CAVE BIOLOGY : Life in Darkness
Language: English Publication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2009/01/01Edition: 1Description: 291ISBN:- 9780521535533
- 578.7584 ROM/CA
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Aldemaro Romero critically examines current knowledge of cave biology, emphasizing evolution, ecology and conservation. He challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the biology of caves, and highlights urgent questions that should be addressed in order to get a more complete understanding of caves as ecosystems.
1. A Brief History of Cave Biology
2. Cave Biodiversity
3. The Evolutionary Biology of Cave Organisms
4. The Ecology of Cave Organisms
5. Cave Conservation and Management
6. Epilogue
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