ABC Taxa - Volumes

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Volume 1: Taxonomie des holothuries des Comores

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Authors:	Yves SAMYN, Didier VANDENSPIEGEL, Claude MASSIN,
Date of publication:	2006
Number of pages:	130 pp.
Language:	French
Audience	beginning and advanced holothuroid taxonomists
Geographic scope:	West Indian Ocean, Comoros Archipelago
Taxonomic scope:	Echinodermata: Holothuroidea
Habitat type:	marine, coral reefs, mangroves
Price:	16,07 €

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Samyn Y., VandenSpiegel D., Massin C. (2006). Taxonomie des holothuries des Comores. Abc Taxa vol 1: i-iii, 130 pp.

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Volume 1: Additional information

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Additional information regarding holothuroid taxonomy is available through a thematic site on echinoderm taxonomy set up by the Belgian GTI.

Volume 2: Détérioration des collections de coquilles

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	Authors:	Roland DE PRINS, Elhabib ROUR (translation)
	Date of publication:	2007
	Number of pages:	60 pp.
	Language:	French (exists also in Dutch and English, published in the series Gloria maris).
	Audience	beginning and advanced mollusc curators.
	Geographic scope:	worldwide
	Taxonomic scope:	axed on molluscs, but also of use for other taxa with calcareous parts.
	Habitat type:	non-applicable
	Price:	9,34 €


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De Prins, R., Rour. E. (traduction) (2007). Détérioration des collections de coquilles. Abc Taxa vol 2: i-iii, 60 pp.

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Related or additional materials:

De Prins R. 2005. Aantasting van schelpencollecties. Oorzaken, gevolg en behandeling. Gloria Maris 43:1-75
De Prins R. 2005. Deterioration of shell collections. Causes, consequence and treatment. Gloria Maris 43:1-75
Geiger et al. 2007. Techniques for collecting, handling, preparing, storing and examining small molluscan specimens. Molluscan Research 27: 1-50. Abstract can be viewed on http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v27/n1.htm. Researchers interested in getting a full copy of this paper can contact the authors (contact info available on above url)

Volume 3: Taxonomy of Cryptocarya species of Brazil

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	Authors:	Pedro L.R. de MORAES
	Date of publication:	2007
	Number of pages:	191
	Language:	English
	Audience	taxonomists of Lauracea.
	Geographic scope:	Brazil, South America
	Taxonomic scope:	Cryptocarya R.Brown
	Habitat type:	tropical rain forest
	Price:	16,07 €


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de Moraes, P.L.R. (2007). Taxonomy of Cryptocarya species of Brazil. Abc Taxa vol 3: i-v, 191 pp.

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Volume 4: Guia taxonomica de los anfibios de Cuba

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	Authors:	Luis M. DIAZ, Antonio CADIZ
	Date of publication:	2007
	Number of pages:	294 (+ audio CD with calls of 59 different species)
	Language:	Spanish
	Audience	beginning and advanced herpetologists.
	Geographic scope:	Caribbean, Cuba
	Taxonomic scope:	Amphibians
	Habitat type:	various terrestrial tropical habitats (e.g. savanna, grasslands, swamps, freshwater, shrubland, forrest,...)
	Price:	18,35 €


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Diaz, L.M., Cadiz, A. (2008). Guia taxonomica de los anfibios de Cuba. Abc Taxa vol 4: i-vi, 294 pp. (with audio CD)

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Volume 5: Introduction to the taxonomy of the amphibians of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana

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	Authors:	Philippe J.R. KOK, Michelle KALAMANDEEN
	Date of publication:	2008
	Number of pages:	278
	Language:	English
	Audience	beginning and advanced herpetologists.
	Geographic scope:	South America, Guyana
	Taxonomic scope:	Amphibians
	Habitat type:	various terrestrial tropical habitats (e.g. savanna, grasslands, swamps, freshwater, shrubland, forrest,...)
	Price:	18,35 €


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Kok, P.J.R., Kalamandeen, M. (2008). Introduction to the taxonomy of the amphibians of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Abc Taxa, vol 5: i-ix, 278 pp.

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This volume has been formally launched during the 8th Latino-American Conference on Herpetology. You can read the report on that event here.

Volume 6: Sri Lankan Seaweeds - Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species

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	Authors:	Eric COPPEJANS, Frederik LELIAERT, Olivier DARGENT, Rasanga GUNASEKARA, Olivier DE CLERCK
	Date of publication:	2009
	Number of pages:	265 pp.
	Language:	English (with forword in English, Tamil and Sinhalese)
	Audience	beginning and advanced phycologists
	Geographic scope:	Asia, Sri Lanka
	Taxonomic scope:	Sea weeds
	Habitat type:	marine, seaweed vegetations s.s., seagrass beds, mangrove forests
	Price:	24,20 EUR


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Coppejans, E., Leliaert, F., Dargent, O., Gunasekara, R., De Clerck, O. (2009). Sri Lankan Seaweeds - Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. Abc Taxa, vol 6: i-viii, 265 pp.

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Volume 7: The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa

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	Authors:	Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly
	Date of publication:	2010
	Number of pages:	138 pp.
	Language:	English
	Audience	beginning and advanced entomologists
	Geographic scope:	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Taxonomic scope:	Bee Genera
	Habitat type:	Most of terrestrial ecosystems
	Price:	17,26 €


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Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. (2010). The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi, 138 pp.

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Volume 8 - Manual on Field Recording Techniques and Protocols for All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories

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		Editors:	Jutta Eymann, Jérôme Degreef, Christoph Häuser, Juan Carlos Monje, Yves Samyn & Didier VandenSpiegel
		Date of publication:	2010
		Number of pages:	part 1: i-iv, 1-330; part 2: i-iv: 331-653
		Language:	English
		Audience	beginning and advanced researchers involved in inventory and monitoring of biodiversity
		Geographic scope:	worldwide
		Taxonomic scope:	vertebrates, invertebrates, plants
		Habitat type:	terrestrial and marine ecosystems
		Price (hard copy):	40,19 €
		Price (CD Rom)	2,2 €

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Chapter 1 - Background and aim of this manual

Ch. Häuser, J. Degreef, X. Eekhout, J. Eymann, J.C. Monje, K. Riede, D. VandenSpiegel, J. Van Goethem and Y. Samyn

Chapter 2 - EDIT and the ATBI+M concept with experiences from pilot sites

S. Tillier, Ch. Häuser, A. Hoffmann, C. Monje, and G. Lancelot

Chapter 3 - Challenges and solutions for planning and implementing large-scale biotic inventories

M. Leponce, Ch. Meyer, Ch. Häuser, Ph. Bouchet, J. Delabie, L. Weigt, and Y. Basset

Chapter 4 - Individual records and the associated data: information standards and protocols

A. Kroupa and D. Remsen

Chapter 5 - Bioaccoustics approaches in biodiversity inventories

M.K. Obrist, G. Pavan, J. Sueur, K. Riede, D. Llusia and R. Márquez

Chapter 6 - Camera-trapping for inventorying terrestrial vertebrates

F. Rovero, M. Tobler, and J. Sanderson

Chapter 7 - Organizing specimen and tissue preservation techniques in the field for subsequent molecular analyses

B. Gemeinholzer, I. Rey, K. Weising, M. Grundmann, A.N. Müllner, H. Zetsche, G. Droege, O. Seberg, G. Petersen, D.M. Rawson and L.A. Weigt

Chapter 8 - Sampling arthropods from the canopy by insecticidal knock-down

A. Floren

Chapter 9 - Soil and litter sampling, including MSS

M. Alonso-Zarazaga and Teresa Domingo

Chapter 10 - Sampling continental freshwater

A. Garcia-Valdecasas, M. Aboal, S. Cirujano, S. Iepure, D. Jaume, H. Proctor and J. Luis Velasco

Chapter 11 - Sampling the Marine Realm

J. Templado, G. Paulay, A. Gittenberger and Ch. Meyer

Chapter 12 - Collecting the forgotten kingdom: Guidelines for the field mycologist with emphasis on the larger fungi

B. Buyck, Th. Læssøe, M. Meyer and V. Hofstetter

Chapter 13 - Sampling of bryophytes

B. Papp, A. Vanderpoorten and R. Gradstein

Chapter 14 - Methods for sampling higher plants

E. Zippel, Th. Wilhalm, and C. Thiel-Egenter

Chapter 15 - Sampling insects: general techniques, strategies and remarks

P . Grootaert, M. Pollet, W. Dekoninck and C. van Achterberg

Chapter 16 - Light traps for insects

A. Steiner and Ch. Häuser

Chapter 17 - Flight interception traps for arthropods

C. van Achterberg, M. R. Shaw and P. Grootaert

Chapter 18 - Preserving and Specimen Handling: Insects and other Invertebrates

L. Krogmann and J. Holstein

Chapter 19 - Field Methods and Techniques for Monitoring Mammals

A. Hoffmann, J. Decher, F. Rovero, J. Schaer, C. Voigt and G. Wibbelt

Chapter 20 - Sampling reptiles and amphibians

X. Eekhout

Chapter 21 - Tips for bird surveys and censuses in countries without existing monitoring schemes

F. Woog, S. Renner and J. Fjeldsa

Chapter 22 - Preservation of freshwater fishes in the field

D. Neumann

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Volume 9: Les genres et sous-genres d'abeilles de l'Afrique subsaharienne

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	Authors:	Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly
	Date of publication:	2010
	Number of pages:	143 pp.
	Language:	French
	Audience	beginning and advanced entomologists
	Geographic scope:	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Taxonomic scope:	Bee Genera
	Habitat type:	Most of terrestrial ecosystems
	Price:	17,26 €


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Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. (2010). Les genres et sous-genres d'abeilles de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Abc Taxa, vol 9: i-vii, 143 pp.

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Volume 10 - Les champignons comestibles de l'Afrique centrale

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	Authors:	Hugues Eyi Ndong, Jérôme Degreef, André De Kesel
	Date of publication:	2011
	Number of pages:	253 pp (one annex)
	Language:	French
	Audience	beginning and advanced mycologists
	Geographic scope:	Central Africa
	Taxonomic scope:	Edible mushrooms
	Habitat type:	Tropical forest
	Price:	15,45 EUR


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Eyi Ndong H., Degreef, J. & De Kesel A. 2011. Champignons comestibles des forêts denses d'Afrique centrale. Taxonomie et identification. Abc Taxa Vol 10: i-viii, 253 pp, 1 annex

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Volume 11: Naturalised and invasive succulents of southern Africa

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	Authors:	M. Walters, E. Figueiredo, N.R. Crouch, P.J.D. Winter, G.F. Smith, H.G. Zimmermann, B.K. Mshope
	Date of publication:	2011
	Number of pages:	370 pp
	Language:	English
	Audience	beginning and advanced botanists
	Geographic scope:	South Africa
	Taxonomic scope:	Invasive succulents plants (Agavaceae, Aizoaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae, Commelinaceae, Crassulaceae, Dracaenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Montiaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Portulacaceae, Talinaceae, Urticaceae)
	Habitat type:	The seven terrestrial biomes of South Africa (Forrest, Fynbos, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo, Thicket)
	Price:	17,42 €


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Walters M., Figueiredo E., Crouch N.R., Winter P.J.D., Smith G.F., Zimmermann H.G. & Mashope B.K. 2011. Naturalised and invasive succulents of southern Africa. Abc Taxa Vol 11: i-x, 360 pp

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