An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented appraisal of more than 325 common species. More than a field guide, it includes ● over 300 range maps and 3,000 photographs of leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, and bark; ● an in-depth introduction to the biology of trees, their value, structure, evolu...
Kiwifruit: The Genus ACTINIDIA includes extensive and full coverage of scientific and applied information, ranging from basic taxonomy, population genetics, and natural resources/distribution, to domestication history and breeding/cultivars, also including further information on culture and international production and commercialization. The book gathers information not previously available in the English language, providing an authoritative reference for professionals, including taxonomists,...
Phylogenies and the Comparative Method in Animal Behaviour
This book considers the impact of modern phylogenetic comparative methods on the study of animal behaviour. It discusses the main issues that need to be considered in the design of a comparative study, and reviews statistical methods that are proposed for such research. Possible differences between the evolution of behaviour and the evolution of morphology using some of these modern techniques, comparative data, and phylogenies, are also considered.
Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts (Flora of Australia Supplementary)
by Patrick McCarthy
Hominin Postcranial Remains from Sterkfontein, South Africa, 1936-1995 (Human Evolution)
The 1924 African discovery of an early hominin child's skull, referred to as Australopithecus africanus by Raymond Dart, was a major event in the history of paleoanthropology. This provided the first evidence of early hominins in Africa and overturned conventional ideas about human evolution. Subsequent discoveries of A. africanus fossils, notably from cave deposits at Sterkfontein, yielded the first evidence that early hominins were habitual bipeds. Fifty years after this, the discovered wealth...
Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy Vol 2 (Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy, Vol 2)
by A. A. Calder
This volume deals with 74 genera of elateridae, among which 14 are recently recognized. It documents the entire Australian fauna and provides illustrations of representative species, and typical examples of the male and female genitalia for each genus. The phylogeny of the genera is analyzed and there is a checklist of all described species, and appropriate bibliographic and type locality details are given.
Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 12
by J. N. A. Hooper and F. Wiedenmayer
This volume is the authoritative source on sponges of Australia and its territorial waters. It deals with some 1400 species in 77 families. The volume contains numerous taxonomic decisions and includes an historical overview of sponge taxonomy. A synopsis of the location and status of Australian collections is also provided. This is the first comprehensive catalogue of Australian Porifera and is an essential text for those involved with this group.
Polychaetes
Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide brings together new and existing information making polychaete identification simpler and more accurate. Eighty-three families and about 1150 living genera of polychaetes are recognised worldwide, and all can be identified using this practical, easy-to-use CD-ROM. In addition, most of the known Australian polychaete fauna - more than 1200 species - can also be identified. All interactive keys have been developed in DELTA software using the inter...
Manual of Cultivated Conifers (Forestry Sciences, #4)
by P. den Ouden and B.K. Boom
As an introduction to the present book I would like to explain how it was, that I, a commercial nurseryman, became so keenly interested in Conifers and their nomen clature. In August 1924 the Dutch Dendrological Society was founded and at the same time a Committee for Nomenclature of woody plants was set up and I served on this committee as one of the members. Our first activity was to bring the catalogues of the various leading nurserymen in the Netherlands into line with the International Rul...
Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods For Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification
Many species of penicillium and aspergillus are important in biotechnology, food, medicine, biodeterioration and other applied fields, so a practical and stable taxonomy is of vital importance. Recent developments in science and technology mean that taxonomic classification is no longer confined to classical morphological concepts, and the integration of molecular, physiological and biochemical methods now plays an important role in understanding the classification of these fungi. Integration of...
Larvae of the Temperate Australian Fishes
by F.J. Neira, A.G. Miskiewicz, and T Trnski
The evolution of new species (speciation) is a central theme in evolution. How and why does one species split into another? How long does it take for a new species to be born? And what is a species anyway? Such is the importance of the problem that Charles Darwin himself dubbed it "the mystery of mysteries". These questions, the focus of intense debate in biology and critical for any assessment of biodiversity, are all tackled in this work. The author uses academic debate to explore the meanderi...
Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy (Tertiary Level Biology)
by Donald L. J. Quicke
This volume in the "Tertiary Level Biology" series fills a gap in the taxonomic literature by providing a comprehensive survey of the arguments and techniques of systematics as they are applied today to all groups of organisms. It covers the principles of nomenclature and classification, the logic and practice of cladistics, and, in a series of chapters, considers the scope, application, benefits and drawbacks of a wide range of sources of phylogenetically informative character systems, from beh...
Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica
Together, Mesoamerica and the Isthmus of Panama harbour one of the highest insect species concentrations on Earth. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies aims to acquaint the entomologist, student, and interested layman with selected groups of neotropical insects, and to kindle more interest in the study and conservation of that rich yet fragile biological realm. The 42 chapters, pertaining to 20 insect orders (plus the springtails) and the geology and biogeography of the area, were...
Cladistics (Systematics Association Special Volume, #11)
by David M. Williams and Malte C. Ebach
This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past fifty years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the era of molecular data, detailing new advances and ideas that have emerged over the last twenty-five years. Written in an accessible style by internationally renowned authors in the field, readers are st...
Extreme Environments
The book Extreme Environments: Unique Ecosystems – Amazing Microbes is an attempt to showcase the uniqueness of extremophiles, the largely unexplored group that has the abilities to function in hostile conditions and represent the very ancient life forms that thrived on earth billions of years ago. The book covers a wide range of research achievements in the field of microbiology of extreme environments right from the conventional approaches of cultivation to recently evolved high throughput seq...
Scanning Electron Microscopy in Taxonomy and Functional Morphology (Systematics Association Special Volume, #41)
In order to understand ecological processes it is first necessary to be able to name and classify the plants and animals that are involved. This task has been greatly assisted by the use of the scanning electron microscope, first introduced in the mid-1960s. This subject was reviewed in a volume published by the Systematics Association in 1971. Substantial advances have since been made in equipment and preparative techniques, principally in the use of field emission, the viewing of uncoated mate...
Plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon, The
by Martin Cheek, Yvette Harvey, and Jean-Michel Onana
This book provides a flora of the Mefou area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ethnobotany and history of botanical exploration in the area. A Red Data chapter contains the results of assessing the status of all the species covered, accompanied by colour photographs of the most threatened species.
Comprehensive descriptive account of the Xyridaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Typhaceae, Restionaceae, Flagellariaceae,Juncaceae, Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Costaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip.
Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon, The
by Yvette Yvette Harvey, Benedict John Pollard, and Iain Darbyshire
Initially thought of as a seriously degraded forest area, the Bali Ngemba Forest reserve has harboured many plants of special scientific interest and at least 25 undescribed taxa. Covers vegetation, geology, ethnobotany, exploration, birds of the region, a comprehensive checklist of plants growing in the region and numerous illustrations including eight pages of photographs.
Flora of Iraq Volume 5 Part 2
The Flora of Iraq is the only flora for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyone documenting, studying and/or managing Iraq’s vast and rich flora to identify the vascular cryptograms and flowering plants. In addition to the detailed taxonomic information, a large amount of supplementary data of general biological interest and economic interest is provided, as well as notes on vernacular names. Nearing completion, it fills a major gap in the floral knowledge of Iraq.
Woody Plants of Western African Forests (Botanical Magazine Monograph)
by William Hawthorne and Carel Jongkind
An illustrated guide to the identification of 2200 trees, lianes and shrubs found in the forests of West Africa, from Senegal to Ghana. It covers all the woody plants and more than 80% of the higher plants in the forests of this region, representing 5% of all flowering plant genera in the world. Laid out as keys and with short descriptions of each species, the authors have based identification on leaves, bark, shoots, scent, taste and other characters easily observed at most times.
This is the second part of the three volume set monograph Peonies of the World, a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Paeonia. Part of Hong De-Yuan’s extensive field work on the distribution of the genus Paeonia, and supported by the National Geographical Society, this book contains 356 colour photographs, taken from natural sites, covering all 32 species and 26 subspecies, accompanied with concise descriptions of morphology and distribution.
Guide D'identification Des Arbres Du Burkina Faso
by Moctar Sacande, Lassina Sanou, and Henk J. Beentje
Guide d’identification des arbres du Burkina Faso is the result of over ten years research in collaboration with Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Project. Over 200 woody plant species are described in the book, with accompanying keys, colour photographs, distribution maps and local names and uses. This book is an essential reference for anyone required to know and recognize the woody flora of the forests of Burkina Faso.