From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada
Paul RiegertThis is the story of entomology in western Canada from the time of the explorers to the outbreak of the Second World War. Riegert describes the impact of insect hordes; from the mosquitoes which assaulted the Danish explore Jens Munk on the shores of Hudson Bay in 1619, to the devastating plagues of grasshoppers of the 1930s.
Año:
1980
Editorial:
University of Toronto Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
388
ISBN 10:
1487577796
ISBN 13:
9781487577797
Archivo:
PDF, 15.28 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1980