Changing Diversity in Changing Environment

As everybody knows, the dynamic interactions between biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the anthropic ones, considerably affect global climate changes and consequently biology, ecology and distribution of life forms of our planet. These important natural events affect all ecosystems, causing important changes on biodiversity. Systematic and phylogenetic studies, biogeographic distribution analysis and evaluations of diversity richness are focal topics of this book written by international experts, some even considering economical effects and future perspectives on the managing and conservation plans.

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• Chapter 1  Examination and Comparison of Microbial Diversity in Field-Scale Sewage Sludge Compostersby Akihiro Ohnishi, Akihiro Nagano, Naoshi Fujimoto and Masaharu Suzuki
• Chapter 2  Food Microbiota Diversityby Corrado Fogher, Matteo Busconi, Serena Reggi and Giuliano Dallolio
• Chapter 3  Describing Parasite Biodiversity: The Case of the Helminth Fauna of Wildlife Vertebrates in Mexicoby 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 Challengesby 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, Venezuelaby David Bone, Carmen Teresa Rodriguez and Iliana Chollett
• Chapter 6  Butterfly Diversity in a Changing Scenarioby 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 Productsby Atsalek Rattanawannee and Chanpen Chanchao
• Chapter 8  South African Spider Diversity: African Perspectives on the Conservation of a Mega-Diverse Groupby 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 Mexicoby 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 Declineby Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon and Rodrigo Guerino Stábeli
• Chapter 11  Brine Shrimp Diversity in China Based on DNA Barcodingby Hangxiao Zhang, Jing Sun, Weiwei Wang and Jun Yu
• Chapter 12  Fishes of the Atlantic Rain Forest Streams: Ecological Patterns and Conservationby Vinícius Abilhoa, Raul R. Braga, Hugo Bornatowski and Jean R. S. Vitule
• Chapter 13  Diversification of Circum-Mediterranean Barbelsby Hugo F. Gante
• Chapter 14  Biogeography and Population Connectivity of Coral Reef Fishesby Rachel A. Morrison and Stuart A. Sandin
• Chapter 15  Diversity of Wild Mammals in a Megalopolis: Mexico City, Mexicoby Yolanda Hortelano-Moncada and Fernando A. Cervantes
• Chapter 16  Microbial Biodiversity and Biogeography on the Deep Seafloorby Shingo Kato and Akihiko Yamagishi
• Chapter 17  Natural Selection: Finding Specimens in a Natural History Collectionby Marieke van Erp, Antal van den Bosch, Steve Hunt, Marian van der Meij, René Dekker and Piroska Lendvai