The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-78427-267-8
Verlag: Pelagic Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 9/5, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1233 g

Reihe: Amphibian Biology

An expansive and detailed review of the biology of Caribbean amphibians, considering their threats, conservation and outlook in a changing world. Amphibians are the group of vertebrates undergoing the fastest rate of extinction; it is urgent that we understand the causes of this and find means of protecting them.

This landmark illustrated volume brings together the leading experts in the field. As well as offering an overview of the region as a whole, individual chapters are devoted to each island or island-group and the measures used to protect their amphibians through legislation or nature reserves. The biological background of insular biogeography, including its methods, analysis and results, is reviewed and applied specifically to the problems of Caribbean amphibians – this includes a re-examination of patterns and general ideas about the status of amphibians in the Anthropocene.

The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean offers an important baseline against which future amphibian conservation can be measured in the face of climate change, rising sea level and a burgeoning human population.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53061/HUCG2445

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ríos-López, Neftalí

Heatwole, Harold

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Amphibien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Tier- und Umweltschutz

Über Autor(innen)

Heatwole, Harold
Harold Heatwole is an ecologist and herpetologist. His first PhD
(University of Michigan) dealt with habitat use by amphibians, but then he
branched out and studied other taxa, mostly reptiles and amphibians, but
also ants, tardigrades, and seabirds. He earned a second PhD in Botany
with a dissertation on the dynamics of vegetation on coral cays on the
Great Barrier Reef of Australia (University of Queensland). He completed
his education with a PhD in Geography (James Cook University) and a DsC
(University of New England, Australia). He had faculty appointments at
the University of Puerto Rico, University of New England, and currently is
Professor of Biology at North Carolina State University and Adjunct
Professor of Zoology at the University of New England. He is editor in
Chief of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology. He is a Fellow
of the Explorers Club.

Neftalí Ríos-López holds a PhD in biology and is a Professor of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico. He has written more than 30 scientific articles on natural history, taxonomy, bioacoustics, population and community ecology, climatic change, and conservation of herpetofauna.

Harold Heatwole holds PhDs in zoology, and botany and earth science. He has worked at the universities of Puerto Rico, New England and North Carolina State. As well as being editor for ten years of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology, he is author of almost 350 scientific articles. His research interests include herpetology, biogeography, seabirds, tardigrades and ants. He is a Fellow of the Explorers’ Club.