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Vernal pools : natural history and conservation / Elizabeth A. Colburn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Blacksburg, Va. : McDonald & Woodward Pub. Co., c2004.Description: xiii, 426 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0939923912 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0939923920 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780939923915 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780939923922 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.63/6 22
LOC classification:
  • QH541.5.P63 C64 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Introducing vernal pools -- Hydrology -- Vernal pools in the landscape : origins, landscape position, and habitat characteristics -- Bacteria, protists, algae, and fungi -- Non-arthropod invertebrates -- Crustaceans -- Insects -- Water mites and miscellaneous other arthropods -- Amphabians -- Reptiles, birds, and mammals -- Energy flow, seasonal cycles, and variations in community composition -- Protecting vernal pools.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-419) and index.

Introducing vernal pools -- Hydrology -- Vernal pools in the landscape : origins, landscape position, and habitat characteristics -- Bacteria, protists, algae, and fungi -- Non-arthropod invertebrates -- Crustaceans -- Insects -- Water mites and miscellaneous other arthropods -- Amphabians -- Reptiles, birds, and mammals -- Energy flow, seasonal cycles, and variations in community composition -- Protecting vernal pools.

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