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Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- woodcarving [process] --- koppensnellerij --- Borneo
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Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not shrews, and most are not found in trees. These squirrel-sized, brownish mammals with large, dark, lashless eyes were at one time thought to be primates. Even though most scientists now believe them to belong in their own mammalian order, Scandentia, they still are thought to resemble some of the earliest mammals, which lived alongside the dinosaurs. This book describes the results of the first comparative study of the ecology of treeshrews in the wild. Noted tropical mammalogist Louise H. Emmons conducted this pathbreaking study in the rainforests of Borneo as she tracked and observed six species of treeshrews. Emmons meticulously describes their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns, social behavior, and many other facets of their lives. She also discusses a particularly interesting aspect of treeshrews: their enigmatic parental care system, which is unique among mammals.
Tupaiidae. --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Tupaiidae --- Squirrel shrews --- Tree shrews --- Treeshrews --- Scandentia --- Borneo. --- ancient animals. --- ancient mammals. --- animal behavior. --- animal communication. --- animal diet. --- animal habitat. --- animal life. --- animal lovers. --- animal species. --- animal studies. --- animals. --- diet. --- geography. --- habitat. --- mammalogist. --- mammals. --- natural history. --- natural world. --- nesting. --- rainforest. --- regional. --- social behavior. --- treeshrews. --- world history.
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Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation. Located on the island of Borneo, East Kalimantan also was subjected to prolonged droughts and extensive wildfires in 1982-83 and 1997-98 that were linked to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The changes in the rainforest ecosystem in East Kalimantan during this 15-year cycle of severe ENSO events are the subject of this book. With an eye toward development of rehabilitation techniques for sustainable forest management, the authors examine possible interactive effects of drought, fire, and human impacts on the flora and fauna of the area.
Issue --- Borneo --- Indonesia --- ecology --- environmental aspects --- forest management --- human impact --- rain forests --- tropical rain forests --- Ecology . --- Agriculture. --- Forestry. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Nature conservation. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Ecology. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Nature Conservation. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Conservation --- Ecology
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