Changing Diversity in Changing Environment

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by  Grillo O.

CHANGING DIVERSITY IN
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora
Changing Diversity in Changing Environment
Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora

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Contents

Preface IX
Chapter 1 Examination and Comparison
of Microbial Diversity in
Field-Scale Sewage Sludge Composters 1
Akihiro Ohnishi, Akihiro Nagano,
Naoshi Fujimoto and Masaharu Suzuki
Chapter 2 Food Microbiota Diversity 17
Corrado Fogher, Matteo Busconi,
Serena Reggi and Giuliano Dallolio
Chapter 3 Describing Parasite Biodiversity:
The Case of the Helminth Fauna
of Wildlife Vertebrates in Mexico 33
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León,
Luis García-Prieto and Berenit Mendoza-Garfias
Chapter 4 Yeasts Biodiversity and Its Significance: Case Studies
in Natural and Human-Related Environments,
Ex Situ Preservation, Applications and Challenges 55
Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga, Diego Libkind, Ana Isabel Briones,
Juan Úbeda Iranzo, Patricia Portero, Ian Roberts, Steve James,
Paula B. Morais and Carlos A. Rosa
Chapter 5 Polychaeta Diversity in the Continental
Shelf Off the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela 87
David Bone, Carmen Teresa Rodriguez and Iliana Chollett
Chapter 6 Butterfly Diversity in a Changing Scenario 99
Simona Bonelli, Francesca Barbero, Luca P. Casacci,
Cristiana Cerrato, Dario Patricelli, Marco Sala,
Alessio Vovlas, Magdalena Witek and Emilio Balletto
Chapter 7 Bee Diversity in Thailand and
the Applications of Bee Products 133
Atsalek Rattanawannee and Chanpen Chanchao
VI Contents

Chapter 8 South African Spider Diversity:
African Perspectives on the
Conservation of a Mega-Diverse Group 163
Stefan H. Foord, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman
and Charles R. Haddad
Chapter 9 Relationships Between Bird
Species Richness and Natural and
Modified Habitat in Southern Mexico 183
Jorge E. Ramírez-Albores and Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Chapter 10 Anuran Amphibians: A Huge and
Threatened Factory of a Variety of Active
Peptides with Potential Nanobiotechnological
Applications in the Face of Amphibian Decline 211
Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon and Rodrigo Guerino Stábeli
Chapter 11 Brine Shrimp Diversity in
China Based on DNA Barcoding 243
Hangxiao Zhang, Jing Sun, Weiwei Wang and Jun Yu
Chapter 12 Fishes of the Atlantic Rain Forest Streams:
Ecological Patterns and Conservation 259
Vinícius Abilhoa, Raul R. Braga,
Hugo Bornatowski and Jean R. S. Vitule
Chapter 13 Diversification of
Circum-Mediterranean Barbels 283
Hugo F. Gante
Chapter 14 Biogeography and Population
Connectivity of Coral Reef Fishes 299
Rachel A. Morrison and Stuart A. Sandin
Chapter 15 Diversity of Wild Mammals in
a Megalopolis: Mexico City, Mexico 323
Yolanda Hortelano-Moncada and Fernando A. Cervantes
Chapter 16 Microbial Biodiversity and
Biogeography on the Deep Seafloor 357
Shingo Kato and Akihiko Yamagishi
Chapter 17 Natural Selection:
Finding Specimens in a Natural History Collection 375
Marieke van Erp, Antal van den Bosch, Steve Hunt,
Marian van der Meij, René Dekker and Piroska Lendvai

Preface

The wonderful diversity of life organisms in our planet is so numerous that we haven’t
identified and characterized most of them yet. It is demanding work, considering the
quickness of each species to react to ecological and environmental changes and the
richness of existing biomes. Nevertheless, the study of the evolutive processes and
spatial dynamics is in constant movement.
Mainly focused on minor and major animal species, from birds to fish, by way of
amphibians, from bugs to microbes and arachnids, this volume provides several study
cases about the diversity of many life forms in diverse ecosystems. It contains 17
chapters written by internationally renowned contributors, presenting meticulous
research findings achieved both with traditional and innovative approaches, as well as
critical reviews of the most relevant and impacting aspects of the biodiversity,
covering the most ecologically interesting areas of the planet. Changing Diversities in
Changing Environment includes systematic and phylogenetic studies, biogeographic
distribution analysis and diversity richness evaluations, some of them even
considering the economical effects and the future perspectives about the managing
and conservation plans.

Oscar Grillo
Stazione Sperimentale di Granicoltura per la Sicilia, Caltagirone
Biodiversity Conservation Centre, University of Cagliari
Italy

Gianfranco Venora
Stazione Sperimentale di Granicoltura per la Sicilia, Caltagirone,
Italy