Introduction to High Altitude Entomology: Insect Life Above the Timber-line in the North-West Himalaya |
Contents
The biotic province above the timberline in the North | 19 |
SELECTED REFERENCES | 28 |
The Second Entomological Expedition to the NorthWest | 32 |
THE ENVIRONMENT ABOVE TIMBERLINE | 35 |
ECOLOGIC SPECIALIZATIONS | 87 |
Himalaya facing page | 92 |
The Gaphan Schreckhorn Peak | 108 |
ECOLOGIC INTERRELATIONS | 129 |
INSECT COMMUNITIES ABOVE TIMBERLINE | 142 |
Some insects collected in the Himalaya nival zone | 188 |
High altitude butterflies | 204 |
SOME OTHER NIVAL ARTHROPODA | 234 |
PECULIARITIES OF DISTRIBUTION OF NIVAL INSECTS | 240 |
ZOOGEOGRAPHY | 257 |
THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE NIVAL INSECT | 268 |
INDEX | 287 |
Anthomyiid flies on snow flower in alpine meadows | 130 |