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Our knowledge of alpine invertebrate taxa is rather patchy. Some insect groups, such as the Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Arenaea, are far better documented (Chaps. 13–17) than are, for example, soil-dwelling organisms (e.g. Broil 1998). The need for a coordinated approach to providing a comprehensive inventory of the biological richness of alpine areas in Europe has been highlighted in several recent works (e.g. Nagy 1998;Nagy et al. 1998).
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Brandmayr, P., Pizzolotto, R., Scalercio, S. (2003). Overview: Invertebrate Diversity in Europe’s Alpine Regions. In: Nagy, L., Grabherr, G., Körner, C., Thompson, D.B.A. (eds) Alpine Biodiversity in Europe. Ecological Studies, vol 167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18967-8_12
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