Hills and Streams: An Ecology of Hong Kong

Index

Index abaptation 175 (see also adaptation ) abapted 3 Aberdeen 20 abiotic 175 Acacia confusa 75 Acarina 112 Accipiter 130 Accipiter nisus 130 Accipiter trivirgatus 130, 148 Achatina fulica 151 acidification 80 Acrididae 109 Acridotheres 118 Acridotheres cristatellus 40 Acronychia pedunculata 34, 71, 74 Acrossocheilus wenchowensis beijianensis 85 adaptation 1-5,61,123,133,150, 175,194 adaptations, digestive 107-109 adaptations, foraging 132-138, adaptations, respiratory 85, 86, 88, 90 Aeschnidae 138 Aethopyga christinae 29, 118 afforestation 21, 22, 23 (see also plantation) Agaonidae 119 agricultural wastes 87 Agriculture and Fisheries Department 163 Ailanthus fordii 170 air pollution 152 (see also pollution ) airport 165, 169 Aleurites 113 algae 83, 90, 92, 93, 96, 98, 99, 100,105, 106, 110, 113, 197, 198 alien species 86,90,143,175,181, 199 (see also exotic species) alkaloids 107, 126 allochthonous 175 (see also energy 213 flow) alluvium 14, 83, 176 Alpinia 71 Alpinia speciosa 118 altruism 46 altruistic 176 Amentotaxus argotaenia 170 Amolops hongkongensis 140, 168 Amoy (Xiamen) 20 amphibians 30, 59, 101, 130, 150, 159, 165, 167, 168, 196 (see also frog, newt, and toad) amphibiotic 86, 176 Index Amphipoda 30, 112, 151 Ampullaridae 155 Anax 138 Angiopteris evecta 170 Anisoptera 86 (see also dragonfly) annual plants 34, 176 Anodonta woodiana 49,50 ant 45,46,125,126,127,131,159 ant, pharaoh 151 ant, sugar 151 Anthophora 118 Anura 60 (see also frog and toad) aphids 109 Aphodius 116 Aphyocypris lini 157, 160 Apis cerana 118, 151 Apis mellifera 46, 118, 151 Aporusa 28 Aporusa dioica 74, 121 aposemete 124, 176 Apus 127 aquarium fish trade 86, 154, 155 aquatic 176 Aquila 130 Aralia spinosa 27 arboreal 176 archaeology 17 Ardeola bacchus 140 Ardisia quinquegona 71, 121 Argynnis hyperbius 125 Ariophantidae 43 Aristolochia tagala 125, 170 Armadillidae 112 Artocarpus hypargyreus 35, 38, 69 Asellus 30 Asilidae 128 aspect 11 Asplenium nidus 170 Atrophaneura aristolochiae 125 Atyidae 53 Austropeplea ollula 50 autochthonous 176 (see also energy flow) autotrophic 96, 176 (see also energy flow) Aves 168 (see also bird) Aviceda leuphotes 148 Avicennia marina 27 backswimmers 126 (see also Notonectidae) bacteria 105, 115 (see also microbes and microorganism) badger 29, 30, 122, 128, 129, 159, 168 badger, ferret 122, 128, 129, 168 badlands 15 Baetidae 58, 88-90 Baetiella 88, 89 Baetis 88, 89 Balitoridae 30, 59, 85, 110 Bandicota indica 42 barb, half-banded 85 barbet 29, 77 barbet, great 77 bat 25, 42, 48, 69, 101, 117, 127, 168 bat, bent-winged 41 bat, bicoloured roundleaf 29, 41, 61 bat, Daubenton's 140 bat, free-tailed 127 bat, fruit 29,42,67-68,118,122 bat, horseshoe 29,41,42, 127 bat, insectivorous 41 bat, Japanese pipistrelle 41, 42 bat, Rickett's big-footed 140 bat, roundleaf 41, 127 bat, tomb bat 127 bat, vesper 127 Bauhinia blakeana 169 Bauhinia purpurea 114 Bauhinia variegata 113, 115 bazza, black 148 214 bears 173 bee 45,46,117,118 bee, Asian honey 151 (see also Apis cerana) bee, blue-banded 118 bee, carpenter 38, 118, 124 (see also Xylocopa) bee,honey 46,118,151 beetle 44, 84, 86, 87, 108, 109, 116, 118, 122, 126, 127, 128, 151, 157 beetle, blister 124 beetle, dermestid 131 Index beetle, diving 126 beetle, jewel 108 beetle,longicorn 108, 152 beetle, scarabid 44, 47, 116 (see also chafers) beetle, sexton 131 beetle, tiger 128 beetle, water 4, 126 beetle, whirligig 84, 126 Beijing 154 Belontiidae 30, 86 Belostomatidae 126, 135, 136 benefit/cost ratio 135 Bentham, George 20, 145 benthos 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 90, 92, 94,96,98,110,139,140,176 biodiversity (see biological diversity) Biodiversity Convention 160 biological diversity 156, 161, 164, 165 biomass 65, 105, 106, 117, 177 Biomphalaria 134, 135, 155 Biomphalaria straminea 51, 133, 154 biota 177 biotic 177 bird 26, 28-29, 38-41, 45, 47, 49, 67-70,75,76,77,101,117,120, 122-123, 127, 129-130, 140, 144, 146-148, 158, 159, 161, 165, 167, 168 bird migration 33, 39-40, 67, 127, 185 birds of prey 129-130, 148, 167 birds, resident 40, 129 bivalve 49, 52, 61, 86 Blechnum orientale 27 bluetail, red-flanked 29 Bluff Head Formation 13 Boettcherisca 131 Bombax ceiba 118 Bos bovis 108 (see also cattle) boundary layer 81, 82, 177 Brachiaria mutica 145 Bradybaena similaris 151 Brandt, A.J. 154 breeding 41-61 (see also reproduction ) Breynia fruticosa 39 Bride's Pool Stream 98...