ZooKeys 31 (2009) Special Issue

Animal Biodiversity in the Middle East. Proceedings of the First Middle Eastern
Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan,
20–23 October 2008

Edited by

Eike Neubert, Zuhair Amr, Stefano Taiti, Burçin A. Gümüs

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Editorial

Documenting, analysing and managing the animal biodiversity in the Middle East – a challenge for the future PDF
Eike Neubert

Review Articles

The Middle Eastern Biodiversity Network: Generating and sharing knowledge for ecosystem management and conservation Abstract PDF
Friedhelm Krupp, Maasa Al-Jumaily, Michel Bariche, Maroof Khalaf, Masoumeh Malek, Bruno Streit

Research Articles

Winter species composition, diversity and abundance of macrozoobenthos in Kuwait’s waters, Arabian Gulf Abstract PDF
Faiza Yousif Alyamani, Natalya Boltachova, Nikolai Revkov, Mikail Makarov, Vladimir Grintsov, Elena Kolesnikova
First record of the family Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Cotylea) from the Persian Gulf, Iran Abstract PDF
Zahra Khalili, Hassan Rahimian, Jamile Pazooki
Intertidal scale worms (Polychaeta, Polynoidae and Sigalionidae) from the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Abstract PDF
Alieh Bonyadi Naeini, Hassan Rahimian
New species and records of terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from Socotra Island, Yemen Abstract PDF
Stefano Taiti, Ilaria Checcucci
The biodiversity of the terrestrial malacofauna of Turkey – status and perspectives Abstract PDF
Burcin Askim Gümüs, Eike Neubert
Increasing knowledge of the entomological fauna of the United Arab Emirates and the role of private collections Abstract PDF
Brigitte Howarth, Michael P. T. Gillett
Review of the biodiversity and zoogeographical patterns of the weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) in Israel Abstract PDF
Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman
A new species of tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus, from Iran and Iraq (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae) Abstract PDF
Brian W. Coad
Mapping the terrestrial reptile distributions in Oman and the United Arab Emirates Abstract PDF
Andrew S. Gardner
Recent advances in phylogeny and taxonomy of Near and Middle Eastern Vipers – an update Abstract PDF
Nikolaus Stümpel, Ulrich Joger
Spring Bird Migration Phenology in Eilat, Israel Abstract PDF
Reuven Yosef, Mikhail Markovets
How extensive is the effect of modern farming on bird communities in a sand dune desert? Abstract PDF
Faris Khoury, Mohammed Al-Shamlih
Mammalian fauna of the Temessos National Park, Turkey Abstract PDF
Anna M. De Marinis, Marco Masseti
Carnivores of Syria Abstract PDF
Marco Masseti


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