Publisher's Synopsis
These books are the translation of the study written in Sweden by the late Professor Carl H. Lindroth in German. Now fully translated, scientifically edited and doubly cross-checked at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, and at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany, these important investigations are available for the first time in English. The term "Fennoscandia" includes all of Sandinavia, Finland, Lapland, and Karelia. It not only includes the major investigations done by Professor Lindroth, but also summarizes research done during more than 100 years on Nordic beetles of the family Carabidae. It contains material through Lindroth's own collecting activities and observations, as well as an examination of data of other entomologists. This major and important translation is in three parts and between them cover the distribution, ecology, biology and other significant zoogeographic facts summarized for every species (in alphabetical order), and maps covering Fennoscandia and its regions (again arranged alphabetically) with a separate map given for each species. The final volume contains general analysis with a discussion of the biogeographic principles.;The three volumes can also be purchased together as as set (at #164.50, or US$183.00).
