Species diversity of animals in Japan

• Other Authors: Motokawa, Masaharu (Editor), KajiHara, Hiroshi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Tokyo] : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Diversity and commonality in animals.
• Subjects: Biodiversity > Japan.; Japan.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9784431564324; 9784431564300
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book summarizes the status quo of the knowledge about the biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine animals that live in Japan. Consisting of some 6,800 islands that are arrayed for approximately 3,500 km from north to south, the Japanese archipelago has a complex history in a paleoge...