Kea, bird of paradox [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution and behavior of a New Zealand parrot / / Judy Diamond and Alan B. Bond |
Autore | Diamond Judy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 598.7/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BondAlan B. <1946-> |
Soggetto topico |
Kea - Evolution
Kea - Behavior |
Soggetto non controllato |
adaptability
adaptive behavior alpine habitat animal behavior animals behavioral flexibility biology bird ecology ecosystem ethology habitat kaka kea life sciences mountain birds mountains natural history nature new zealand nonfiction open program animals ornithology parrot rainforest science southern alps unforgiving environment wild animals wilderness zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-35618-6
9786612356186 0-520-92080-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Moa's Legacy -- 2. From Relict to Renegade -- 3. Hanging Out with the Gang -- 4. Growing and Learning -- 5. The Prince and the Pauper -- 6. From Bounties to Black Markets -- Appendix A: List of Common and Scientific Names -- Appendix B: Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778079503321 |
Diamond Judy | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kea, bird of paradox [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution and behavior of a New Zealand parrot / / Judy Diamond and Alan B. Bond |
Autore | Diamond Judy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 598.7/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BondAlan B. <1946-> |
Soggetto topico |
Kea - Evolution
Kea - Behavior |
Soggetto non controllato |
adaptability
adaptive behavior alpine habitat animal behavior animals behavioral flexibility biology bird ecology ecosystem ethology habitat kaka kea life sciences mountain birds mountains natural history nature new zealand nonfiction open program animals ornithology parrot rainforest science southern alps unforgiving environment wild animals wilderness zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-35618-6
9786612356186 0-520-92080-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Moa's Legacy -- 2. From Relict to Renegade -- 3. Hanging Out with the Gang -- 4. Growing and Learning -- 5. The Prince and the Pauper -- 6. From Bounties to Black Markets -- Appendix A: List of Common and Scientific Names -- Appendix B: Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809070803321 |
Diamond Judy | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plant diversity of an Andean cloud forest [[electronic resource] ] : checklist of the vascular flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador / / Grady L. Webster and Robert M. Rhode |
Autore | Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.9866/13 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RhodeRobert M <1961-> (Robert Martin) |
Collana | University of California publications. Botany |
Soggetto topico | Botany - Ecuador - Bosque Protector Maquipucuna Region |
Soggetto non controllato |
andes
biodiversity botany climate cloud forest conservation ecology ecuador environment environmentalism epiphytes flora forest habitat life sciences maquipucuna mountains natural sciences natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction orchids plant diversity plant sciences plant species plants pteridophytes rainforest science wilderness yumbos |
ISBN |
1-282-35620-8
9786612356209 0-520-91593-3 |
Classificazione | WI 9240 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Introduction -- Climate and topography -- Vegetation -- Floristics of ecuadorian cloud forests -- Analysis of the vascular flora of maquipucuna -- Relationships with other floras -- Conservational status of the maquipucuna cloud forests -- Circumscription of the region covered by the inventory -- Enumeration of taxa -- Appendix A. Dominant or conspicuous taxa of secondary and roadside vegetation in the Maquipucuna region, between 11 50 and 1500 m -- Appendix B. Dominant or abundant taxa of primary cloud forest (lower montane forest), 1700-2000 m -- Appendix C. Dominant or abundant taxa of upper montane forest, 21 00-2750 m -- Appendix D. Dominant and conspicuous taxa in riparian vegetation, 1 125-2000 m -- Appendix E. Distribution of epiphytes in the Maquipucuna vascular flora -- Literature Cited -- Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778076503321 |
Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plant diversity of an Andean cloud forest : checklist of the vascular flora of Maquipucuna, Ecuador / / Grady L. Webster and Robert M. Rhode |
Autore | Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-2005.> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
Disciplina | 581.9866/13 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RhodeRobert M <1961-> (Robert Martin) |
Collana | University of California publications. Botany |
Soggetto topico | Botany - Ecuador - Bosque Protector Maquipucuna Region |
Soggetto non controllato |
andes
biodiversity botany climate cloud forest conservation ecology ecuador environment environmentalism epiphytes flora forest habitat life sciences maquipucuna mountains natural sciences natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction orchids plant diversity plant sciences plant species plants pteridophytes rainforest science wilderness yumbos |
ISBN |
1-282-35620-8
9786612356209 0-520-91593-3 |
Classificazione | WI 9240 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Introduction -- Climate and topography -- Vegetation -- Floristics of ecuadorian cloud forests -- Analysis of the vascular flora of maquipucuna -- Relationships with other floras -- Conservational status of the maquipucuna cloud forests -- Circumscription of the region covered by the inventory -- Enumeration of taxa -- Appendix A. Dominant or conspicuous taxa of secondary and roadside vegetation in the Maquipucuna region, between 11 50 and 1500 m -- Appendix B. Dominant or abundant taxa of primary cloud forest (lower montane forest), 1700-2000 m -- Appendix C. Dominant or abundant taxa of upper montane forest, 21 00-2750 m -- Appendix D. Dominant and conspicuous taxa in riparian vegetation, 1 125-2000 m -- Appendix E. Distribution of epiphytes in the Maquipucuna vascular flora -- Literature Cited -- Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810362503321 |
Webster Grady L (Grady Linder), <1927-2005.> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles |
Autore | Catenazzi Alessandro |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (552 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
UCE
phylogenetics amphibians Dendrobatidae Aromobatidae frogs systematics amphibian chytridiomycosis conservation disease enzootics epizootics population declines Dactyloidae ecomorphology Iguania Isla Cocos Isla Gorgona Isla Malpelo island biogeography lizards neotropics overwater dispersal miniaturization taxonomy geographical range habitat breadth local abundance threatened species extinction risk Viperidae deforestation timber harvest fire invasion of exotic plants public policy protected areas critically endangered data deficient amphisbaenians snakes South America Andes Pacific coast Perú species description threats species richness diversity gradient community structure reptiles Amazon rainforest lizard snake ecological niche modeling potential species distribution extant species distribution conservation areas Cusco high elevation Neotropical Qosqophryne tropical mountain systematic anura biogeography centrolenidae Bufonidae cryptic species forensic taxonomy Great American Biotic Interchange historical biogeography Isthmus of Panama Middle America molecular phylogenetics phylogeography Cercosaurinae Cercosaura manicata boliviana diversity Machupicchu Oxapampa Pholidobolus anomalus Peru |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557346403321 |
Catenazzi Alessandro | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tupai [[electronic resource] ] : a field study of Bornean treeshrews / / Louise H. Emmons ; foreword by Harry W. Greene |
Autore | Emmons Louise |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.33/8/095983 |
Collana | Organisms and environments |
Soggetto topico |
Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae - Borneo |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient animals
ancient mammals animal behavior animal communication animal diet animal habitat animal life animal lovers animal species animal studies animals diet geography habitat mammalogist mammals natural history natural world nesting rainforest regional social behavior treeshrews world history |
ISBN |
1-59734-968-2
1-282-35507-4 9786612355073 0-520-92504-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Tupai: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Study Species -- Chapter 3. The Milieu: Field Study Sites and Habitats -- Chapter 4. Treeshrews in Their Habitat -- Chapter 5. Diet and Foraging Behavior -- Chapter 6. Nesting Behavior -- Chapter 7. Activity Patterns -- Chapter 8. Use of Space -- Chapter 9. Social Organization -- Chapter 10. Life History -- Chapter 11. Predation, Predators, and Alarm Behaviors -- Chapter 12. Synthesis -- Appendix I. Methods -- Appendix II. Fruit Species Collected at Danum Valley -- Appendix III. Mammal Species Found on the Study Plots -- Appendix IV. Invertebrates in Treeshrew Diets -- Appendix V. Consumers of Fruit Species -- Appendix VI. Response of Murid Rodents to the Masting Phenomenon of 1990-1991 -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450516703321 |
Emmons Louise | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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