'In Considerable Variety': Introducing the Diversity of Australia's Insects /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	New, Tim R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:	1st ed. 2011.
Subjects:	Entomology. Conservation biology. Ecology . Invertebrates. Applied ecology. Conservation Biology/Ecology. Applied Ecology.

Table of Contents:

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.

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