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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David C. Culver (Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, DC , USA) , Tanja Pipan (Research Advisor, Research Advisor, ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.720kg ISBN: 9780198820765ISBN 10: 0198820763 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 02 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The subterranean domain 2: Sources of energy in subterranean environments 3: Survey of subterranean life 4: Ecosystem function 5: Biotic interactions and community structure 6: Adaptations to subterranean life 7: Colonization and speciation in subterranean environments 8: Geography of subterranean biodiversity 9: Some representative subterranean communities 10: Conservation and protection of subterranean habitatsReviewsThis book will be a powerful inspiration for a new generation of students and researchers interested in mechanisms generating biodiversity on Earth and is accessible to nonacademic readers through its extensive glossary. -- Conservation Biology """This book will be a powerful inspiration for a new generation of students and researchers interested in mechanisms generating biodiversity on Earth and is accessible to nonacademic readers through its extensive glossary."" -- Conservation Biology" This book will be a powerful inspiration for a new generation of students and researchers interested in mechanisms generating biodiversity on Earth and is accessible to nonacademic readers through its extensive glossary. -- Conservation Biology Author InformationDavid C. Culver received his Ph.D. in 1970 in Biology from Yale University. He is currently Professor of Environmental Science Emeritus at American University, Washington, DC, with broad research interests in subterranean biology, especially biodiversity, biogeography, and shallow subterranean habitats. He has published well over 100 research papers on subterranean biology, and is the author or editor of eight books on speleobiology. He has organized or co-organized international symposia on conservation and protection of karst (1997), mapping subterranean biodiversity (2001), epikarst (2003), karst ecosystems (2007), and carbon in karst (2013), among others. He is an Honorary Life Member of both the National Speleological Society and the International Society for Subterranean Biology, and a member of the Explorers Club. Tanja Pipan received her Ph.D. in 2003 in Biology from the University of Ljubljana. She is currently Research Advisor at ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute and Associate Professor of Biology at University of Nova Gorica. She has research interests in the biology of shallow subterranean habitats, ecology of the epikarst copepod fauna, patterns of subterranean biodiversity, and karst ecosystem function. She is largely responsible for the recognition of epikarst as a significant subterranean habitat. She has published over 50 papers and has authored thee books. Pipan is country coordinator for the International and European Long Term Ecological Research Program. In 2016 she received the ZRC SAZU Gold Award: a prize for outstanding scientific research. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |