Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America

Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America
ISBN-10
0801456940
ISBN-13
9780801456947
Category
Nature
Pages
375
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Comstock Publishing Associates
Author
Paul E. Hanson

Description

"Describes the principal insect groups and other arthropods encountered in a tropical forest in the Americas, and is an introduction to the natural history of insects and other arthropods"--

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