in a format suitable for cavers, while also addressing a broad range of aspects useful for students and researchers. Since the Institute of Speleology was first established by Emil Racovita in 1920, a great deal of research has been conducted on all cave and karst types. As such, the book examines a variety of scientific fields, including karst geology, hydrogeology, biospeleology, paleoclimatology, mineralogy and archaeology.
Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN :