| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 459 pages) : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Nearctic Diptera : twenty years later / F. Christian Thompson -- Hawaii's Diptera biodiversity / Neal L. Evenhuis -- Neotropical Diptera diversity : richness, patterns, and perspectives / Dalton de Souza Amorim -- Dipteran biodiversity of the Galápagos / Bradley J. Sinclair -- Palaearctic Diptera -- from tundra to desert / Thomas Pape -- Afrotropical Diptera -- rich savannas, poor rainforests / Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs & Brian R. Stuckenberg -- Oriental Diptera, a challenge in diversity and taxonomy / Patrick Grootaert -- Diversity, relationships and biogeography of Australian flies / David K. Yeates [and others] -- Biogeography of Diptera in the Southwest Pacific / Daniel Bickel -- Why Hilaria is not amusing : the problem of open-ended taxa and the limits of taxonomic knowledge / Daniel Bickel -- Diptera as ecological indicators of habitat and habitat change / Marc Pollet -- Biodiversity research based on taxonomic revisions -- a tale of unrealized opportunities / Torsten Dikow [and others] -- DNA barcoding and DNA taxonomy in Diptera : an assessment based on 4,261 COI sequences for 1,001 species / Rudolf Meier & Guanyang Zhang -- Diptera biodiversity informatics / Shaun L. Winterton -- Meeting the interrelated challenges of tracking specimen, nomenclature, and literature data in Mandala / Gail E. Kampmeier & Michael E. Irwin -- Appendix. Species of Diptera per family for all regions |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of Diptera, with chapters on all regional faunas, Diptera as ecological indicators, statistical techniques for estimating species diversity based on the known fauna, molecular tools and trends in digital publication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Diptera -- Variation
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Diptera -- Classification
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Diptera -- Geographical distribution
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Biodiversity.
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Diptera.
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Diptera
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Biodiversity
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
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Biodiversity
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Diptera
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Diptera -- Geographical distribution
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| Genre/Form |
Classification
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pape, Thomas
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Bickel, Daniel J
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Meier, Rudolf, 1963-
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| LC no. |
2009004465 |
| ISBN |
9789004181007 |
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9004181008 |
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1282949039 |
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9781282949034 |
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9786612949036 |
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6612949031 |
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