Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Biodiversity of Bulgaria, volume 3
Beron, P (Ed.)




TThe present volume of the series “Biodiversity of Bulgaria”, treating the Western Rhodope Mountains, contains 40 papers by 71 authors. It starts with a geographical outline. It includes general reviews of the Mycota (1,763 species of fungi), mosses (364 species) and algae (1,257 species, varieties and forms) of the entire Rhodopes. One paper each concerns the higher flora and the arboreal diversity of the Western Rhodopes. Most of the contributions (34) treat animal diversity, altogether considering 3,958 species of Rhizopoda, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Acanthocephala, Cladocera, Calanoida, Copepoda, Syncarida, Amphipoda, Ephemeroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Diptera, Mollusca, Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Insectivora, Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Macromammalia. For each of these higher taxa, regions and groups important for conservation, as well as endemics, relicts, protected and endangered species are outlined. The book is addressed to botanists and zoologists, conservationists, biogeographers, and all lovers of the Balkan's nature.



Beron, P (Ed.) 2007.
Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Biodiversity of Bulgaria, volume 3.
Pensoft Series Faunistica 56, ISSN 1312-0174, ISBN 9546422797, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 165x240, collection of papers, graphs, tables, drawings, maps, bibliography, in English, 974 pp., hardback.
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Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)
Biodiversity of Bulgaria, vol. 2
P. Beron & A. Popov (Eds.)




The second volume of the series "Biodiversity of Bulgaria" deals with both parts (Bulgarian and Greek) of the Eastern Rhodopes. The book consists of three articles on the flora (1962 sp. of higher plants) and 45 articles on the fauna (4329 animal species, both vetebrates and invertebrates). The volume contains also analysis of the zoogeography of each group, data about the relicts, the endemics and the sites of importance for conservation in the mountain. The huge ammount of information is provided vy more than 56 authors, both from Bulgaria and abroad. The book is indispensible for any zoological library, especially those collecting faunistic surveys, as well as zoologists, biogeographers, conservationists, collectors and lovers of nature.



Beron, P., Popov, A. (Eds.) 2005. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Biodiversity of Bulgaria, vol. 2. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 41, ISSN 1312-0174. ISBN 9546422274, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 170x240, b/w figures, tables, drawings, index, bibliography. In English. Hardback. 952 pp.
Price €URO 74.50
Europe: surface mail delivery €URO 13, airmail delivery €URO 19;
Overseas: surface mail delivery €URO 15, airmail delivery €URO 23.

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