Title High-altitude : Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World / Petar Beron

Published Sofia : Pensoft, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Bureschiana : series of monographs ; 1 Pensoft series faunistica, 1312-0174 ; no. 73 Pensoft series faunistica ; no. 73. 1312-0174 Bureschiana ; 1. Contents Cover -- Contents13; -- Bureschiana 8211; A New Series of Monographs -- I. Introduction -- II. The High-Mountain Environment and the High-Mountain Fauna. Some Terms and Notions. Vertical Zonation of High Mountains. Adaptations of the Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda (IAM) to High Altitude -- III. A History of Research on High-Mountain Isopoda8218; Arachnida and Myriapoda. Important Campaigns -- IV. Characteristics of the Mountain Systems of the Old World and of Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda Recorded Therein -- V. Alticolous Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World -- VI. References Summary Large groups of non-insect arthropods such as the terrestrial Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda recorded higher than 2,200 meters above sea-level are listed from all mountain systems of Africa, Europe and Asia (including New Guinea). The maximum altitude for each species, genus, family, order and class is reported. This is the first compilation of this kind ever produced. The groups are compared between the different regions and the levels of endemism are outlined. A short description of each region shows the most peculiar features of high-montane terrestrial life in the Balkan and Iberian peninsulas, the Alps, the Tetras, the Caucasus, the Himalayas, as well as in the mountains of Turkey, Central Asia, South-East Asia, Japan, New Guinea, the Cameroon, eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, North Africa, the Canary Islands and others. The trend in the number of species and genera decreasing with altitude, termed "taxogradient", is analyzed. Such new terms as "hybsobiont" and "hybsoendemic" are also introduced. The bibliography contains more than 1,300 references Notes "This book is a monograph on the high-altitude non-insect arthropods of the Old World"--Page 7 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-556) Notes Introduction to Bureschiana series also in Bulgarian Print version record Subject Arthropoda -- Eastern Hemisphere Mountain animals -- Eastern Hemisphere Isopoda -- Eastern Hemisphere Arachnida -- Eastern Hemisphere Myriapoda -- Eastern Hemisphere SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General. Arachnida Arthropoda Isopoda Mountain animals Myriapoda Eastern Hemisphere Form Electronic book ISBN 9789546424174 954642417X 1282978632 9781282978638 9786612978630 6612978635

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