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Date: Signature: Katalog_2008.qxd:Backh-Katalog 13.06.2008 12:06 Uhr Seite 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS CATALOGUE BIS Biodiversity Information Series from the Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam BoIW Biology of Inland Waters (non-numbered monographic book series) BNN Bos- en Natuurbeheer in Nederland CHS Cossmanniana Hors-Série CoAr Collection Archives (Paris) col. colour(ed) Cossm Cossmanniana (ISSN 1157-4402) CPN Collection du Patrimoine Naturel (ISSN 1281-6213) CTQG Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology (ISSN 0165-280X) Dei Deinsea (ISSN 0923-9308) d.j. dust jacket Ed./Eds Editor/s EWMS Ecovision World Monograph Series (non-numbered book series) FdM Faune de Madagascar FFT Collection Faune et Flore tropicales (ISSN 1286-4994) fig./figs figure/s geb gebonden (hardbound) GIM Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World (ISSN 0928-2440) hbd hardbound IFF Inventaire de Faune et Flore ills illustrations ing ingenaaid (sewn/paperbound) MMM Monographs of Marine Mollusca (ISSN 0162-8321) MNHN Mémoires du Muséum national dʼHistoire naturelle (Paris) (ISSN 1243-4442) MNC Mededelingen Nederlandsche Commissie voor Internationale Natuurbescherming (ISSN 0923-5981) num. numerous pap/paper paperbound PiB Progress in Biometeorology (ISSN 0923-0688) PlMo Des Planches et des Mots (ISSN 1764-4356) pls plates PROSEA Plant Resources of South-East Asia PROTA Plant Resources of Tropical Africa RM Reseñas Malacologicas (ISSN 1576-933X RNN Reeks Natuurbeheer in Nederland (na deel 5, see BNN) SBF Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) (ISSN 0082-1101) SG Scripta Geologica (ISSN 0375-7587) SGSI Scripta Geologica Special Issue TRSP Tertiary Research Special Paper WAUP Wageningen (Agricultural) University Papers (ISSN 0169-345X) ZM Zoologische Mededelingen (ISSN 0024-0672) ZV Zoologische Verhandelingen (ISSN 0024-1652) 1 Katalog_2008.qxd:Backh-Katalog 13.06.2008 12:06 Uhr Seite 2 CONTENTS General information ........................................................................................................ inside front cover Abbreviations used in this catalogue ........................................................................................................... 1 Contents ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Aquatic Sciences ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Agriculture, Plant breeding, Crop protection, Dairying, Food science, Animal husbandry, Tropical ecology & horticulture ............................................................................... 5 Botany........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Forestry, soil science .................................................................................................................................... 18 Entomology................................................................................................................................................... 19 Marine biology .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Vertebrates & general zoology...................................................................................................................... 24 Malacology ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Crustacea .................................................................................................................................................... 32 Other invertebrates ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Palaeontology, geology ............................................................................................................................... 37 Ecology, environmental science .................................................................................................................. 42 Human health ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Journals and Series ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Kommunikation und Beratung ..................................................................................................................... 47 Farming & Rural Systems Economics ......................................................................................................... 52 Tropical Agriculture ...................................................................................................................................... 55 Dutch language publications/Nederlandstalige uitgaven ............................................................................ 56 Author index ...............................................................................................................................................
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