Naturalists, explorers and field scientists in South-East Asia and Australasia. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Indraneil Das, Andrew Alek Tuen, editors.
• Editors: Das, Indraneil, 1964-; Tuen, Andrew Alek
• Contents: Part I. Wallace and his period. Wallace and incipient structures: a world of "more recondite" influences / Charles H. Smith -- Alfred Russel Wallace and his collections in the Malay Archipelago, with a proposal for international cooperation to produce a digital catalogue / Earl of Cranbrook and Darren J. Mann -- Alfred Russel Wallace, nature's prophet: from natural selection to natural theology / Michael A. Flannery -- An inordinate fondness for beetles: the hero's journey of Alfred Russel Wallace / Paul Spencer Sochaczewski -- Final years and death of Alfred Russel Wallace: 100 years later / John G. Wilson -- Southeast Asian and Australasian herpetological collections from the eighteenth and nineteenth Centuries in the Zoological Museum of Berlin / Aaron M. Bauer -- Part II. Natural history and systematics. Phylogenetics and systematics of animal life / Hoi Sen Yong, Praphathip Eamsobhana, and Phaik Eem Lim -- Ecological characteristics of the freshwater crab, Isolapotamon bauense in one of Wallace's collecting sites / Jongkar Grinang, Indraneil Das, and Peter Ng -- Streams in forested headwaters as reservoirs of endemicity in Bornean amphibians / Yong Min Pui and Indraneil Das -- Effect of temperature on development: the case of the Malayan snail-eating turtle Malayemys macrocephala / Rangsima Pewphong, Noppadon Kitana, and Jirarach Kitana -- Bird diets in urban environments: the case of the Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis / Nursyafiqah Shazali, J. Mohd-Azlan, and Andrew Alek Tuen -- Part III. Biodiversity and conservation. Diversity of trees at Gunung Serambu, Bau District, Sarawak, Malaysia / Ik Wadell Ik Pahon, Alexander Kiew Sayok, and Jugah Tagi -- Diversity of butterflies on Gunung Serambu, Sarawak, Malaysia / Sing Tyan Pang, Alexander Kiew Sayok, and Mathew Jenang -- The distribution of Buceros rhinoceros and awareness of its conservation status / J. Mohd-Azlan, Abas Said, Sim Lee Kheng, and Oswald Braken Tisen -- Identifying habitat characteristics and critical areas for Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris: implications for conservation / Cindy Peter, Anna Norliza Zulkifli Poh, Jenny Ngeian, Andrew Alek Tuen, and Gianna Minton -- Economic growth, sustainable development and ecological conservation in the Asian developing countries: the way forward / Choy Yee Keong.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 508.092; Life sciences; Naturalists -- Biography; Plant Ecology; Nature Conservation; Geology; Conservation biology; Environmental management; Naturalists; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology; NATURE / Essays; NATURE / Reference; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Conservation of the environment; Geology & the lithosphere; Environmental management; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Plant ecology; Life Sciences; Plant Ecology; Nature Conservation; Geology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Environmental Management; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319261614; 3319261614
• Related ISBNs: 9783319261591; 3319261592
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 4, 2016).
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