Dragonflies at a Biogeographical Crossroads: The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond Its Borders
暫譯: 生物地理交匯處的蜻蜓：奧克拉荷馬州的蜻蜓目及其邊界之外的複雜性
Smith, Brenda D., Patten, Michael A.
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2020-10-23
- 售價: $2,180
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,071
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 738
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0367440350
- ISBN-13: 9780367440350
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商品描述
This lavishly illustrated book examines the distribution, ecology, conservation status, and biogeography of 176 species of dragonflies in the southern plains of the United States, where twelve ecoregions converge. The topics discussed, such as phenotypic variation and ecology, are applicable and of interest across the United States and much of north America, and will appeal to researchers and dragonfly enthusiasts alike.
A series of maps, including a distributional map by specific locality of occurrence, indicate level of documentation and allow the reader to visualize the biogeographical associations of a given species. These maps also encourage citizen scientists to contribute documentation wherever they spend time in the field. Context-driven chapters, including one on the region's rich paleontological history, blend environmental history and biogeography, giving the book a fresh perspective on the natural world while providing a rich summary of the odonates.
Dragonflies at a Biographical Crossroads: The Odonata of Oklahoma and Complexities Beyond Its Borders will be sought out by dragonfly researchers and enthusiasts, entomologists, amateur naturalists, paleontologists, conservation biologists, educators, regional historians, and those seeking to meld the disciplines of cultural and environmental history with biology. It will also be readily accessible to the lay public. Dragonflies combine the visually stunning with acrobatic fireworks in ways no other insect can hope to combine.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本插圖豐富的書籍探討了美國南部平原中176種蜻蜓的分佈、生態、保育狀況和生物地理學，該地區是十二個生態區的交匯處。討論的主題，如表型變異和生態學，適用於整個美國及北美的大部分地區，並將吸引研究人員和蜻蜓愛好者的興趣。
一系列地圖，包括按特定出現地點的分佈地圖，顯示了文獻記錄的程度，並使讀者能夠可視化特定物種的生物地理關聯。這些地圖還鼓勵公民科學家在他們進行野外活動的地方貢獻文獻。以情境為導向的章節，包括一個關於該地區豐富的古生物學歷史，將環境歷史和生物地理學融合在一起，為這本書提供了對自然界的新視角，同時提供了對蜻蜓類的豐富總結。
《蜻蜓的生物學交叉路口：奧克拉荷馬州的蜻蜓及其邊界之外的複雜性》將受到蜻蜓研究者和愛好者、昆蟲學家、業餘自然學家、古生物學家、保育生物學家、教育工作者、地方歷史學家以及那些尋求將文化和環境歷史與生物學結合的人的追捧。這本書對一般讀者也非常易於理解。蜻蜓以其視覺上的驚豔和特技般的表現，展現出其他昆蟲無法比擬的魅力。
作者簡介
Brenda D. Smith has worked with Odonata for over 20 years in the United States and Central America. She is a principal investigator for the Odonata of Oklahoma Project and for various projects investigating odonate species of conservation concern, including acting as chief editor of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas odonate species richness project. A former archaeologist, historian, Native American affairs consultant, and museum registrar and collections manager, she found her true love in biology. She currently is a biogeographer and conservation biologist with the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory dealing with mammals, herpetiles, birds, fish, and various invertebrates, with special focus on tiger beetles and, of course, dragonflies.
Michael A. Patten has published extensively (nearly 250 scientific publications, including two previous books) on conservation biology, evolutionary ecology, and biogeography. Much of his research has focused on birds, but he has focused increasingly on dragonflies and damselflies over the fifteen years. He and Brenda Smith have conducted both intensive and extensive field surveys for odonates across Oklahoma, amassing over 55,000 records for 176 species.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
布蘭達·D·史密斯在美國和中美洲與Odonata合作超過20年。她是俄克拉荷馬州Odonata專案的主要研究者，並參與多個調查保育關注的蜻蜓物種的專案，包括擔任美洲蜻蜓學會蜻蜓物種豐富度專案的主編。作為一名前考古學家、歷史學家、印第安事務顧問以及博物館登記員和收藏經理，她在生物學中找到了自己的真愛。她目前是俄克拉荷馬自然遺產清單的生物地理學家和保育生物學家，專注於哺乳動物、爬行動物、鳥類、魚類和各種無脊椎動物，特別關注虎甲蟲和蜻蜓。
邁克爾·A·帕滕在保育生物學、進化生態學和生物地理學方面發表了大量研究（近250篇科學出版物，包括兩本之前的書籍）。他的研究大部分集中在鳥類上，但在過去十五年中，他越來越專注於蜻蜓和豆娘。他和布蘭達·史密斯在俄克拉荷馬州進行了密集和廣泛的蜻蜓野外調查，累積了超過55,000條176種物種的記錄。
