Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel.
Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel.
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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NQ595.7138/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 755 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.
Contents
1. Diversity and evolution -- 2. Fossil insects -- 3. Arthropods and the origin of insects -- 4. The insects -- 5. Earliest insects -- 6. Insects take to the skies -- 7. Polyneoptera -- 8. The paraneopteran orders -- 9. The holometabola -- 10. Coleoptera and strepsiptera -- 11. Hymenoptera : ants, b...
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2005.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"This book chronicles, for the first time, the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships, and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. Current estimates of phylogeny are use...
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Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ595.7138/1
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74VKmdvpjGZg
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ISBN
9780521821490 (alk. paper : cased) :
0521821495 (alk. paper)
9780521821490 (cased) :
9780521821490 (cased)
0521821495 (alk. paper : cased.)
DDC
595.7138
MMS ID
991020487009702626
