Del 63 - Symposia of the Zoological Society of London

The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows

The Proceeding of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 3rd and 4th May 1990

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

Av Peter S. and Azra Meadows, University of Glasgow) Meadows, Peter S. and Azra (Senior Lecturer, Zoology Department, Senior Lecturer, Zoology Department

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This volume examines the impact of burrowing animals on the environment, over a wide range of taxa - ants, beetles, wood-borers, nematodes, fish, rabbits, badgers, rats - paying equal attention to terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Burrowing activities have significant environmental effects, such as increased soil fertility, changes in plant abundance and distribution, increased chemical interchange across the sediment-water interface, and alterations in soil and sediment stability. The scale and importance of animal burrowing are made clearer than ever before by the contributors to this symposium.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1992-02-13
Mått163 x 237 x 26 mm
Vikt734 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSymposia of the Zoological Society of London
Antal sidor368
FörlagOUP
ISBN9780198546801

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Burrows and burrowing animals: an overview; Ant colonies and environmental disturbance; Environmental effects of meiofaunal burrowing; Burrow-nesting among birds and its influence on soil fertility and stability; Effects of burrowing meiofauna on organic matter decomposition in coastal marine sediments; Environmental impact of badgers (Meles meles) and their setts; Interactions in burrowing communities and their effects on the structure of marine benthic systems; Ground beetles and the soil: their adaptations and environmental effects; Burrows and burrowing behaviour of fish; Geotechnical and geochemical implications of bioturbation in marine sedimentary ecosystems; Mima-like mounds (heuweltjies) of South Africa; Availability of burrows in relation to dispersal in the wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus; Biogenic habitat modification in marine sediments; The burrowing nematode Radopholus similis of banana and its management in Kerala; Environmental impact of wood-borers in mangrove swamps; Environmental impact of subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi) and their burrows; Intertidal invaders: burrow design in marine beetles.