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REVIEW M.R. WARBURG, 1993. Evolutionary biology of land isopods: ix, 1-159, 96 text-figs. (Springer- Verlag). ISBN 3-540-5640-8 (Berlin) or ISBN 0-387-56040-8 (New York). Hardcover. Price DM 148.- (approx. US $ 92.00). Three groups of Crustacea have invaded land, i.e. the Decapoda, Amphipoda and Isopoda. The latter, in the form of woodlice, have been the most successful and have attracted many research workers over the decades, not least the author of "Evolutionary Biology of I,and Isopods.' In this book of 12 chapters an attempt is made to bring together much of the work on the structure and function, behaviour and ecology