A Faunistic Review of the Modern and Fossil Molluscan Fauna from Lake Pamvotis, Ioannina, an Ancient Lake in Nw Greece: Implications for Endemism in the Balkans

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Papers originated from an exploratory workshop "Pattern and Process in Balkan Biodiversity" held in Koper, Slovenia, 2001. Pattern and process in Balkan biodiversity -- an overview / Boris Kryštufek and Jane M. Reed -- The physical geography of the Balkans and nomenclature of place names / Jane M. Reed, Boris Kryštufek and Warren J. Eastwood -- East Mediterranean vegetation and climate change / Warren J. Eastwood -- The Balkans as prime glacial refugial territory of European temperate trees / P. Chronis Tzedakis -- Quaternary biotic interactions in Slovenia and adjacent regions : the vegetation / David Watts -- A quantitative assessment of Balkan mammal diversity / Boris Kryštufek -- Karyotypic variation in mammals of the Balkan Peninsula / Jan Zima -- Late Pleistocene rodent dispersal in the Balkans / Gerhard Storch -- Early hominids in the Balkans / Nena Galanidou -- The biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the Balkan Peninsula / Georg Džukić and Miloš L. Kalezić -- A zoogeographical review of the spiders (Araneae) of the Balkan Peninsula / Christo Deltshev -- Distribution pattern of the aquatic fauna of the Balkan Peninsula / Petru M. Bănărescu -- The bivalve mollusc fauna of ancient lakes in the context of the historical biogeography of the Balkan region / Alexei V. Korniushin -- A faunistic review of the modern and fossil molluscan fauna from Lake Pamvotis, Ioannina, an ancient lake in NW Greece : implications for endemism in the Balkans / Michael R. Frogley and Richard C. Preece -- Fossil ostracods, faunistics and the evolution of regional biodiversity / Huw I. Griffiths and Michael R. Frogley -- The potential of diatoms as biodiversity indicators in the Balkans / Jane M Reed -- The current status of Adriatic fish biodiversity / Lovrenc Lipej and Jakov Dulčić A census of the obligate subterranean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula / Boris Sket, Kaloust Paragamian and Peter Trontelj -- Diversity of Copepoda (Crustacea) in the unsaturated zone of karstic caves of Slovenia / Anton Brancelj and Tanja Pipan.