Table of Contents: “…Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutusWhite-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena; Deepwater cetaceans; Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis; Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus; Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus; Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris; Mesoplodon beaked whales; Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba; Rare cetaceans; North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis; Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus; Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps; Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima; Beluga Delphinapterus leucas.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Sharpe's GrysbokSteenbok; Kirk's Dik-dik; Klipspringer; Thomson's Gazelle; Grant's Gazelle; Gerenuk; Oribi; Mountain Reedbuck; Southern Reedbuck; Bohor Reedbuck; Puku; Waterbuck (Common and Defassa); Impala; Topi; Coke's Hartebeest; Lichtenstein's Hartebeest; Common Wildebeest; Roan Antelope; Sable Antelope; Fringe-eared Oryx; Marine mammals; DUGONG: Sirenia; Dugong; CETACEANS: Cetacea; Humpback Whale; Sperm Whale; Cuvier's Beaked Whale; Longman's Beaked Whale; Pygmy Sperm Whale; False Killer Whale; Killer Whale; Short-finned Pilot Whale; Risso's Dolphin; Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin.…”
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Table of Contents: “…18 Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia Human Rights Watch -- 19 Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories Human Rights Watch -- 20 Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival -- Africa Twa in Rwanda People of the Niger Delta -- "Pygmies" of Central Africa -- Bushmen in Southern Africa -- Australia Aborigines in Australia -- The Americas Indians in Amazonia -- Indians in North America -- Innu in Canada -- Part IV Global Prospects -- Introduction -- 21 Religious Freedom -- 22 International Justice and Just War Theory…”
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Table of Contents: “…Performance and modernity among BaAka pygmies: a closer look at the mystique of egalitarian foragers in the rainforest / Michelle Kisliuk -- 2. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve ; Bodega Marine Reserve ; Chickering American River Reserve ; Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve ; Jepson Prairie Reserve ; Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve ; Quail Ridge Reserve ; Sagehen Creek Field Station ; Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve -- Central California Reserves. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Relict Species: From Past to Future -- Climate and Ecosystems -- The Changing Climate: Past, Present, Future -- Extra-Mediterranean Refugia, Post-Glacial Vegetation History and Area Dynamics in Eastern Central Europe -- Ancient Relicts -- Review: The Dark Side of Relict Species Biology: Cave Animals as Ancient Lineages -- Relicts Within the Genus Complex Astragalus/Oxytropis (Fabaceae), and the Comparison of Diversity by Objective Means -- Relict Populations and Endemic Clades in Palearctic Reptiles: Evolutionary History and Implications for Conservation -- Niche Conservatism among Allopatric Species of the Grasshopper Genus Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1983 in the Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania) -- Conservation Genetics and Phylogeography of the Threatened Corsican and Barbary Red Deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus and C. e. barbarus) -- Phylogeographic Analyses of a Boreal-Temperate Ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycete, Amanita Muscaria, Suggest Forest Refugia in Alaska During the Last Glacial Maximum -- Glacial Relicts -- Review Refugial Areas and Postglacial Colonizations in the Western Palearctic -- Multiple Glacial Refuges of Unwinged Ground Beetles in Europe: Molecular Data Support Classical Phylogeographic Models -- Postglacial Recolonization of Continental Europe by the Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) Inferred From Mitochondrial and Y Chromosomal DNA Sequences -- Relicts Since Postglacial Times -- Are Disjunct Alpine and Arctic-Alpine Animal and Plant Species in the Western Palearctic Really “Relics of a Cold Past”? …”
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Table of Contents: “…An introduction to the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) project -- Global diversity of aquatic macrophytes in freshwater -- Global diversity of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) in freshwater -- Global diversity of inland water cnidarians -- Global diversity of free living flatworms (Platyhelminthes, “Turbellaria”) in freshwater -- Global diversity of rotifers (Rotifera) in freshwater -- Global diversity of nemerteans (Nemertea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of nematodes (Nematoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of hairworms (Nematomorpha: Gordiaceae) in freshwater -- Global diversity of gastrotrichs (Gastrotricha) in fresh waters -- Global diversity of bryozoans (Bryozoa or Ectoprocta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of tardigrades (Tardigrada) in freshwater -- Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater -- Global diversity of oligochaetous clitellates (“Oligochaeta”; Clitellata) in freshwater -- Global diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of freshwater mussels (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater -- Global diversity of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of fishlice (Crustacea: Branchiura: Argulidae) in freshwater -- Global diversity of mysids (Crustacea-Mysida) in freshwater -- Global diversity of spelaeogriphaceans & thermosbaenaceans (Crustacea; Spelaeogriphacea & Thermosbaenacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of cumaceans & tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Cumacea & Tanaidacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of Isopod crustaceans (Crustacea; Isopoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of amphipods (Amphipoda; Crustacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of syncarids (Syncarida; Crustacea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of crabs (Aeglidae: Anomura: Decapoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater -- Global diversity of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in freshwater -- Global diversity of crayfish (Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae—Decapoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia; Arachnida) in freshwater -- Global diversity of halacarid mites (Halacaridae: Acari: Arachnida) in freshwater -- Global diversity of oribatids (Oribatida: Acari: Arachnida) -- Global diversity of springtails (Collembola; Hexapoda) in freshwater -- Global diversity of mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of dragonflies (Odonata) in freshwater -- Global diversity of stoneflies (Plecoptera; Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of true bugs (Heteroptera; Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of caddisflies (Trichoptera: Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of dobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies (Megaloptera; Insecta) and spongillaflies, nevrorthids, and osmylids (Neuroptera; Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of water beetles (Coleoptera) in freshwater -- Global biodiversity of Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera) in freshwater -- Global diversity of non-biting midges (Chironomidae; Insecta-Diptera) in freshwater -- Global diversity of craneflies (Insecta, Diptera: Tipulidea or Tipulidae sensu lato) in freshwater -- Global diversity of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in freshwater -- Global diversity of mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) in freshwater -- Global diversity of dipteran families (Insecta Diptera) in freshwater (excluding Simulidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae and Tabanidae) -- Global diversity of butterflies (Lepidotera) in freshwater -- Global diversity of hymenopterans (Hymenoptera; Insecta) in freshwater -- Global diversity of true and pygmy grasshoppers (Acridomorpha, Orthoptera) in freshwater -- Global diversity of fish (Pisces) in freshwater -- Global diversity of amphibians (Amphibia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia) -- Global diversity of crocodiles (Crocodilia, Reptilia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of snakes (Serpentes; Reptilia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of mammals (Mammalia) in freshwater -- Global diversity of freshwater birds (Aves) -- The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment: an overview of the results.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Systematic screening for mutant mouse lines with defects in body temperature regulation -- Diurnal changes in metabolic rate in pygmy marmosets: Implications for sleep, torpor, and basal metabolism in primates -- Torpor use and body mass gain during pre-hibernation in late-born juvenile garden dormice exposed to food shortage -- Seasonal variations in energy turnover and body temperature in free-living edible dormice, Glis glis -- The effect of ambient temperature on body mass, torpor, food intake, and leptin levels: implications on the regulation of food intake in mammalian hibernator -- Monthly sex differences in circulating hormones in free-living Callospermophilus lateralis (Golden-mantled ground squirrels) -- Pufas, Prostaglandine, seasonality -- Genes Expression of Orexigenic and Anorexigenic Neuropeptides during the Fattening and Hibernation Period in Daurian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus dauricus).  .…”
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Table of Contents: “…bison, goats, muskoxen, and sheep: Family Bovidae; American Bison (Bison bison) ; Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) ; Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) ; Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) ; Thinhorn Sheep (Ovis dalli) -- Order Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises ; Suborder Mysticiti: baleen whales ; right and bowhead whales: Family Balaenidae ; Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) ; North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) ; North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) ; rorquals: Family Balaenopteridae ; Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ; Set Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) ; Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) ; Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) ; Humpback Whale (Megapta novaeangliae) ; grey whales: Family Eschrichtiidae ; Grey Whale (Eshrichtius robustus) ; Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales ; ocean dolphins: Family Delphinidae; Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) ; Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) ; Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) ; Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) ; Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) ; White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) ; Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) ; Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) ; Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) ; False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) ; Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) ; Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ; belugas and narwhals: Family Monodontidae; Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) ; Narwahl (Monodon monoceros) ; porpoises: Family Phocoenidae; Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) ; Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) ; sperm whales: Family Physeteridae ; Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) ; Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) ; Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon) ; beaked whales: Family Ziphiidae ; Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) ; Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) ; Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) ; Hubbs' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) ; Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) ; True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) ; Stejneger's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) ; Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) -- Domestic mammals: Domestic Cow (Bos taurus) ; Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) ; Domestic Goat (Capra hircus) ; Domestic Cat (Felis catus) ; Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) ; Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa) -- Appendices.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: New Guinea's conflict with primary European attitudes - wreck of St Paul - story of 327 marooned Chinese - wild fabrication included in British Admiralty Sailing Orders - British rejection of colony - story denied - native version - suspicion, hatred and fear engendered -- Chapter 2: The first European settlers - absence of law - the blackbirders - pearling - tortoiseshell - a pattern of violence - Nick the Greek - transportation of women - some remembered tragedies - victims "brought about their own destruction" -- Chapter 3: The missionaries arrive - pleas for institution of law - European women augur change - reaction of natives to mission institutions - some unforseen hazards - native teachers from the Pacific - a Dobu diary - Trobriand revolt - the institution of law - a limited success -- Chapter 4: The natives - variety of languages - diversified human characteristics of the indigenes - traces of an early race - origins - the introduction of slaves - clues to ancient voyages - evolution of the pure-blood - establishment of Native Government - pattern of primitive murder and violence - the Mianmin murders - divergent types evolved in isolation - the pygmies - variety of social customs -- Chapter 5: Physical characteristics of New Guinea - mountains, volcanoes, thermal regions - immensity of rivers - flora - fauna - surrounding seas - man's influence upon the terrain - capacity to adapt - domestic animals - trade routes - a well-kept primitive village - development of special skills - variable forms of native administration -- Chapter 6: History of New Guinea - early discoveries and contacts - German colonization - the pioneers - the empire of the Marquis de Rays - shattering of a dream - Queen Emma - the history of her family - an astounding inheritance - first settler - Queensland moves - British reaction - establishment of the Protectorate - division of the island - the New Guinea Company - German administration - the early British Administrators - Sir William MacGregor - discovery of gold - native labour regulated - the Christopher Robinson tragedy - entry of the Imperial German Government -- Chapter 7: Murray's judicial appointment - his previous history - Federal Government assumption of authority - replacement of Barton with Judge Murray - basic problems - wartime intensification - the Murray Policy - the "Murray Myth" - frustrations of administration -- Chapter 8: The First World War - the Detzner epic - exploration combined with defensive operations - short-sighted post-war policy - Hughes and the Peace Conference - excesses under military administration - the Bird of Paradise anomaly - end to gold prospecting - gold discoveries in the Mandated Territory - Levien and the Guinea Gold Company -- Chapter 9: New Guinea exploration - limitations upon the expeditions - the Samberigi fiasco - from the Fly to the Sepik - Jack Hides - aircraft and radio alter the structure of expeditions - the Archbold explorations -- Chapter 10: Aircraft become basic New Guinea transport - Hargrave - Frank Hurley - Levien's influence - Pard Mustar - Battling Ray Parer - instruction of dredging for gold - development of heavy freighters - aircraft encourage new industries - air development halted by Second World War - some New Guinea Airfields - problems of New Guinea flight -- Chapter 11: Pidgin English - its German origin - a handicap to communication - some anomalies - Pidgin derivatives - translations from Shakespeare and the Bible - instruction in Pidgin - official communications - opinion of the native - John Guise - embarrassment in translation -- Chapter 12: Second World War - the Japanese situation - invasion of Rabaul - expansion of Japanese plans - attempt on Port Moresby - Battle of Midway - the Kokoda Trail - Australian landings at Lae - mopping-up operations - war cemeteries - criticism of Australian operations at Rabaul - survivor's comments - malaria, mud, and mountainslides - allegiance of natives - ANGAU - lasting effects of campaign - some wartime heroes -- Chapter 13: Birth of new religions - the Cargo Cult - some early instances - signs of conversion - construction of wharves and airfields - Japanese response - Peliau madness - some wartime dangers - counter-measures, effective and otherwise -- Chapter 14: Post-war problems - the Papua and New Guinea Act - establishment of a Legislative Council - War Damage payments - disposal of war material - some extraordinary fortunes - oil search in the Territories - new crops under reconstruction moves - the co-operatives - native share in prosperity - development of timber industry - the rubber industry - education for the indigenes - the health organisation -- Chapter 15: Intrinsic wealth of New Guinea - water and power - hydroelectric and other potential - development of secondary industry neglected - desirable introductions - geothermal power and fuel resources - a perspective on head-hunting - the birth of nationalism - inbuilt handicaps - the development of an elite - first phases closing - a dream of intergrated wealth.…”

Table of Contents: “…Discrimination Against Minorities and Its Detrimental Effect on Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons From the Batwa 'Pygmies' Around Semuliki National Park, Western Uganda -- Moses Muhumuza32. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Bloch -- The Bushmen : a tale of survival / Wilhelm Östberg -- The Pygmies of central Africa / Serge Bahuchet -- Northern peoples / Bruce Grant and Susan Rowley. …”

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