Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei, Band 12 Ergebnisse des Internationalen Symposiums "Biodiversity Research in Mongolia"

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Language: English and one German contributions with English summaries

This volume contains the proceedings of the international symposium "Biodiversity Research in Mongolia" that was held in Halle (Saale), Germany, 25–29 March 2012. All but one contribution are written in English, with one German contribution. See table of contents for more details.

Contents

- 50 years Mongolian-German Biological Expeditions and their future / M. Stubbe, R. Samjaa & A. Stubbe   7
- Ecological conditions for social-economic development and biodiversity conservation of Mongolia / D. Regdel, Ch. Dugarjav & P.D. Gunin   13
- Long-term research on biodiversity in West Khentey, northern Mongolia / M. Mühlenberg   27
- Ochotona daurica Pallas, 1776: modern and past distribution area in Mongolia and the Transbaikal region / M.A. Erbajeva, N.V. Alexeeva, T.V. Kisloschaeva   39
- Biodiversity and evolutionary development of Oligocene-Pliocene lagomorphs (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) of Mongolia / M.A. Erbajeva   47
- Pleistocene faunal fossils from Bayangol I Site, Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia / T. Sato, F. Khenzykhenova, T. Tsurumaru, M. Ambiru, J. Takakura, Y. Otsuka, S. Iida, N. Schepina & B. Tsogtbaatar   55
- Long-term ecology of Asiatic wild ass (Equus h. hemionus Pallas) in Central Asia / A. Stubbe, M. Stubbe, N. Batsajchan & R. Samjaa   61
- Morphology and variation of the Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) / K. Schöpke, A. Stubbe, M. Stubbe, N. Batsaikhan & R. Schafberg   77
- First stable isotope analysis of Asiatic wild ass tail hair from the Mongolian Gobi / M. Horacek, M. Burnik Sturm & P. Kaczensky   85
- Home range characteristics of corsac and red foxes in Mongolia / T. Munkhzul, J.D. Murdoch, R. Samjaa & R.P. Reading   93
- Morphological disparity among Rock voles of the genus Alticola from Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) / V.N. Bolshakov, I.A. Vasilyeva & A.G. Vasilyev   105
- Coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Vespertilio murinus and Eptesicus gobiensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Mongolia and how many species of Coccidia occur in bats? / D.S. Tinnin, E.T. Jensen, N. Batsaikhan & S.L. Gardner   117
- New Species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Ochotona hyperborea and Ochotona pallasi (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae) in Mongolia / D.S. Tinnin, E.T. Jensen, N. Batsaikhan, S. Ganzorig & S.L. Gardner   125
- Ectoparasites of bats in Mongolia, Part 2 (Ischnopsyllidae, Nycteribiidae,Cimicidae and Acari) / I. Scheffler, D. Dolch, J. Ariunbold, A. Stubbe, M. Stubbe, A. Abraham & K. Thiele   135
- Siphonaptera of Mongolia and Tuva: Results of the Mongolian-German Biological Expeditions since 1962 – years 1999-2003 / D. Kiefer, M. Stubbe, A. Stubbe, S.L. Gardner, D. Tserenorov, R. Samyia, D. Otgonbaatar, D. Sumyia (†) & M.S. Kiefer   153
- Bird Red List and its future development in Mongolia / S. Gombobaatar, D. Sumiya (†) & J.M. Baillie   169
- Ecology and behaviour of the black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides stegmanni) in the Khentej Mountains, Mongolia / S. Klaus, K.-H. Schindlatz, A.V. Andreev & H.-H. Bergmann   183
- Nestling food in the Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti in the Dzungarian Gobi, Mongolia  / U. Rehsteiner   193
- Herpetological diversity of Mongolia and its conservation issues / Kh. Munkhbayar & M. Munkhbaatar   203
- “Agrionemys kazachstanica terbishi” or the two-faced Mongolian steppe tortoise / H. Ansorge, U. Fritz, Kh. Terbish & S. Shar   213
- Diversity and distribution of Mongolian fish: recent state, trends and studies / Yu. Dgebuadze, B. Mendsaikhan & A. Dulmaa   219
- New data on the fish Coregonus peled (Gmelin, 1788) in some water bodies of Mongolia / A. Dulmaa   231
- Some taxonomic records of aquatic insects in the Eroo river basin (West Khentii, Northern Mongolia) / P. Surenkhorloo, R. Samjaa, J. Slowik & M. Mühlenberg   245
- Diversity and community pattern of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) along an ecological gradient in arid Mongolia / M. Pfeiffer & E. Bayannasan   251
- Magnitude and structure of Lymantria dispar asiatica infestations of common forest steppe tree species in Northern Mongolia / N. Tiralla, K. Füldner & S. Schütz  267
- Uniformity in a diversity of landscapes – Branchiopod communities in eastern and central Mongolia / A. Poloczek, M. Mühlenberg & I.W. Stürmer   275
- An approach to the virtual flora of Mongolia – from a data repository to an expert system http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/floragreif/ / I. Hartleib, M. Schnittler, S. Rilke, A. Zemmrich, B. Bobertz, U. Najmi, R. Zölitz & S. Starke   287
- Indicators of pasture digression in steppe ecosystems of Mongolia / E.V. Danzhalova, S.N. Bazha, P.D. Gunin, Yu.I. Drobyshev, T.I. Kazantseva, A.V. Prischepa, N.N. Slemnev & E. Ariunbold   297
- Osnabrück Botanical Expeditions to Mongolia / B. Neuffer, N. Friesen, B. Oyuntsetseg, Ts. Jamsran & H. Hurka   307
- Protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the Mongolian Altai / U. Beket & H.D. Knapp   335
- Opposing growth trends created by external disturbances in larch forests of the Mongolian Altai / Ch. Dulamsuren & M. Khishigjargal   353
- Recruitment of Larix sibirica Ledeb. in closed forest stands, on clear-felling sites and at fre-sites in the forests of Mongolia / V.T. Yarmishko & N.N. Slemnev   365
- Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flora der östlichen Mongolei (Ostmongolischer Florenbezirk und angrenzende Gebiete) / W. Hilbig, K. Pistrick, N. Narantujaa & Č. Sančir   371
- Water use effciency of main dominant species in steppes and deserts of Mongolia / N.I. Bobrovskaya & R.I. Nikulina   395
- Structure and productivity of Haloxylon ammodendron communities in the Mongolian Gobi / T.I. Kazantseva, N.N. Slemnev, P.D. Gunin & Sh. Tsooj   405
- Diploid Allium ramosum from East Mongolia: A missing link for the origin of the crop species A. tuberosum? / B. Oyuntsetseg, F.R. Blattner & N. Friesen   415
- The Mongolian poppies (Papaver spp.) in the context of their Holarctic relatives / P. Hanelt   425
- On the importance of pollen morphology in classifcation of Chenopodiaceae in Mongolia / G. Punsalpaamuu, F. Schluetz, Ts. Gegeensuvd & D. Saindovdon   429
- Bacterial diversity in biological soil crusts from extrazonal mountain dry steppes in northern Mongolia / A. Kemmling, B. Pfeiffer, R. Daniel & M. Hoppert   437
- Comparative study of constituents of essential oils of Ocimum basilicum L. cultivated in the Mongolian Gobi / Sh. Altantsetseg, S. Shatar & N. Javzmaa   451
- Biochemical research on Mongolian lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants – In memoriam Dr. Siegfried Huneck (1928–2011) / H.D. Knapp   457

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