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This book highlights African biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. Major topics are biogeography, speciation processes, phylogenetic patterns and systematics, diversity decline and conservation, and applied biodiversity informatics. The 42 contributions are mostly on insects and vertebrates, but include botanical papers as well as more general chapters on biodiversity informatics.

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Author:   Bernhard A. Huber ,  Bradley J. Sinclair ,  Karl-Heinz Lampe
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.706kg
ISBN:  

9781441937193

ISBN 10:   1441937196
Pages:   443
Publication Date:   29 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dedication; Contributing Authors;Preface; Complementarity of species distributions as a tool for prioritising conservation actions in Africa: Testing the efficiency of using coarse-scale distribution data (J. Fjeldså, H. Tushabe); Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: Pattern and process (L. Prendini); Madagascar as a model region for the study of tempo and pattern in adaptive radiations (M. Vences); Commemorating Martin Eisentraut (1902-1994) - important explorer of tropical African vertebrates (W. Böhme); Earwigs (Dermaptera: Insects) of Kenya - checklist and species new to Kenya (F. Haas et al.); Morphometric differentiation in the East African grasshopper genus Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) (A. Hochkirch); Katydids and crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Kakamega Forest Reserve, western Kenya (J. Holstein, F. Haas, A. Zahm, C. L. Häuser, W. Kinuthia); Ecology and diversity of canopy associated Ceratocanthidae (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in an Afrotropical rainforest (A. Ballerio, T. Wagner); Human influence on the dung fauna in Afrotropical grasslands (Insecta: Coleoptera) (F.-T. Krell et al.); Genuine Africans or Tertiary immigrants? – the genus Hydropsyche in the Afrotropical Region (Insecta, Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) (W. Mey); Fruit-feeding butterfly communities of forest ‘islands’ in Ghana: survey completeness and correlates of spatial diversity (J. L. Bossart et al.); Biogeography, diversity and ecology of sawflies in the Afromontane Region (Insecta: Symphyta) (F. Koch); Diversity, distribution patterns and endemism of southern African bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) (M. Kuhlmann); Does grazing influence bee diversity? (C. Mayer); The pholcid spiders of Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae): State of knowledge and directions for future research (B. A. Huber); West African fish diversity – distribution patterns and possible conclusions for conservation strategies (T. Moritz, K. E. Linsenmair); Distributionand population density of the black-eared Malagasy poison frog, Mantella milotympanum Staniszewski, 1996 (Amphibia: Mantellidae) (D. R. Vieites et al.); Amphibian and reptile diversity in the Southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, south-eastern Tanzania (M. Menegon, S. Salvidio); Interpreting morphological and molecular data on Indian Ocean giant tortoises (J. Gerlach); Molecular systematics of African Colubroidea (Squamata: Serpentes) (Z. T. Nagy, N. Vidal, M. Vences, W. R. Branch, O.S.G. Pauwels, M. Wink, U. Joger); Phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy dwarf geckos, Lygodactylus Gray, 1864: Preliminary data from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Squamata: Gekkonidae) (M. Puente, M. Thomas, M. Vences); Variability in a common species: The Lygodactylus capensis complex from southern and eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) (B. Röll); Migration within and out of Africa: Identifying knowledge gaps by data-mining the Global Register of Migratory Species (K. Riede); Avifaunal responses to landscape-scale habitat fragmentation in the littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar (J.E.M. Watson); Use of satellite telemetry and remote sensing data to identify important habitats of migratory birds (Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus 1758)) (B. Gerkmann, K. Riede); Conservation priorities and geographical variation in flycatchers (Aves: Platysteiridae) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (M. Louette); Rare weavers (Aves: Ploceidae): Are some Ploceus species hybrids? (A.J.F.K. Craig); Historical determinants of mammal diversity in Africa: Evolution of mammalian body mass distribution in Africa and South America during Neogene and Quarternary times (M. Nieto et al.); Diversity and abundance of diurnal primates and forest antelopes in relation to habitat quality: A case study from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania (F. Rovero, A. R. Marshall); Small mammal diversity and reproduction along a transect in Namibia (BIOTA S 07) (P. Giere, U. Zeller); Possible karyological affinities of small

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