Species Diversity of Animals in Japan
This book summarizes the status quo of the knowledge about the biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals that live in Japan. Consisting of some 6,800 islands that are arrayed for approximately 3,500 km from north to south, the Japanese archipelago has a complex history in a paleoge...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Tokyo :
Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Σειρά: | Diversity and Commonality in Animals,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 “Land Emergence” and “Elevation Shift” Affect Diversification: A New Perspective Towards Understanding the High Species Diversity of Terrestrial Animals in Japan
- 2 An Overview of Recent Marine Biodiversity Research in Japan
- Part 2 Terrestrial Animals
- 3 A Review of the Processes of Mammalian Faunal Assembly in Japan: Insights from Molecular Phylogenetics
- 4 Biogeographic Pattern of Japanese Birds: A Cluster Analysis of Faunal Similarity and a Review of Phylogenetic Evidence
- 5 Historical Biogeography of the Terrestrial Reptiles of Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Geographic Ranges and Molecular Phylogenies
- 6 Species Diversity of Japanese Amphibians: Recent Progress and Future Prospects of Systematic Studies
- 7 Japanese Freshwater Fishes: Biogeography and Cryptic Diversity
- 8 The Species and Genetic Diversities of Insects in Japan, with Special Reference to the Aquatic Insects
- 9 Species Diversity and Phylogeny of Freshwater and Terrestrial Gammaridean Amphipods (Crustacea) in Japan
- 10 Tardigrade Research in Japan
- 11 Current Status of Entomophilic Nematode Survey in Japan
- 12 Diversity of Leeches from Japan: Recent Progress in Macrophagous and Blood-Feeding Taxa
- Part 3 Marine Invertebrates
- 13 Taxonomic Review of Japanese Sponges (Porifera)
- 14 Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) Diversity Research in Japan: Current State and Future Trends
- 15 Diversity and Morphological Adaptation of Dicyemids in Japan
- 16 Species Diversity of Japanese Ribbon Worms (Nemertea)
- 17 Review of the Studies of Japanese Entoprocts (Entoprocta)
- 18 Some Comments on the Taxonomy of the Peanut Worms (Annelida: Sipuncula) in Japanese Waters Towards a Future Revision
- 19 Nereididae (Annelida) in Japan, with Special Reference to Life-History Differentiation Among Estuarine Species
- 20 The Echiura of Japan: Diversity, Classification, Phylogeny, and Their Associated Fauna
- 21 Diversity of Kinorhyncha in Japan and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Phylum
- 22 Copepod Biodiversity in Japan: Recent Advances in Japanese Copepodology
- 23 Review of the Taxonomy, Diversity, Ecology, and Other Biological Aspects of Order Tanaidacea from Japan and Surrounding Waters
- 24 Diversity of Freshwater and Marine Bryozoans in Japan
- 25 Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata): Systematics and Japanese Fauna
- 26 Taxonomy of Ascidians (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) in Japan: Past, Present, and Future
- 27 A Taxonomic Review of Lancelets (Cephalochordata) in Japanese Waters
- BM Index.
