Status of Decline and Conservation of Amphibians of the Middle East: Amphibian Biology, Volume 11, Part 8 Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere
Editat de Harold Heatwole, Indraneil Das, Susan Kingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 noi 2024
The current volume covers the 14 countries of the Middle East, each written by a specialist, and is part of the Amphibian Biology series.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783031689840
ISBN-10: 3031689844
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: Approx. 160 p. 95 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Ediția:2025
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3031689844
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: Approx. 160 p. 95 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Ediția:2025
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Chapter 1. The Species Composition, Distribution, and Endangerment of the Amphibian Fauna in Syria.- Chapter 2. Status of Studies of Amphibians and their Conservation in Lebanon.- Chapter 3. Status and Decline of the Amphibians of Israel.- Chapter 4. Status and Decline of Amphibians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.- Chapter 5. Amphibians of Jordan: Conservation Status, Distribution, and Threats.- Chapter 6. The Amphibian Fauna of Iraq and the Threats it Faces.- Chapter 7. Amphibia Fauna of Kuwait.- Chapter 8. The Amphibian Fauna of Iran and its Conservation.- Chapter 9. Amphibians’ Status, Threats, and Conservation in Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 10. Amphibia Fauna of Bahrain.- Chapter 11. The Amphibians of Qatar.- Chapter 12. Conservation Status of Amphibians in the United Arab Emirates.- Chapter 13. Amphibians of Yemen.- Chapter 14. Amphibians of Oman.
Notă biografică
Harold Heatwole began his profession with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan on habitat selection by forest-floor amphibians in Venezuela and Michigan. During his first job (University of Puerto Rico) he studied water balance of amphibians, ecology of reptiles, and conducted faunal surveys of the islands of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He spent some summers in Panama investigating the herpetofauna of tropical rainforests and others teaching Animal Behaviour at University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station.
His second job was at the University of New England (Australia) where he continued research in herpetology. His continued interest in tropical islands led him to the Presidency of the Great Barrier Reef Committee and to Foundation President of the Australian Coral Reef Society, and eventually to a second Ph.D. (Botany) at the University of Queensland on the dynamics of vegetation on islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Trips to the reefs stimulated an interest in sea snakes which became a main focus of his research and led to a third Ph.D (in Earth Science on the role of palaeogeography on the speciation of sea-kraits) from James Cook University.
He served as President of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and as President of the Herpetologists’ League (USA). He also received a fourth doctorate, a D.Sc. from the University of New England for a treatise on ecological herpetology.
Professor Heatwole has a sustained interest in writing and editing with 366 publications to his credit, including editing the series Amphibian Biology of which the present issue constitutes volume 13. He also edited a seven-volume series of books on Ecology in Australia and served a term as one of the editors of the Australian Journal of Ecology and was Editor-in Chief of Integrative and Comparative Biology from 2010 through 2014.
Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University and Adjunct Professor at the University of New England.
Indraneil Das has been a staff of the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak since 1998. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Oxford, and was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. His research covers the areas of ecology and systematics, conservation biology and the history of natural history. He served as Chair of the IUCN / SSC South and Southeast Asian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group between 1994-2005, was Founding Co-Chair of the IUCN/SSC Indian Subcontinent Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group and is currently member of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group and Skink Specialist Group. Das has taken part in numerous IUCN Red Listing workshops, in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the United States as resource persons, and is editorial staff of a number of scientific periodicals, including Biodiversity and Conservation, Herpetological Review and Hamadryad.
His second job was at the University of New England (Australia) where he continued research in herpetology. His continued interest in tropical islands led him to the Presidency of the Great Barrier Reef Committee and to Foundation President of the Australian Coral Reef Society, and eventually to a second Ph.D. (Botany) at the University of Queensland on the dynamics of vegetation on islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Trips to the reefs stimulated an interest in sea snakes which became a main focus of his research and led to a third Ph.D (in Earth Science on the role of palaeogeography on the speciation of sea-kraits) from James Cook University.
He served as President of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and as President of the Herpetologists’ League (USA). He also received a fourth doctorate, a D.Sc. from the University of New England for a treatise on ecological herpetology.
Professor Heatwole has a sustained interest in writing and editing with 366 publications to his credit, including editing the series Amphibian Biology of which the present issue constitutes volume 13. He also edited a seven-volume series of books on Ecology in Australia and served a term as one of the editors of the Australian Journal of Ecology and was Editor-in Chief of Integrative and Comparative Biology from 2010 through 2014.
Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University and Adjunct Professor at the University of New England.
Indraneil Das has been a staff of the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak since 1998. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Oxford, and was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. His research covers the areas of ecology and systematics, conservation biology and the history of natural history. He served as Chair of the IUCN / SSC South and Southeast Asian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group between 1994-2005, was Founding Co-Chair of the IUCN/SSC Indian Subcontinent Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group and is currently member of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group and Skink Specialist Group. Das has taken part in numerous IUCN Red Listing workshops, in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the United States as resource persons, and is editorial staff of a number of scientific periodicals, including Biodiversity and Conservation, Herpetological Review and Hamadryad.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Amphibians by virtue of their thin, moist, permeable skins are poorly protected from harsh environments and are especially susceptible to chemical changes, desiccation, and alteration of their habitat. Accordingly, it is not surprising that they manifest exceptionally high rates of extinction and suffer more severe declines than do most other taxa in an environment undergoing unprecedented anthropogenic change. They are especially important to study as they serve as an early-warning system portending changes that are beginning to engulf more resistant species, including our own.
The current volume covers the 14 countries of the Middle East, each written by a specialist, and is part of the Amphibian Biology series.
The current volume covers the 14 countries of the Middle East, each written by a specialist, and is part of the Amphibian Biology series.
Caracteristici
The first account of the conservation biology of amphibians of the entire Middle East Numerous images of rarely-seen species, including many endemic species of frogs, toads and salamanders Contains maps & tables of data related to conservation of one of the least known components of Asia’s vertebrate fauna