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The book of beetles : a life-size guide to 600 of nature's gems / editor, Patrice Bouchard ; contributors, Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Christopher Carlton, Maria Lourdes Chamorro, Hermes E. Escalona, Arthur V. Evans, Alexander Konstantinov, Richard A.B. Leschen, Stéphane Le Tirant, Steven W. Lingafelter.
LIBRA QL575 .B66 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beetles--Identification.
- Beetles.
- Beetles--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Pictorial works.
- Field guides.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 656 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- What is a beetle?
- Beetle classification
- Evolution & diversity
- Communication, reproduction & development
- Defense
- Feeding behavior
- Beetle conservation
- Beetles & society
- The beetles. Archostemata ; Myxophaga ; Adephaga ; Polyphaga
- Appendices. Glossary ; Classification of the Coleoptera ; Resources ; Notes on contributors ; Index of species and families ; Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-649) and index.
- ISBN:
- 022608275X
- 9780226082752
- OCLC:
- 870985649
- Publisher Number:
- 99961077079
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