Ecology and Biogeography of High Altitude Insects.
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
M S Mani
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(538 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Series entomologica.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
I. Introduction.- II. The High Altitude Environment.- III. Ecological Specializations of High Altitude Insects.- IV. Ecological Interrelations at High Altitudes and High Altitude Insect Communities.- V. Some Typical High Altitude Insects and Other Arthropoda.- VI. Distribution of High Altitude Insects.- VII. The Mountains of Equatorial East Africa.- VIII. Other Tropical Mountains.- IX. The Himalaya.- X. The Alai-Pamirs and the Tien Shan.- XI. The Alps and the Carpathians.- XII. The Boreo-Alpine Insects.- XIII. Other Mountains of the North Temperate Regions of the Old World.- XIV. The Mountains of the North Temperate Regions of the New World.- XV. Subarctic and Arctic Mountains.- XVI. The mountains of the South-Temperate, Austral and Antarctic Regions.