| Description |
xxi, 1709 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
History of scientific exploration -- Geology and soils -- Climate -- Forest ecology -- Human ecology -- Marine and coastal ecosystems -- Plants -- Invertebrates -- Fishes -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- Conservation. |
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The history of zoological exploration of Madagascar / F. Andriamialisoa and O. Langrand -- Some hypotheses on the Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleoenvironmental history of Madagascar / N.A. Wells -- Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate faunas : the early history of Madagascar's vertebrate diversity / J.J. Flynn and A.R. Wyss -- Late Cretaceous vertebrates of Madagascar : a window into Gondwanan biogeography at the end of the age of dinosaurs / D.W. Krause -- Madagascar's prehistoric ecosystems / D.A. Burney -- Using geological substrate to identify and map primary vegetation types in Madagascar and the implications for planning biodiversity conservation / D.J. Du Puy and J. Moat -- The climate of Madagascar / M.R. Jury -- Remaining forest cover / J.-M. Dufils -- Rapid methods for characterizing forest structure in Madagascar / L. Cournac, M.A. Dubois and B. Riera -- Littoral forest / R.C. de Gouvenain and J.A. Silander Jr. -- The rise of Malagasy societies : new developments in the archaeology of Madagascar / H.T. Wright and J.A. Rakotoarisoa -- Relationship between human ecological pressure and the vertebrate extinctions / R.E. Dewar -- Comparing agricultural systems in two areas of Madagascar / P. Kistler and S. Spack -- The dilemma of reducing shifting cultivation / T.K. Erdmann -- The Fianarantsoa-East Coast Railroad and its role in eastern forest conservation / K. Schoonmaker Freudenberger -- The role of socio-economic factors in loss of Malagasy biodiversity / J. Durbin, K. Bernard and M. Fenn -- How rules affect conservation outcomes / N. Rabesahala Horning -- Fire and the management of highland vegetation / C.A. Kull -- Human diseases and introduced small mammals / J.-M. Duplantier and J.-B. Duchemin -- Malaria / F. Ariey ... [et al.] -- |
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Viruses / D. Rousset and M.R. Andrianarivelo -- Marine and coastal ecosystems / A. Cooke, J.R.E. Lutjeharms and P. Vasseur -- Mangroves and salt marshes / E. Roger and M. Andrianasolo -- Sea turtles / R. Ratsimbazafy -- Marine mammals / H.C. Rosenbaum -- Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback whale / H.C. Rosenbaum -- Introduction to the flora of Madagascar / L. Gautier and S.M. Goodman -- Aquatic and semiaquatic vascular plants / H.L. Andrianasetra Ranarijaona -- Introduced and invasive plants / P. Binggeli -- Occurrence of alkaloids and phenolics in Malagasy forests and responses by primates / B. Simmen ... [et al.] -- Pollination ecology of plant communities in the dry forests of the southwest / J. Ratsirarson and J.A. Silander Jr. -- Bacillariophyceae, freshwater diatoms / S.A. Spaulding and J.P. Kociolek -- Diversity, ecology, and distribution of the pteridophyte flora / F. Rakotondrainibe -- Checklist to the pteridophytes / F. Rakotondrainibe -- Winteraceae, Takhtajania perrieri / L.B. Thien ... [et al.] -- Annonaceae / A. Le Thomas and G. Aymonin -- Myristicaceae / H. Sauquet -- Moraceae, Ficus and associated fauna / A. Dalecky ... [et al.] |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Madagascar.
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Natural history. |
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Madagascar. |
| Added Author |
Goodman, Steven M.
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Benstead, Jonathan P.
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| ISBN |
0226303063 cloth alkaline paper |
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