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Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts |
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983-812-074-X |
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$135.00 |
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Available On Backorder
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An essential library and entomology reference, this book provides the user with the means to identify adults and nymphs of around 350 species of Australian grasshoppers in two families (Pyrgomorphidae and Acrididae) using equipment no more technical than a 10x hand lens.
Easy-to-understand diagrams illustrate the morphological structures necessary to make determinations and technical terms are kept to a minimum.
About the authors
David Rentz concieved the project following his retirement from the CSIRO with the realisation that the information residing with the authors would most likely go to the grave with them if it were not published at this time.
David Rentz authored the majority of the book, took most of the photographs of the adults and prepared the specimens for digital scanning. Bob Lewis provided information on the biology, feeding behaviour and seasonality of species as well as photographs of many adults and nearly all of the nymphs. You Ning Su undertook the technical work involving the scanning of the morphological structures: one of the first uses of this technology in an identification manual and probably the way of the future. Murray Upton established the format, prepared the distribution maps, cross-checked the text for consistency and provided the basis for the Glossary.
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