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The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa
Dragonflies are a beautiful, important and conspicuous component of freshwater, whether still or flowing. They are also important indicators of freshwater quality and condition, which is significant for current and future conservation initiatives in South Africa. The country's dragonflies are particularly interesting as many are special or endemic to the area, making it a part of the world of great conservation significance. Sadly however, many of these endemic species are highly threatened, especially by invasive alien trees which shade out their habitat. This book is about this exciting dragonfly fauna. Besides aiming at increasing awareness of these lovely and sensitive insects, it enables their identification, using several approaches, from simple flick-through to the use of comprehensive identification keys. Each species is also given a Dragonfly Biotic Index, covering a spectrum from the most common, widespread and tolerant species through to the most threatened, rare and sensitive ones. Michael Samways is Professor and Chair of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and a Fellow of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published 260 scientific papers and written several books on insect biology and conservation, the most recent of which is Insect Diversity Conservation, Cambridge University Press. He has won several awards, and in the last two years, these include the Stellenbosch University Rector's Award for Research Excellence, the John Herschel Medal from the Royal Society of South Africa, and the Senior Captain Scott Medal from the South African Academy for Science and Art. Michael is on several international editorial boards and involved with various international committees devoted to invertebrate conservation. Indeed, his research team is dedicated to the conservation of invertebrates and other biodiversity, which so enrich our planet.
Samways, M. 2008.
The Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa, Pensoft Publishers (Sofia-Moscow), 145x210, full-color guide with excellent photos, index, references, In English.
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Dragonflies of the Yungas (Odonata). A Field Guide to the Species from Argentina / LIBÉLULAS DE LAS YUNGAS (ODONATA)
Una guía de campo para las especies de Argentina
von Ellenrieder, N/Garrison, RW
The Yungas are highly biodiverse cloud forests extending from Venezuela south through NW Argentina, and are considered one of the biodiversity 'hot spots' in South America. This bilingual (Spanish/English) pocket field guide, the first of its kind for any region in South America, is accompanied by 280 illustrations including detailed diagnostic drawings and numerous color photos of live dragonflies. It covers all 102 species in 45 genera and 9 families found in the Argentine Yungas, representing over a third of all species known from the country. This guide provides a reliable and original means of identifying adult odonates for limnologists, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, amateurs and to anyone interested in the aquatic ecosystems of the cloud forests of the South American Andes, their biota and conservation. Natalia von Ellenrieder is a researcher for the CONICET (Consejo de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas) at the Instituto de Bio y Geociencias in Salta, Argentina, and Rosser W. Garrison is an Insect biosystematist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture in the US.
Las Yungas son selvas nubladas de alta biodiversidad que se extienden desde Venezuela hasta el NO de Argentina, y son consideradas como uno de los 'puntos calientes' de biodiversidad en Sudamerica. Esta guia bilingue (Espanol/Ingles) de bolsillo, la primera en su genero para cualquier region en Sudamerica, esta acompanada por 280 ilustraciones incluyendo detallados dibujos diagnosticos y numerosas fotografias a color de libelulas. Trata todas las 102 especies de los 45 generos y 9 familias halladas en las Yungas de Argentina, representando mas de un tercio del total de especies conocidas del pais. Esta guia provee un medio confiable y original para identificar a los adultos de odonatos para limnologos, ecologos, biologos, naturalistas, amateurs y para todos aquellos interesados en los ecosistemas acuaticos de las selvas nubladas de los Andes sudamericanos, su biota y conservacion. Natalia von Ellenrieder es una investigadora del CONICET (Consejo de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas) en el Instituto de Bio y Geociencias de Salta, Argentina, y Rosser W. Garrison trabaja como biosistematico en el California Department of Food and Agricultura en Estados Unidos.
von Ellenrieder, N/Garrison, RW 2007.
Dragonflies of the Yungas (Odonata). A Field Guide to the Species from Argentina. LIBÉLULAS DE LAS YUNGAS (ODONATA)
Una guía de campo para las especies de ArgentinaPensoft Series Faunistica 67, ISSN 13120174, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 145x210, richly illustrated by color photos and b/w drawings, keys, references, index, in English and Spanish (bilingual), 168 pp., paperback.
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To stimulate dragonfly research, Pensoft shall ship the book free postage to any private customer in South Amerrica!
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Artenschutzprogramm fur die Gekielte Smaragdlibelle (Oxygastra curtisii) in Deutschland an der Our /
Species Protection Programme for the Orange-spotted Emerald (Oxygastra curtisii) in Germany - the Example of the Our River Population
Ott, J Schorr, M Trockur, B Lingenfelder, U
This catalogue summarizes all available literature records and a lot of new material revised or determined by the author in various European museums and private collections. At present the carabid fauna of Albania can be considered as well-studied. The catalogue includes references to or data for 543 species, 103 genera and 31 tribes of Carabidae. Several dozen taxa of specific or supraspecific rank are added for the first time to the fauna of either the Balkan Peninsula or Albania. A moderate taxonomic contribution based on a study of types, topotypes or series of previously problematic species or subspecies from Albania and the neighbouring countries is also presented; as a result, 38 various taxonomic changes (new synonyms, revalidations, new statuses etc.) are introduced. All species are listed with detailed localities and references. The book is addressed to specialists in coleopterology and entomology, biogeographers and nature conservationists, collectors and all ground beetle lovers.
"Without doubt, this excellent catalogue, compiled with diligence and knowledge, will be an important tool for anyone, not only specialists on Balkan Carabidae, and will improve our insights into the systematics and distribution of carabid beetles. The hope of the author to place Albania with this catalogue side by side to Bulgaria (certainly the best-known regional fauna of Carabidae in the Balkan Peninsula, catalogued in 1995 by the same author and his father) is surely fulfilled." David Wrase
Ott, J Schorr, M Trockur, B Lingenfelder, U 2007.
Artenschutzprogramm fur die Gekielte Smaragdlibelle (Oxygastra curtisii) in Deutschland an der Our /
Species Protection Programme for the Orange-spotted Emerald (Oxygastra curtisii) in Germany - the Example of the Our River Population. ISBN-13 978-954-642-299-6, Invertebrate Ecology and Conservation Monographs, ISSN 1312-9082, volume 3, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 165x240, numerous b/w and color illustrations, graphs and photos, in German, extended (5 pp.) English & French summarie, 130 pp., paperback.
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Forests and Dragonflies (4th WDA Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005)
Rivera, AC
Over the world, forests provide diverse habitats for a range oforganisms, including dragonflies and other animals, that at a first sight seem not to depend on forests. For instance, Macromia splendens, one of Europe’s most endangered dragonflies (cover), uses forest roads as hunting places, and larvae are sometimes found amongst tree roots. As the authors of this book show, dragonflies are highly dependent on forest cover and composition, and this is true from the boreal forests to the tropics. The aim of this book is therefore to explore the ways in which forests affect dragonfly life, and to show that forests are much more than places where timber is produced.
Rivera, AC 2007. Forests and Dragonflies (4th WDA Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005). Pensoft Series Faunistica 61, ISSN 1312-0174 ISBN 9546422789, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 165x214, collection of 14 papers on dragonflies, graphs, tables and color photos, in English. Hardback, 300pp.
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