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Description:Australian Land Snails Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western speciesVolume two of the field guide to Australian land snails brings to life some of Australia's least known species in a kaleidoscope of shell, live animal and landscape images. This beautifully illustrated book is the long anticipated addition to volume one, and a sorely needed compilation of our knowledge of Australia's invertebrate biodiversity, which is facing an uncertain future in the Anthropocene.Frank Köhler (Senior Research Scientist, Australian Museum)land snails, has also taken its toll on the species covered in this volume. However, there is a greater threat looming: one of climate change. Large parts of the snail fauna in this field guide exist in lithorefugia within the semi-arid and arid areas of Australia. These rock outcrops have been critical in providing a secure microhabitat for moisture-loving snails in the face of the natural occurring aridification of the continent that has taken place over the last 15 million years. Climate change, both natural and man-assisted, will continue to press the very existence of these faunas. Whether land snails have the innate resilience to withstand this change into the future remains to be seen.Australian Land Snails Volume 2 covers 756 species in 39 families from an area that extends from western Queensland and New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory; several species from Christmas Island are also included. The field guide is dominated by the Camaenidae (480 species) which has radiated exuberantly in the semi-arid and arid areas of Australia. Contained in the guide are more than 2,000 colour images plus descriptions, distribution maps, key localities and habitat and ecology notes. Most species are illustrated in colour for the first time. Thirty-five genera and five species are described as new.This sequel to Australian land snails Volume 1 completes a continent-wide coverage of Australia's native land snails. However, it does not close the door on further study of this significant part of Australia's biodiversity. There are still hundreds of species of native land snails in current museum collections awaiting description and many more still to be discovered. Hopefully, these two volumes will inspire a new Habitat destruction is a major threatening process for crop of professional and amateur malacologists to continue invertebrates and, as is the case with the eastern Australian the odyssey of land snail discovery and research.This guide is targeted at both professional and semi- professional malacologists as well as students, amateur natural historians and those involved in land management. But whether it is used as a manual for study or as an identification handbook, this field guide should be an inspiration for those with an interest in the natural world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Australian Land Snails: Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. To get started finding Australian Land Snails: Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 594

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bioculture Press for the Australia Museum

Release: 2017

ISBN: 9994903837

Description: Australian Land Snails Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western speciesVolume two of the field guide to Australian land snails brings to life some of Australia's least known species in a kaleidoscope of shell, live animal and landscape images. This beautifully illustrated book is the long anticipated addition to volume one, and a sorely needed compilation of our knowledge of Australia's invertebrate biodiversity, which is facing an uncertain future in the Anthropocene.Frank Köhler (Senior Research Scientist, Australian Museum)land snails, has also taken its toll on the species covered in this volume. However, there is a greater threat looming: one of climate change. Large parts of the snail fauna in this field guide exist in lithorefugia within the semi-arid and arid areas of Australia. These rock outcrops have been critical in providing a secure microhabitat for moisture-loving snails in the face of the natural occurring aridification of the continent that has taken place over the last 15 million years. Climate change, both natural and man-assisted, will continue to press the very existence of these faunas. Whether land snails have the innate resilience to withstand this change into the future remains to be seen.Australian Land Snails Volume 2 covers 756 species in 39 families from an area that extends from western Queensland and New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory; several species from Christmas Island are also included. The field guide is dominated by the Camaenidae (480 species) which has radiated exuberantly in the semi-arid and arid areas of Australia. Contained in the guide are more than 2,000 colour images plus descriptions, distribution maps, key localities and habitat and ecology notes. Most species are illustrated in colour for the first time. Thirty-five genera and five species are described as new.This sequel to Australian land snails Volume 1 completes a continent-wide coverage of Australia's native land snails. However, it does not close the door on further study of this significant part of Australia's biodiversity. There are still hundreds of species of native land snails in current museum collections awaiting description and many more still to be discovered. Hopefully, these two volumes will inspire a new Habitat destruction is a major threatening process for crop of professional and amateur malacologists to continue invertebrates and, as is the case with the eastern Australian the odyssey of land snail discovery and research.This guide is targeted at both professional and semi- professional malacologists as well as students, amateur natural historians and those involved in land management. But whether it is used as a manual for study or as an identification handbook, this field guide should be an inspiration for those with an interest in the natural world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Australian Land Snails: Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. To get started finding Australian Land Snails: Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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