Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Ser.: The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows by Peter S. and Azra Meadows (1992, Hardcover)

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

0198546807

9780198546801

1282869

Peter S. and Azra Meadows

Hardcover

English

Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Life Sciences / Zoology / General

1992

Textbook

Science

368 Pages

9.3in

1in

6.4in

26.8 Oz

63

Ql1.Z733 No. 63

'The scale and importance of animal burrowing are made clearer than ever before by the contributors to this symposium.'Ethology Ecology & Evolution 5: 1993

Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows

Burrows and burrowing animals: an overview; Ant colonies and environmental disturbance; Environmental effects of meiofaunal burrowing; Burrow-nesting among birds and its influence on soil fertility and stability; Effects of burrowing meiofauna on organic matter decomposition in coastal marine sediments; Environmental impact of badgers (Meles meles) and their setts; Interactions in burrowing communities and their effects on the structure of marine benthicsystems; Ground beetles and the soil: their adaptations and environmental effects; Burrows and burrowing behaviour of fish; Geotechnical and geochemical implications of bioturbation in marine sedimentaryecosystems; Mima-like mounds (heuweltjies) of South Africa; Availability of burrows in relation to dispersal in the wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus; Biogenic habitat modification in marine sediments; The burrowing nematode Radopholus similis of banana and its management in Kerala; Environmental impact of wood-borers in mangrove swamps; Environmental impact of subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi) and their burrows; Intertidal invaders: burrow design in marine beetles.

1991

91-024767

591 S

Scholarly & Professional

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Ser.

20

Yes