Reise durch die Natur Jordaniens [Journeys through Jordan's Nature] [English / German]

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Language: Articles in either English or German, all with English abstracts

This book critically examines the current state of knowledge and provides the reader with an overview of Jordan’s rich natural heritage. Climate, geology, soil, vegetation and flora are topics in zoology such as desert beetles, scorpions, mammals and fishes, to name but a few. A wealth of photographic material documents the most important habitats in Jordan and introduces the different vegetation types along with characteristic representatives of the fauna and flora.

Contents

- Die naturwissenschaftliche Forschungsgeschichte Jordaniens im Überblick / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Zur Landschaftsgeographie Jordaniens / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Zur hydrogeologie Jordaniens / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Zum Klima Jordaniens / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Zur Geologie Jordaniens / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Die Böden Jordaniens im Überblick / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Zur Vegetation und Flora Jordaniens / Roland Albert, Bibiane Petutschnig, Margarete Watzka
- Freshwater snails of Jordan / Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad Abu Baker
- Die Landschnecke Jordaniens (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Styllommatophora) / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Bibiane Petutschnig
- The scorpions of Jordan / Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad Abu Baker
- A taxonomic study on the long-horned grasshoppers of Jordan (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) / Ahmad Mahasneh, Ahmad Katbeh-Bader
- The butterflies of Jordan / Ahmad Katbeh-Bader, Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad Abu Baker, Ahmad Mahasneh
- Die Schwarzkäfer (Tenebrionidae) Jordaniens / Wolfgang Waitzbauer, Katharina Puschnig, Bibiane Petutschnig
- The dragonfilies (Insecta: Odonata) of Jordan / Ahmad Katbeh-Bader, Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad Abu Baker, Ahmad Mahasneh
- Taxonomische Beiträge zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) / Christian O. Dietrich
- The horseflies fauna (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Jordan / H. Al-Talafha, Zuhair S. Amr
- The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan / Sahar Arabyat, Ahmad Katbeh-Bader
- The freshwater fish fauna of Jordan / Nashat Hamidan
- Ursachen für die Degradierung der Azraq Oase und die Gefährdung von Aphanius sirhani (Cyprinodontiformes, Cyprinodontidae), Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983; Aktueller Status und Vorschläge zu seinem Schutz / Horst Zornig, Anton Weissenbacher
- Amphibians and reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / David Modry, Lina Rifai, Mohammad Abu Baker, Zuhair S. Amr
- Zur Avifauna Jordaniens / Josef Hemetsberger, Bibiane Petutschnig
- Mammals of Jordan / Zuhair S. Amr, Mohammad Abu Baker, Lina Rifai
- Nature Conservation in Jordan / Zuhair S. Amr, Nashat Hamidan, Mahdi Quatrameez
- Die Korallenriffe Aqabas: Perle Jordaniens am Roten Meer / Michael Stachowitsch, Jörgen Herler

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