'In considerable variety' introducing the diversity of Australia's insects
First Statement of Responsibility
Tim R. New.Diversity of Australia's insects
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 254 p. ill. )chiefly col.(, maps 24 cm
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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introducing the diversity of Australia's insects
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Insects--Variation--Australia
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Insects--Australia
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Biodiversity--Australia
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
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QL
Book number
487
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N475
2011
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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New, T. R.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The basic insect pattern : theme and variations -- Fossils and major insect adaptations -- Insect life histories -- Origins, distributions and diversity -- Environments and habitat for insects in Australia -- Foods and feeding biology -- Insect behaviour and lifestyles -- Insect communities -- Insect populations -- Insects in inland water environments -- Australia's alpine insects -- Lowland insects and their environments : non-forest habitats -- Forest insects -- Insects and people in Australia -- Australia's alien insects -- Conservation -- Diversity and its implications for understanding Australia's insects