Arctic Arthropods
| Author | : H. V. Danks |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 624 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : |
Part I gives general information on the physiography, climates, soils, and plants and animals of arctic regions.
Arctic Arthropods
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High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 596 |
| Release | : 2008-05-16 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080570046 |
High-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate is based on data collected during the past 10 years by Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations (ZERO) at Zackenberg Research Station in Northeast Greenland. This volume covers the function of Arctic ecosystems based on the most comprehensive long-term data set in the world from a well-defined Arctic ecosystem. Editors offer a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of how climate variability is influencing an Arctic ecosystem and how the Arctic ecosystems have inherent feedback mechanisms interacting with climate variability or change. - The latest research on the functioning of Arctic ecosystems - Supplements current books on arctic climate impact assessment as a case study for ecological specialists - Discusses the complex perpetuating effects on Earth - Vital information on modeling ecosystem responses to understand future climates
Encyclopedia of the Arctic
| Author | : Mark Nuttall |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 2306 |
| Release | : 2005-09-23 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1136786805 |
With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.
Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates
| Author | : Scott N. Johnson |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 2017-02-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1119070902 |
Invertebrates perform such vital roles in global ecosystems—and so strongly influence human wellbeing—that biologist E.O. Wilson was prompted to describe them as “little things that run the world.” As they are such powerful shapers of the world around us, their response to global climate change is also pivotal in meeting myriad challenges looming on the horizon—everything from food security and biodiversity to human disease control. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the latest scientific knowledge and contemporary theory relating to global climate change and terrestrial invertebrates. Featuring contributions from top international experts, this book explores how changes to invertebrate populations will affect human decision making processes across a number of crucial issues, including agriculture, disease control, conservation planning, and resource allocation. Topics covered include methodologies and approaches to predict invertebrate responses, outcomes for disease vectors and ecosystem service providers, underlying mechanisms for community level responses to global climate change, evolutionary consequences and likely effects on interactions among organisms, and many more. Timely and thought-provoking, Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates offers illuminating insights into the profound influence the simplest of organisms may have on the very future of our fragile world.
Arthropod Interactions and Responses to Disturbance in a Changing World
| Author | : Shannon M. Murphy |
| Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2020-06-16 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 288963759X |
Plant and Arthropod Remains From the Palaeo-Eskimo Site on Qeqertasussuk, West Greenland
| Author | : Jens Böcher |
| Publisher | : Museum Tusculanum Press |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Arthropoda |
| ISBN | : 9788763512206 |
The Greenland Entomofauna
| Author | : Jens Böcher |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 897 |
| Release | : 2015-05-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9004261052 |
In The Greenland Entomofauna an international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the ≈1200 species of Hexapods/Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods so far known to occur in the country. While the composition, origin and adaptations of the Greenland fauna has always been a challenge to biogeographers and ecologists/ecophysiologists, the provision of a tool for detailed identification of its constituent species is now particularly timely, since global climate change will expectedly have a particularly noticeable impact on biota at high latitudes. This obviously renders the feasibility of monitoring distributional range shifts of the principal components of this biota a matter of some urgency. Contributors are: Achterberg, Cornelius van; Ahola, Matti; Barták, Miroslav; Behan-Pelletier, Valerie; Bird, Jeremy M.; Bøg, Katrine; Brodo, Fenja; Buhl, Peter N.; Dahl, Christine; Disney, R. Henry L.; Dittmar, Katharina; Fjellberg, Arne; Gammelmo, Øivind; Forshage, Mattias; Gerecke, Reinhard; Gertsson, Carl-Axel; Haastriter, Michael M.L.; Haenni, Jean-Paul; Heie, Ole E.; Heraty, John M.; Hodgson, Chris; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Horsfield, David; Huber, John T.; Jaschoff, Matthias; Jensen, Frank; Johanson, Kjell A.; Jussila, Reijo; Karsholt, Ole; Krzeminska, Ewa; Lantsov, Vladimir I.; Láska, Pavel; Lindegaard, Claus; Lyneborg, Leif (†); Makarova, Olga; Marusik, Yura M.; Mathis, Wayne N.; Mazánek, Libor; Michelsen, Verner; Munk, Thorkild (†); Murphy, William L.; Nielsen, Søren A.; Nielsen, Tore R.; Noyes, John S.; Oosterbroek, Pjotr; Ozerov, Andrey L.; Pape, Thomas; Pinto, John D.; Pollet, Marc; Rindal, Eirik; Rohácek, Jindrich; Simonsen, Thomas J.; Smith, Vincent S.; Söli, Geir; Starý, Jaroslav; Strassen, Richard zur; Svensson, Bo. W.; Vilhelmsen, Lars; Vilkamaa, Pekka; Wilson, Michael; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge
| Author | : Arnoldus Schytte Blix |
| Publisher | : Tapir Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9788251920506 |
Where and what is the Arctic? What animals live there, and how are they distributed? How do they cope with cold in their austere environment, and how can Arctic mammals survive birth when it is 40 degrees below freezing. How can seals dive to a depth of 1000 metres and stay submerged for more than an hour, and how does complete darkness in winter affect the inhabitants of the high Arctic? This book answers these questions and also gives an introduction to the Arctic. It is based on the author's 40 years of experience in the Arctic, its environment and animal life. As this book contains almost 200 illustrations and deals with the entire Arctic animal kingdom, it will be suitable as a textbook for courses in Arctic biology, and also serve specialists in the field. It is a reference book and a source of information about published original literature.
Invertebrates in Hot and Cold Arid Environments
| Author | : Lauritz Somme |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3642795838 |
A comparison of the adaptations made by invertebrates in polar deserts with those of temperate and subtropical deserts. These regions represent some of the most hostile environments on earth, demanding an array of strategies for survival. Polar species are well adapted to the cold and have to cope with arid conditions due to low precipitation and lack of liquid water during the winter. Similarly, temperate desert invertebrates have adapted to dry conditions and are also exposed to low winter temperatures. Terrestrial arthropods maintain their water-balance through behavioural and physiological adaptations. Tardigrades and nematodes are remarkable in their ability to shed all their water before entering a state of anhydrobiosis only to be revived when moisture once again becomes available.
Principles of Insect Morphology
| Author | : R. E. Snodgrass |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 684 |
| Release | : 2018-05-31 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 150171791X |
This classic text, first published in 1935, is once again available. Still the standard reference in the English language, Principles of Insect Morphology is considered the author's masterpiece. A talented artist as well as one of the leading entomologists of his day, Robert E. Snodgrass produced a wealth of publications that display an accuracy and precision still unsurpassed. The 19 chapters in this volume cover each group of insect organs and their associated structures, at the same time providing a coherent morphological view of their fundamental nature and apparent evolution. To accomplish this aim, Snodgrass compares insect organs with those of other arthropods. Each chapter concludes with a glossary of terms. The 319 multipart illustrations are an invaluable source of information and have never been duplicated. This edition includes a new foreword by George Eickwort, Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, which relates the book to today's courses in insect morphology. Republication of this textbook will provide another generation of students with an essential foundation for their studies in entomology.
