High Altitude Isopoda Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World
Beron P (2008)
Beron P (2008) High Altitude Isopoda‚ Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World. ISBN 978-954-642-309-2, Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 73, ISSN 1312-0174. 165x240, maps and color photos, bibliography. In English. Hdb, 556pp. Price EUR 110.00

Table of contents

I. Introduction -- II. The High-Mountain Environment and the High-Mountain Fauna. Some Terms and Notions. Vertical Zonation of High Mountains. Adaptations of the Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda (IAM) to High Altitude -- III. A History of Research on High-Mountain Isopoda‚ Arachnida and Myriapoda. Important Campaigns -- IV. Characteristics of the Mountain Systems of the Old World and of Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda Recorded Therein -- Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula and Crete -- Apennines -- Mountains of Sicily and Corsica -- Pyrenees and the Mountains of Iberian Peninsula -- Alps -- Tatra and Carpathians -- Caucasus -- Mountains of Turkey‚ Armenia, Lebanon, Iran, Kopet Dagh and Arabian Peninsula -- Mountains of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Karakorum, Tibet, Pamir, Kunlun and Tien Shan (from the border between Afghanistan and Iran to 120o E) -- Himalaya (East of Indus and South and West of Tzangpo, or Brahmaputra) -- Mountains of Hindustan Peninsula and Ceylon -- Mountains of Southeast Asia (south of Yangtze), Taiwan, Philippine Islands, Indonesia and Malaysia -- Mountains of New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands -- Altai, the Mountains of Siberia‚ Mongolia and the Far East -- Mountains of Japan -- Mountains of East and Central Equatorial Africa -- Mountains of North Africa and Sahara -- Mountains of West Equatorial Africa -- Mountains of the Canary Islands and Azores -- Mountains of South Africa‚ Madagascar and Reunion -- V. Alticolous Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World -- 1. List of the Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda (IAM) in the mountains of the Old World -- 2. Analysis of the different groups in the geographical regions. Similarities and differences between the IAM of the different mountain massifs -- 3. Trends in IAM diversity decrease with altitude, the taxogradient -- 4. Ways of formation of the complexes of IAM in the high mountains of the Old World -- 5. Similarities and differences between the IAM of the Palearctic and the Paleotropical mountain systems -- 6. Endemism and relicts among the high altitude IAM in Eurasia and Africa -- VI. References -- Publications on the high altitude Isopoda Oniscidea, Arachnida and Myriapoda -- Some publications on high mountain Isopoda, Arachnida and Myriapoda in Africa and Madagascar -- Other publications used in the text