'In considerable variety'
Subtitle: introducing the diversity of Australia's insects
By: Tim R. New
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789400717794; 9789400717800
Subjects: Insects; Biodiversity; Variation
Other titles: Diversity of Australia's insects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The basic insect pattern : theme and variations; title: Fossils and major insect adaptations; title: Insect life histories; title: Origins, distributions and diversity; title: Environments and habitat for insects in Australia; title: Foods and feeding biology; title: Insect behaviour and lifestyles; title: Insect communities; title: Insect populations; title: Insects in inland water environments; title: Australia's alpine insects; title: Lowland insects and their environments : non-forest habitats; title: Forest insects; title: Insects and people in Australia; title: Australia's alien insects; title: Conservation; title: Diversity and its implications for understanding Australia's insects.