| History of Insects 2002. Corr. 2nd Edition Contributor(s): Russian Academy of Sciences Paleontologi (Editor), Quicke, Donald L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140200026X ISBN-13: 9781402000263 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $522.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Fossils - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology - Science | Paleontology |
| Dewey: 565.7 |
| LCCN: 2001038672 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 8.5" W x 10.9" (3.15 lbs) 517 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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some survive and even reproduce in salt water, but nevertheless of Sciences; and by various help, including sharing unpublished very few of them are specialised for marine life. |