Cave life of Oklahoma and Arkansas : exploration and conservation of subterranean biodiversity / G. O. Graening, Dante B. Fenolio, & Michael E. Slay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graening, G. O. (Gary Orval)

Contributor:

Fenolio, Danté B. (Danté Bruce)

Slay, Michael E. (Michael Edward)

Series:

Animal natural history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cave animals--Oklahoma.

Cave animals.

Cave animals--Arkansas.

Cave ecology--Oklahoma.

Cave ecology.

Cave ecology--Arkansas.

Arkansas.

Oklahoma.

Physical Description:

xxi, 226 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2011]

Summary:

Conservation biologist Graening (California State U.-Sacramento), photographer and amphibian conservation scientist Dante B. Fenolio (Atlanta Botanical Garden), and Ozark Karst program director Michael E. Slay (Ozark Highlands office of The Nature Conservancy) summarize subterranean biological resources in the two states. They discuss the subterranean biodiversity project, subterranean habitats, fauna found under Oklahoma and Arkansas, biodiversity estimates and patterns, and conservation. Excellent photographs are included of some pretty bizarre creatures as well as many common ones. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The Subterranean Biodiversity Project

Subterranean habitats of Oklahoma and Arkansas

Fauna found underneath Oklahoma and Arkansas

Biodiversity estimates and patterns

Conservation

Conclusions

Appendix A. Checklist of subterranean animals found in Oklahoma and Arkansas

Appendix B. Faunal checklists for each inventoried site

Appendix C. Source records of animal occurrence in subterranean habitats of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0806142235

9780806142234

OCLC:

725827682

Publisher Number:

99947645777