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History of Insects
| Content Provider | Springer-eBooks |
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| Author | Belayeva, N. V. Blagoderov, V. A. Dmitriev, V. Yu Eskov, K. Yu Gorokhov, A. V. Ivanov, V. D. Kluge, N. Yu Kozlov, M. V. Lukashevich, E. D. Mostovski, M. B. Novokshonov, V. G. Ponomarenko, A. G. Popov, Yu A. Pritykina, L. N. Rasnitsyn, A. P. Shcherbakov, D. E. Sinitshenkova, N. D. Storozhenko, S. Yu Sukatsheva, I. D. Vishniakova, V. N. Vršanský, Peter Zherikhin, V. V. |
| Editor | Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. Quicke, Donald L. J. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | 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some survive and even reproduce in salt water, but nevertheless of Sciences; and by various help, including sharing unpublished very few of them are specialised for marine life. |
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| ISBN | 9780306475771 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | SpringerLink Springer eBooks |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Subject Keyword | Life Sciences Entomology Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography Paleontology Evolutionary Biology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
