Tropical island herpetofauna : origin, current diversity, and conservation
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Tropical island herpetofauna : origin, current diversity, and conservation
（Developments in animal and veterinary sciences, 29）
Elsevier, 1999
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"Proceeding of the international symposium, "Diversity of reptiles, amphibians, and other terrestrial animals on tropical islands: origin, current status, and conservation", held at the university of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, from 6 to 7 June 1998"--T.p
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Hardbound. Tropical Island Herpetofauna presents fifteen individual contributions. Part I contains four papers describing and analysing taxonomic and phyletic diversities of yet poorly reported herpetofaunas in some tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean archipelagos. Part II is devoted to our understanding of the ecological and behavioral plasticity of island reptiles, and their natural and anthropogenic dispersal abilities. Some of the papers also discuss impacts on native island reptiles by artificially introduced exotic predators and competitors. The final five papers in Part III discuss the temporary dynamics of land configurations and islands acting as landbridges which is reflected by the current distribution and variation of herpetofauna in subtropical East Asia. These contributions, while updating knowledge on the origin and current diversity of herpetofauna in the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean archipelagos, will enhance the appreciat
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