Proceedings of the International Symposium, "Diversity of Reptiles, Amphibians, and Other Terrestrial Animals on Tropical Islands: Origin, Current ... in Animal & Veterinary Sciences S.) - Hardcover

9780444501950: Proceedings of the International Symposium,

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444501959 ISBN 13: 9780444501950

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1999

Hardbound. Tropical Island Herpetofauna presents fifteen individual contributions. Part I contains four papers describing and analysing taxonomic and phyletic diversities of yet poorly reported herpetofaunas in some tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean archipelagos. Part II is devoted to our understanding of the ecological and behavioral plasticity of island reptiles, and their natural and anthropogenic dispersal abilities. Some of the papers also discuss impacts on native island reptiles by artificially introduced exotic predators and competitors. The final five papers in Part III discuss the temporary dynamics of land configurations and islands acting as landbridges which is reflected by the current distribution and variation of herpetofauna in subtropical East Asia. These contributions, while updating knowledge on the origin and current diversity of herpetofauna in the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean archipelagos, will enhance the appreciat

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