Tim R. New
Springer Netherlands
2011e druk, 2011
9789400717794
‘In Considerable Variety’: Introducing the Diversity of Australia’s Insects
Specificaties
Gebonden, 254 blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
2011e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9789400717794
Rubricering
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
The book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background. It bridges the gap between photographic essays on insect identification and more technical texts, to illustrate and discuss many aspects of taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary diversity in the Australian insect fauna, and its impacts in human life, through outlines of many aspects of insect natural history.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9789400717794
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:254
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:2011
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Preface.- Chapter 1. The basic insect pattern: theme and variations.- Chapter 2. Fossils and major insect adaptations.- Chapter 3. Insect life histories.- Chapter 4. Origins, distributions and diversity.- Chapter 5. Environments and habitats for insects in Australia.- Chapter 6. Foods and feeding biology.- Chapter 7. Insect behaviour and lifestyles.- Chapter 8. Insect communities.- Chapter 9. Insect populations.- Chapter 10. Insects in inland water environments.- Chapter 11. Australia’s alpine insects.- Chapter 12. Lowland insects and their environments: non-forest insects.- Chapter 13. Forest insects.- Chapter 14. Insects and people in Australia.- Chapter 15. Australia’s alien insects.- Chapter 16. Conservation.- Chapter 17. Diversity and its implications for understanding Australia’s insects.- Appendix 1. Australia’s insects: the players.- Index.</p>