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In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment o...
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Published in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1984. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Key environments
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080280028 |
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In the forests of Madagascar, about nine-tenths of the plant and animal species are unique to the island. Their natural habitats range from true rainforest to the lunar landscape of the spiny desert, and the natural rock-gardens of the mountain tops. Madagascar is no oceanic island, but a fragment of continent a thousand miles long, wrenched loose from the side of Africa. In this Lost World, plants and animals have become a living museum of evolution. Aepornis, the largest bird which ever lived, became extinct on Madagascar in the last few hundred years. Many more Malagasy species are now. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781483285955 1483285952 |
| Index Number: | QL337 |
| CLC: | Q |
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Front Cover; Key Environments: Madagascar; Copyright Page; Foreword; General Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Editors; CHAPTER 1. Madagascar: A Micro-Continent between Africa and Asia; THE ANCIENT CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; A MUSEUM OF MINERALS; THE COASTAL PLAINS; THE FOSSILS, WITNESS OF AN EXTINCT FAUNA; A VARIED CLIMATE; LAKES AND RIVERS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES IN CONSTANT RETREAT; MAN'S MARK ON THE GREAT ISLAND; ORIGINS OF THE FAUNA; CHAPTER 2. The Vegetation: An Extraordinary Diversity; THE HIGHLANDS: AN IMPOVERISHED FLORA. WESTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGHLANDS: ""TAPIA"" WOODS AND NATURAL ROCK GARDENSTHE MOUNTAINS: HEATH, LICHEN WOODLAND, MOSS FOREST; SAVANNAHS AND DRY FORESTS OF THE WEST: KINGDOM OF BAOBABS; THE SOUTHERN BUSH, A UNIQUE HABITAT; LUXURIANT FOREST OF THE EAST; THE COASTAL FLORA; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Flora of the Malagasy Southwest; I. THE CLIMATE; II. SOILS; III. VEGETATION; IV. FLORAL COMMUNITIES; V, MEDICINAL PLANTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. The Invertebrates; WORMS AND GASTROPODS; SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS; CRUSTACEANS; MILLIPEDES AND CENTIPEDES; INSECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 5. The Amphibians1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION; 3. THE EASTERN RAINFOREST; 4. THE WESTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST; 5. WHERE THE FOREST HAS GONE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. The Reptiles; CROCODILES; TORTOISES AND TURTLES; LIZARDS AND CHAMELEONS; SERPENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 7. The Birds of Madagascar; INTRODUCTION; THE ENDEMIC FAMILIES; OTHER BIRDS (EXCEPTING MIGRANTS AND SEA BIRDS); MIGRANTS; SEA BIRDS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX Birds Breeding in the Present Time in Madagascar; CHAPTER 8. Introduction to the Mammals. UNGULATES: THE ""LAMBO"" OR MALAGASY WILD BOARSIRENIENS: THE SEA-COW OF TROPICAL WATERS; RODENTS: AN IMPOVERISHED FAUNA; CHIROPTERA: BATS WITH INDO-MALAYSIAN LINKS; CHAPTER 9. The Insectivores; I. INTRODUCTION; II. AN OVERVIEW OF THE TENRECIDAE; III. SOME CONSERVATIVE TRAITS OF THE TENRECIDAE; IV. REPRODUCTION; V. SPECIES ACCOUNTS; VI. CAPTIVE CARE; VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. The Carnivores; THE FOSSINAE; THE GALIDIINAE; CRYPTOPROCTINAE; CHAPTER 11. The Lemurs; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. The Malagasy and The Chameleon: A Traditional View of Nature; BIBLIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 13. Malagasy Economics and Conservation: A Tragedy Without VillainsCHAPTER 14. Nature Reserves and Nature Conservation in Madagascar; THE INTEGRAL NATURE RESERVES; THE NATIONAL PARKS; THE SPECIAL RESERVES; THE FORESTRY STATIONS; THE PRIVATE RESERVE OF BERENTY; THE PROTECTED ANIMALS; PROTECTION OF NATURE: A FUNDAMENTAL TASK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index. |