African Biodiversity

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Complementarity of Species Distributions as a Tool for Prioritising Conservation Actions in Africa: Testing the Efficiency of Using Coarse-Scale Distribution Data
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   Chapter 2 Scorpion Diversity and Distribution in Southern Africa: Pattern and Process
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   Chapter 3 Madagascar as a Model Region for the Study of Tempo and Pattern in Adaptive Radiations
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   Chapter 4 Commemorating Martin Eisentraut (1902–1994) - Important Explorer of Tropical African Vertebrates
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   Chapter 5 Earwigs (Dermaptera: Insects) of Kenya - Checklist and Species New to Kenya
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   Chapter 6 Morphometric Differentiation in the East African Grasshopper Genus Afrophlaeoba JAGO, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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   Chapter 7 Katydids and Crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Kakamega Forest Reserve, Western Kenya
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   Chapter 8 Ecology and Diversity of Canopy Associated Ceratocanthidae (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) in An Afrotropical Rainforest
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    Chapter 9 Human Influence on the Dung Fauna in Afrotropical Grasslands (Insecta: Coleoptera)
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    Chapter 10 Genuine Africans or Tertiary Immigrants? — The Genus Hydropsyche in the Afrotropical Region (Insecta, Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)
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    Chapter 11 Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Communities of Forest ‘Islands’ in Ghana: Survey Completeness and Correlates of Spatial Diversity
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    Chapter 12 Biogeography, Diversity and Ecology of Sawflies in the Afromontane Region (Insecta: Symphyta)
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    Chapter 13 Diversity, Distribution Patterns and Endemism of Southern African Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
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    Chapter 14 Does Grazing Influence Bee Diversity?
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    Chapter 15 The Pholcid Spiders of Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae): State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research
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    Chapter 16 West African Fish Diversity — Distribution Patterns and Possible Conclusions for Conservation Strategies
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    Chapter 17 Distribution and Population Density of the Black-Eared Malagasy Poison Frog, mantella Milotympanum Staniszewski, 1996 (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
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    Chapter 18 Amphibian and Reptile Diversity in the Southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, South-Eastern Tanzania
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    Chapter 19 Interpreting Morphological and Molecular Data on Indian Ocean Giant Tortoises
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    Chapter 20 Molecular Systematics of African Colubroidea (Squamata: Serpentes)
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    Chapter 21 Phylogeny and Biogeography of Malagasy Dwarf Geckos, Lygodactylus Gray, 1864: Preliminary Data from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
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    Chapter 22 Variability in a Common Species: The Lygodactylus Capensis Complex from Southern and Eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae)
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    Chapter 23 African Biodiversity
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    Chapter 24 Avifaunal Responses to Landscape-Scale Habitat Fragmentation in the Littoral Forests of South-Eastern Madagascar
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    Chapter 25 Use of Satellite Telemetry and Remote Sensing Data to Identify Important Habitats of Migratory Birds ( Ciconia Ciconia (Linnaeus 1758))
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    Chapter 26 Conservation Priorities and Geographical Variation in Flycatchers (Aves: Platysteiridae) in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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    Chapter 27 Rare Weavers (Aves: Ploceidae): Are Some Ploceus Species Hybrids?
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    Chapter 28 Historical Determinants of Mammal Diversity in Africa: Evolution of Mammalian Body Mass Distribution in Africa and South America During Neogene and Quarternary Times
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    Chapter 29 Diversity and Abundance of Diurnal Primates and Forest Antelopes in Relation to Habitat Quality: A Case Study from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania
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    Chapter 30 Small Mammal Diversity and Reproduction Along a Transect in Namibia (Biota S 07)
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    Chapter 31 Possible Karyological Affinities of Small Mammals from North of the Ethiopian Plateau
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    Chapter 32 Geographic Variation in the West African Scaly-Tailed Squirrel anomalurus Pelii (Schlegel and Müller, 1845) and Description of a New Subspecies (Rodentia: Anomaluridae)
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    Chapter 33 Middle Ear Ossicles as a Diagnostic Trait in African Mole-Rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
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    Chapter 34 Community Analysis of Muridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) Diversity in Guinea: A Special Emphasis on Mastomys Species and Lassa Fever Distributions
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    Chapter 35 Effects of Different Land Use on the Parasite Burden and MHC Constitution Of two Rodent Species ( Gerbillurus Paeba, Rhabdomys Pumilio ) in the Southern Kalahari Desert
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    Chapter 36 An Assessment of the Systematics of the Genus Desmomys Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia: Muridae) Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
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    Chapter 37 Integrative Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Systematics of the Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta ): A New Classification of the Most Speciose Carnivoran Genus in Africa
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    Chapter 38 How to Digitize Large Insect Collections — Preliminary Results of the DIG Project
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    Chapter 39 Monitoring Landcover Changes of the Niger Inland Delta Ecosystem (Mali) by Means of Envisat-Meris Data
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    Chapter 40 Is Geodiversity Correlated to Biodiversity? A Case Study of the Relationship Between Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Resources and Tree Diversity in a Western Kenyan Rainforest
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    Chapter 41 Decline of Woody Species in the Sahel
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    Chapter 42 Diversity Over Time and Space in Enset Landraces ( Ensete Ventricosum ) in Ethiopia