Research Catalog

Title

Tropical biodiversity and systematics : proceedings of the International Symposium on Biodiversity and Systematics in Tropical Ecosystems, Bonn, 2-7 May 1994 / edited by Hans Ulrich.

Author

International Symposium on Biodiversity and Systematics in Tropical Ecosystems (1994 : Bonn, Germany)

Publication

Bonn : Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, 1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Ulrich, Hans, 1909-

Description

357 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Biodiversity > Tropics > Congresses
• Biodiversity
• Artenreichtum
• Systematik
• Ökosystem
• Biodiversität
• Tropics
• Tropen
• Bonn <1994>

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Konferenzschrift – 1994 – Bonn.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Diversity in tropical bats / E.K.V. Kalko -- The contemporary mammal fauna of South America / J.F. Eisenberg -- Life-history patterns of myrmecophilous butterflies and other insects: their implications on tropical species diversity / K. Fiedler -- Origin of Neotropical mimetic biodiversity from a three-way hybrid zone of Heliconius cydno butterflies / M. Linares -- A preliminary study of the biodiversity of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae from Indonesia (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) / R.M. Marwoto -- Biodiversity and systematics of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera: Insecta) / R.W.A. Jesudasan -- Karyology and systematics of rodents of the Ethiopian Rift Valley / M.I. Baskevich -- Endemic rodents of the Ethiopian plateaux: their karyology and possible relationships / V.N. Orlov & N.Sh. Bulatova -- Comparative analyses of the male reproductive tract and spermatozoa in species of Cricetidae from Peruvian Amazonia, with a discussion of their taxonomy and relationships / V.M. Malygin & M. Rosmiarek -- Structural differences in the bacula of spiny rats from Peruvian Amazonia (Proechimys, Echimyidae) / V.M. Malygin, R.C. Mendes & M. Rosmiarek -- Locomotion patterns of tropical forest-dwelling ungulates / U. Heckner-Bisping -- Original locomotion patterns in tropical ecosystems exemplified by the family Tapiridae / U. Heckner-Bisping & I. Baust -- Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) diversity, systematics and conservation in southern Africa / C.H. Scholtz -- Towards a causal history of present range patterns in the rhinoceros beetle genus Temnorhynchus Hope (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) / F.-T. Krell -- Comparing the butterfly faunas of Pakitza and Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru, or why is Peru such a mega-diverse country? / G. Lamas -- Biodiversity of Chloropidae (Diptera) in tropical ecosystems / E.P. Nartshuk -- Brazilian and Austral freshwater fish faunas of South America. A contrast / G. Arratia -- Analysis of the herpetofauna of the Republic of Mali, II. Species diversity and biogeographical assemblages / U. Joger & M.R.K. Lambert -- Insular syndromes in morphology and in population structure among Comoro land birds / M. Louette, J. Stevens, W. Plompen & M. Herremans -- A zoogeographical division of western Angola (Africa), based on the distribution of Muroidea (Rodentia) / J. Crawford-Cabral -- Some biological differences of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann (Acarina: Ixodidae) populations in Kenya / S.S. Kubasu -- Odonate predation in Bornean treehole communities: some observations on predator density and prey diversity / A.G. Orr -- The Agraeciini, hidden beauties of the tropical forest (Insecta, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae) / S. Ingrisch -- Life cycle adaptations of a diurnal tiger beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) to conditions on Central Amazonian floodplains / M.A. Amorim, J. Adis & W. Paarmann -- Small mammals in the Kibale Forest, Uganda / A. Hoffmann -- Diversity and recolonisation dynamics of canopy arthropod communities in a lowland rain forest in Sabah, Malaysia / A. Floren & K.E. Linsenmair -- Arthropod communities in two primary forest types of New Caledonia sampled by fogging / E. Guilbert & J. Chazeau -- Beneath the rain forest: arthropod community structure in a Thai river cave / G.C. McGavin -- Biodiversity of termites (Isoptera) in Vietnam / N.V. Beljaeva -- Bioacoustic diversity and resource partitioning in tropical calling communities / K. Riede -- Seasonal diversity of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in a montane area of Guatemala / J.C. Schuster -- Pharmacophagy in adult Lepidoptera: the diversity of a syndrome / M. Boppré -- Pyrrolizidine alkaloid-related pharmacophagy in neotropical moths (Lepidoptera) / C.L. Häuser & M. Boppré -- Diversity of agamids (Sauria, Reptilia): ecological forms and morphology of skin receptors / N. Ananjeva -- The visual peculiarities of the toucans' bill and their principal biological role (Ramphastidae, Aves) / P. Bühler -- Greenbul distribution in Uganda's forests (Aves, Pycnonotidae) / C. Dranzoa -- Ecological studies on the ground-layer of an oak cloud-forest in Costa Rica / A. Schumacher -- Measures for augmenting natural regeneration of sandal tree (Santalum album L.): an endangered species / R.S.V. Rai & G. Kumaravelu -- Research needs for the rehabilitation of red sanders tree (Pterocarpus santalinus L. f) / R.S.V. Rai & G. Kumaravelu -- The importance of documentation for the conservation of plant genetic resources. The Cuban experience / D. Jiménez Krause, F. Begemann, M. Esquivel, L. López, K. Hammer & H. Knüpffer -- Monetary valuation of species' benefit -- a tool for conserving biodiversity? / F. Pirscher.

ISBN

• 3925382461
• 9783925382468

LCCN

2001319750

OCLC

• ocm41980291
• 41980291
• SCSB-14353644

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library