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The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats

By Tanja , Culver , David C;Pipan

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2019
ISBN
9780198820765, 0198820763, 9780191860485, 0191860484, 9780192552761, 0192552767
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9086640 bytes)
Series
Biology of habitats
Edition
Second edition
Pages
xx, 301\330
Time added
2020-11-29 04:23:01

Description

The second edition of this widely cited textbook continues to provide a concise but comprehensive introduction to cave and subterranean biology, describing this fascinating habitat and its biodiversity. It covers a range of biological processes including ecosystem function, evolution and adaptation, community ecology, biogeography, and conservation. The authors draw on a global range of examples and case studies from both caves and non-cave subterranean habitats. One of the barriers to the study of subterranean biology has been the extraordinarily large number of specialized terms used by researchers; the authors explain these terms clearly and minimize the number that they use. This new edition retains the same 10 chapter structure of the original, but the content has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout to reflect the huge increase in publications concerning subterranean biology over the last decade.

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