Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD xi
4. FOREWORD xiii
5. PREFACE xvii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xx
7. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xxii
8. FORMAT AND PRESENTATION xxvii
9. CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION 1
10. CHAPTER 2 GEOLOGY 45
11. CHAPTER 3 CLIMATE 91
12. CHAPTER 4 FOREST AND GRASSLAND ECOLOGY 100
13. CHAPTER 5 HUMAN ECOLOGY 181
14. CHAPTER 6 ZOONOTIC PATHOGENS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS MICROBES: DIVERSITY, EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, AND TRANSMISSION 265
15. CHAPTER 7 MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 311
16. CHAPTER 8 PLANTS
17. Plants part 1 452
18. Plants part 2 551
19. Plants part 3 654
20. Plants part 4 759
21. CHAPTER 9 INVERTEBRATES
22. Invertebrates part 1 847
23. Invertebrates part 2 947
24. Invertebrates part 3 1051
25. Front matter 2 1245
26. CONTENTS 1249
27. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 1255
28. FORMAT AND PRESENTATION 1260
29. CHAPTER 10 FRESHWATER FISHES 1263
30. CHAPTER 11 AMPHIBIANS 1323
31. CHAPTER 12 REPTILES 1441
32. CHAPTER 13 BIRDS 1571
33. CHAPTER 14 MAMMALS
34. Mammals part 1 1755
35. Mammals part 2 1857
36. Mammals part 3 1959
37. CHAPTER 15 CONSERVATION 2109
38. CONTRIBUTORS 2165
39. INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES 2190
40. INDEX OF MALAGASY LOCALITIES 2255