Fauna of Saudi Arabia


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Fauna of Arabia


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The Mammals of Arabia


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Fauna of Arabia


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Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours


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In this scholarly yet readable book, Torben Larsen provides the fully comprehensive standard work on the subject. The colour illustrations cover all 477 species of butterflies or pupae which flourish in the Arabian peninsula.







The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures


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The Arabian Seas Marine Region encompasses marine areas from Djibouti to Pakistan, including the northern part of Somalia, the Red Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf, and parts of the Arabian Sea. Human pressures on the coastal and marine environments are evident throughout the region, and have resulted in harmful environmental effects. Oil and domestic, urban and industrial pollutants in several areas of this part of the world have caused local habitat degradation, eutrophication and algal blooms. Further, coastal landfill, dredging, and sedimentation, as well as nutrient and sediment runoff from phosphate mining, agriculture and grazing, and reduction in freshwater seepage due to groundwater extraction are all contributing to the degradation of coastal environments. This book discusses aspects not covered in other books on the region, which largely focus on marine biodiversity, and examines several environmental challenges that are often ignored, but which have a significant impact on the environment. Evaluating the status quo, it also recommends conservation measures and examines the abiotic factors that play a major main role in the environmental changes. Lastly, the book addresses the biodiversity of the area, providing a general context for the conservation and management measures discussed.




Stories in the Rocks


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This book explores rock art localities all across Saudi Arabia, describing them in detail and providing a chronology for them. The text is written for a broad audience and the book contains a large quantity of high quality photographs. Author: Sandra L. Olsen, Photographs by Richard T. Bryant.




The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia


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Encompassing a landmass greater than the rest of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean combined, the Arabian peninsula remains one of the last great unexplored regions of the ancient world. This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of this region from c.9000 to 800 BC. Peter Magee argues that a unique social system, which relied on social cohesion and actively resisted the hierarchical structures of adjacent states, emerged during the Neolithic and continued to contour society for millennia later. The book also focuses on how the historical context in which Near Eastern archaeology was codified has led to a skewed understanding of the multiplicity of lifeways pursued by ancient peoples living throughout the Middle East.




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