Moçambique & Natureza - ‘A Natural History of INHACA ISLAND - Mozambique’, by Margaret Kalk - Johannesburg 1995 - MUITO RARO;

Moçambique & Natureza - Uma obra única e exaustiva sobre as extraordinárias ilhas da Inhaca, frente à capital moçambicana e a limitar a baía do Espírito Santo, com a sua fauna e flora terrestre e marítima sobe preservação e aqui divulgada 

‘A Natural History of INHACA ISLAND - Mozambique’ 

Edited by Margaret Kalk 

Contributing Authors: J. de Koning, K. Balkwill, H. Feijen, 

C. Feijen, D. Broadley, G. Ormel, A. van Bruggen, F. Hancock and F. Costa 

Johannesburg 1995 

Livro de grandes dimensões, com 396 páginas, muito ilustrado (centenas de ilustrações e fotografias) e em muito bom estado de conservação. Excelente. 

De muito, muito difícil localização. 

MUITO, MUITO RARO.

SINOPSE: 

“A new edition of ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INHACA ISLANDI, Mozambique’ has been prepared by past and present biologists at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo. The book has been entirely rewritten and enlarged. The species list has been updated by specialists and the results of over 20 years of research on aspects of tropical marine biology relating to the inhabitants of the shores and dunes are included in the book. The flora should be of particular interest because of the successful regeneration of the coastal bush and forests on abandoned farmlands on some of the eastern and western dunes which were declared protected areas 25 years ago. Introductory chapters explain the environmental basis for the dominance of tropical life on the island and the characteristic features of tropical shores. The fauna and flora of the shores are fully detailed in the following eight chapters. Descriptions of the flora and fauna of the land have been extended to include one chapter each on vegetation; birds; amphibians, reptiles and mammals; insects; snails; freshwater diatoms. The ‘1990 United Nations Development Plan for Inhaca Island’ which is based on the biological research of the Universidade in Maputo is described the final chapter. The book is written for students and the general reader. It is illustrated with drawings and diagrams of common organisms, accompanied by descriptions so as to facilitate recognition of flora and fauna in the field.”

Do ÍNDICE: / CONTENTS: 

FOREWORD 

Apresentação 

PREFACE 

Acknowledgements 

Contributors 

INTRODUCTION 

Part I 

THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ( Margaret Kalk) 

1. Geography and oceanography 

Part II 

LIFE ON THE SHORES (Margaret Kalk) 

2. Ecological features of the shores 

3. Sandy shores on the sheltered and exposed coasts 

4. Mangrove swamps 

5. Estuarine and tropical influences in the southern and northern bays 

6. Sheltered and very sheltered rocky shores 

7. Rocks exposed to strong wave action 

8. Coral reefs 

9. Sea meadows and sand-banks 

Part III 

LIFE ON LAND 

10. Terrestrial vegetation 

11. Birds of Inhaca Island 

12. Amphibian, reptiles and mammals 

13. Insects 

14. Non-marine molluscs 

15. Changes in the diatom flora in the freshwater swamps 

Parte IV 

THE FUTURE OF INHACA ISLAND 

16. Conservation and development 

Copyright Acknowledgements 

Aids to be identification of Organisms at Inhaca Island 

References 

Index 

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