Overview

These books are the translation of the study written in Sweden by the late Professor Carl H. Lindroth in German. Now fully translated, scientifically edited and doubly cross-checked at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, and at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany, these important investigations are available for the first time in English. The term Fennoscandia includes all of Sandinavia, Finland, Lapland, and Karelia. It not only includes the major investigations done by Professor Lindroth, but also summarizes research done during more than 100 years on Nordic beetles of the family Carabidae. It contains material through Lindroth's own collecting activities and observations, as well as an examination of data of other entomologists. This major and important translation is in three parts and between them cover the distribution, ecology, biology and other significant zoogeographic facts summarized for every species (in alphabetical order), and maps covering Fennoscandia and its regions (again arranged alphabetically) with a separate map given for each species. The final volume contains general analysis with a discussion of the biogeographic principles. The three volumes can also be purchased together as as set (at #164.50, or US$183.00).

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Author:   C. H. Lindroth ,  J. Adis ,  T. L. Erwin
Publisher:   Intercept Ltd
Imprint:   Intercept Ltd
ISBN:  

9780946707614

ISBN 10:   0946707618
Pages:   828
Publication Date:   01 June 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction to part III; basic remarks; on modern insect taxonomy; on consideration of the literature; on the tasks of the museums; on synecology and syngeography ; analytic part; the realized experiments; the limestone species - an example of the influence of existence factors; the fauna of the islands - an example of the significance of the dynamic properties of animals; wing dimorphism - an example of the zoogeographical influence of time; synthetic part; the definition of area; the reliability of distribution maps; the relationships of the Fennoscandian fauna; species distribution among different plant regions; existence factors - climate, temperature, precipitation and humidity, other climatic factors, on lococlimate and microclimate, indirect evidence of climatic factors, soil, size of soil particles, chemical properties of soil, food and feeding habits, competitors and enemies, stenotopy and eurytopy, types of development; dynamic factors - flight capacity and wind dispersal, transport by animals, transport by man, other dynamic factors, barriers against dispersal, the sea, the mountains, final remarks on area limits; faunal history - faunal changes in recent times, fossil records, relicts; the postglacial immigration - the Southern immigrants, the Eastern immigrants, the problem of Wuerm hibernation , concluding remarks on the history of the Fennoscandian fauna; English summary.

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