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This chapter describes the outstanding properties of high altitude environment, with particular reference to insect life. Considerable emphasis is laid on the fundamental differences between the high altitude and lowland environments. The high altitude environment is also differentiated from the arctic environment, with which it has been compared by earlier workers.
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Mani, M.S. (1968). The High Altitude Environment. In: Ecology and Biogeography of High Altitude Insects. Series Entomologica, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1339-9_2
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