Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... Caves and cave faunas pose important and interesting problems for conservation biologists . It is generally not realized how ubiquitous caves are . Likewise , the variety of species that depend on caves during some critical time in ...
... Caves and cave faunas pose important and interesting problems for conservation biologists . It is generally not realized how ubiquitous caves are . Likewise , the variety of species that depend on caves during some critical time in ...
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... cave crickets ) of animals that regularly enter and leave the cave . In some caves food may enter in more exotic ways , such as exudates from tree roots in Hawaiian lava tube caves ( Howarth , 1973 ) . With the exception of bat guano ...
... cave crickets ) of animals that regularly enter and leave the cave . In some caves food may enter in more exotic ways , such as exudates from tree roots in Hawaiian lava tube caves ( Howarth , 1973 ) . With the exception of bat guano ...
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... caves in West Virginia that were purchased by the National Speleological Society through a fund raising drive directed at its general membership.1 Trout Cave is a very popular recreational cave in an area where several other caves have ...
... caves in West Virginia that were purchased by the National Speleological Society through a fund raising drive directed at its general membership.1 Trout Cave is a very popular recreational cave in an area where several other caves have ...
Contents
Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations 13 | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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