History of Insects

Insects are not dinosaurs – and they probably pose us more strange ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS puzzles and unexpected questions. A million extant species, that is sev- For A. P. Rasnitsyn, preparing of various parts of this book was s- eral times more than all other living taxa together, is still a very c- por...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Belayeva, N. V. (Συγγραφέας), Blagoderov, V. A. (Συγγραφέας), Dmitriev, V. Yu (Συγγραφέας), Eskov, K. Yu (Συγγραφέας), Gorokhov, A. V. (Συγγραφέας), Ivanov, V. D. (Συγγραφέας), Kluge, N. Yu (Συγγραφέας), Kozlov, M. V. (Συγγραφέας), Lukashevich, E. D. (Συγγραφέας), Mostovski, M. B. (Συγγραφέας), Novokshonov, V. G. (Συγγραφέας), Ponomarenko, A. G. (Συγγραφέας), Popov, Yu. A. (Συγγραφέας), Pritykina, L. N. (Συγγραφέας), Rasnitsyn, A. P. (Συγγραφέας), Shcherbakov, D. E. (Συγγραφέας), Sinitshenkova, N. D. (Συγγραφέας), Storozhenko, S. Yu (Συγγραφέας), Sukatsheva, I. D. (Συγγραφέας), Vishniakova, V. N. (Συγγραφέας), Vršanský, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Zherikhin, V. V. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Quicke, Donald L.J (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Περίληψη:Insects are not dinosaurs – and they probably pose us more strange ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS puzzles and unexpected questions. A million extant species, that is sev- For A. P. Rasnitsyn, preparing of various parts of this book was s- eral times more than all other living taxa together, is still a very c- ported in part by grants: by the International Science Foundation, by servative estimate, and their real number is for sure many times more. the Leverhulme Trust to D. L. J. Quicke and M. G. Fitton; by the Royal They are incomparably diverse in terms of their size, structure and way Society Joint Project with the FSU to APR and E. A. Jarzembowski; by of life – and yet they are all small – by our standard at least – why? And ESF Project ‘Fossil Insects Network’; by RFFI grants 95-04-11105, they practically ignore the cradle of life, the sea – again, why? Of 98-04-48518; by the Smithsonian Institution and California Academy course, some survive and even reproduce in salt water, but nevertheless of Sciences; and by various help, including sharing unpublished very few of them are specialised for marine life.
Φυσική περιγραφή:XII, 517 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780306475771