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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo
| Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
| Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318103321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication arabia archaeology arizona cumberland domestic animals early civilization ecology environment food production foraging fremont hbe highlands history human behavior human behavioral ecology hunting and gathering indigenous culture indigenous people land use madagascar maize mikea neotropics new guinea nonfiction oceania pacific coast plant domestication rain barrier science valencia wild animals |
| ISBN |
1-282-75943-4
9786612759437 0-520-93245-5 1-59875-917-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity in a changing climate : linking science and management in conservation / / edited by Terry L. Root [and three others]
| Biodiversity in a changing climate : linking science and management in conservation / / edited by Terry L. Root [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.2/209794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity - Climatic factors - California
Biodiversity conservation - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animal preservation animal species biodiversity california climate change climatology coastal krill conservation science conservation earth sciences ecology endangered animals environment global warming habitats life sciences mountain bumblebees nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction prairie grass preservation public policy regional biodiversity science sea urchins wild animals |
| ISBN | 0-520-28671-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A New Era for Ecologists: Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management -- CHAPTER 2. Climate Change from the Globe to California -- CHAPTER 3. Climatic Influences on Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 4. Modeling Krill in the California Current: A 2005 Case Study -- CHAPTER 5. Shifts in Marine Biogeographic Ranges -- CHAPTER 6. Integrating Global Climate Change and Conservation: A Klamath River Case Study -- CHAPTER 7. Pollinators and Meadow Restoration -- CHAPTER 8. Elevational Shifts in Breeding Birds in the Southern California Desert Region -- CHAPTER 9. Conserving California Grasslands into an Uncertain Future -- CHAPTER 10. Species Invasions: Linking Changes in Plant Composition to changes in Climate -- CHAPTER 11. Evolutionary Conservation under Climate Change -- CHAPTER 12. Fossils Predict Biological Responses to Future Climate Change -- CHAPTER 13. Historical Data on Species Occurrence: Bridging the Past to the Future -- Glossary -- INDEX -- Contributor Bios |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788014703321 |
| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity in a changing climate : linking science and management in conservation / / edited by Terry L. Root [and three others]
| Biodiversity in a changing climate : linking science and management in conservation / / edited by Terry L. Root [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.2/209794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity - Climatic factors - California
Biodiversity conservation - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animal preservation animal species biodiversity california climate change climatology coastal krill conservation science conservation earth sciences ecology endangered animals environment global warming habitats life sciences mountain bumblebees nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction prairie grass preservation public policy regional biodiversity science sea urchins wild animals |
| ISBN | 0-520-28671-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A New Era for Ecologists: Incorporating Climate Change into Natural Resource Management -- CHAPTER 2. Climate Change from the Globe to California -- CHAPTER 3. Climatic Influences on Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 4. Modeling Krill in the California Current: A 2005 Case Study -- CHAPTER 5. Shifts in Marine Biogeographic Ranges -- CHAPTER 6. Integrating Global Climate Change and Conservation: A Klamath River Case Study -- CHAPTER 7. Pollinators and Meadow Restoration -- CHAPTER 8. Elevational Shifts in Breeding Birds in the Southern California Desert Region -- CHAPTER 9. Conserving California Grasslands into an Uncertain Future -- CHAPTER 10. Species Invasions: Linking Changes in Plant Composition to changes in Climate -- CHAPTER 11. Evolutionary Conservation under Climate Change -- CHAPTER 12. Fossils Predict Biological Responses to Future Climate Change -- CHAPTER 13. Historical Data on Species Occurrence: Bridging the Past to the Future -- Glossary -- INDEX -- Contributor Bios |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822969603321 |
| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Birds of the Salton Sea [[electronic resource] ] : status, biogeography, and ecology / / Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt
| Birds of the Salton Sea [[electronic resource] ] : status, biogeography, and ecology / / Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt |
| Autore | Patten Michael A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2003?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598/.09794/99 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
McCaskieGuy
UnittPhilip |
| Soggetto topico | Birds - California - Salton Sea |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
biogeography biology birding community birds conservation conservationists ecology ecosystem endangered animals environment environmental threats environmentalism freshwater habitat inland lake lake birds lake landbirds life sciences migrating birds migration natural sciences nature nonfiction ornithology pacific flyway salton sea science shorebirds waterfowl wild animals wildlife managers wildlife wintering birds zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-75916-7
9786612759161 0-520-92944-6 1-59734-498-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A HISTORY OF THE SALTON SINK -- CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SALTON SEA -- A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA -- THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION -- DATA COLLECT ION -- TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE -- SUBSPECIES -- THE MAIN LIST -- NONNATIVE SPEC1 ES -- HYPOTHETICAL LIST -- APPENDIX: COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANT SPECIES MENTIONED IN THE TEXT -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780251703321 |
Patten Michael A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2003?] | ||
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Brief history of herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a list of type specimens of recent amphibians and reptiles [[electronic resource] /] / Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles, David A. Good, and David B. Wake
| Brief history of herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a list of type specimens of recent amphibians and reptiles [[electronic resource] /] / Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles, David A. Good, and David B. Wake |
| Autore | Rodríguez-Robles Javier A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Disciplina | 597.9/074/79467 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GoodDavid A. <1956->
WakeDavid B |
| Collana | University of California publications in zoology |
| Soggetto topico |
Reptiles - Type specimens - California - Berkeley
Amphibians - Type specimens - California - Berkeley Herpetology - California - Berkeley - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amphibians
amphisbaenians animals species biology caecilians california collection crocodilians environment frogs genus herpetological collection herpetological research herpetology life sciences lizards museum vertebrate zoology museum mvz non avian reptiles nonfiction reference reptiles salamanders science scientific classification snakes species taxonomy tuataras turtles vertebrates western united states wild animals wildlife zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-35712-3
9786612357121 0-520-93000-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Brief history of herpetology in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Type specimens of recent amphibians and nonavian reptiles in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Geographic distribution of type localities of recent amphibians and nonavian reptiles in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Appendix - herpetologists in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Literature cited |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777948503321 |
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Rodríguez-Robles Javier A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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Giant pandas [[electronic resource] ] : biology and conservation / / edited by Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona ; with a foreword by George B. Schaller
| Giant pandas [[electronic resource] ] : biology and conservation / / edited by Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona ; with a foreword by George B. Schaller |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.789 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LindburgDonald G. <1932->
BaragonaKaren <1967-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Giant panda
Giant panda - Conservation |
| Soggetto non controllato |
animal behavior
animal population animals in captivity asia bamboo biology breeding chengdu zoo china conservation ecology environment environmentalism extinction foping nature reserve giant pandas habitat mabian nature reserve mountains natural science paleontology population decline qinling mountains red pandas reintroduction reproduction science supertree ursidae wild animals wildlife yele nature reserve zoo animals zoo atlanta zoology |
| ISBN |
9786612357190
0-520-93016-9 1-282-35719-0 1-59734-633-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDG -- Introduction -- 1. Phylogenetic Position of the Giant Panda -- BRIEF REPORT 1.1 -- 2. What Is a Giant Panda? -- 3. A Paleontologist's Perspective on the Origin and Relationships of the Giant Panda -- 4. Variation in Ursid Life Histories -- BRIEF REPORT 4.1 -- 5. Future Survival of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- WORKSHOP REPORT 5.1 -- 6. Nutritional Strategy of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- BRIEF REPORT 6.1 -- 7. Chemical Communication in Giant Pandas -- BRIEF REPORT 7.1 -- 8. Reproduction in Giant Pandas -- 9. COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE FIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA -- PANEL REPORT 9.1. Assessing the Habitat and Distribution of the Giant Panda: Methods and Issues -- BRIEF REPORT 9.1 -- 10. Giant Panda Migration and Habitat Utilization in Foping Nature Reserve, China -- BRIEF REPORT 10.1 -- 11. MAPPING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR GIANT PANDAS IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA -- PANEL REPORT 11.1 -- 12. SYMPATRY OF GIANT AND RED PANDAS ON YELE NATURAL RESERVE, CHINA -- 13. BALANCING PANDA AND HUMAN NEEDS FOR BAMBOO SHOOTS IN MABIAN NATURE RESERVE, CHINA: PREDICTIONS FROM A LOGISTIC-LIKE MODEL -- PANEL REPORT 13.1 -- 14. A NEW PARADIGM FOR PANDA RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING ECOLOGY WITH HUMAN DEMOGRAPHICS, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIOECONOMICS -- PANEL REPORT 14.1 -- 15. BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FUTURE EFFORTS IN GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION -- PANEL REPORT 15.1 -- THE LEGACY OF EXTINCTION RISK: LESSONS FROM GIANT PANDAS AND OTHER THREATENED CARNIVORES -- PANEL REPORT 16.1 -- 17. BIOMEDICAL SURVEY OF CAPTIVE GIANT PANDAS: -- BRIEF REPORT 17.1 -- WORKSHOP REPORT 17.1 -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX A. Keynote Address -- APPENDIX B. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MARSHALL JON ES -- APPENDIX C. MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388403321 |
| Berkley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
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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
| 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 |
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Diamond Judy
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society
| Proceedings of the Zoological Society |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calcutta : , : Zoological Society |
| Disciplina | 590.6541 |
| Soggetto topico |
Zoology
Zoology - India Dierkunde |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
Periodicals. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
zoology
wilde dieren wild animals huisdieren domestic animals Zoology (General) Biology of Animal Taxonomic Groups (General) Biologie van diertaxonomische groepen (algemeen) |
| ISSN | 0974-6919 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996205092803316 |
| Calcutta : , : Zoological Society | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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