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Spiders (Paperback): Cecil Warburton Spiders (Paperback)
Cecil Warburton
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Spiders by Cecil Warburton was first published in 1912. The volume presents an account of the habits and modes of life of spiders, with additional information regarding methods of observation and research.

Spider Communication - Mechanisms and Ecological Significance (Paperback): Peter N. Witt, Jerome S. Rovner Spider Communication - Mechanisms and Ecological Significance (Paperback)
Peter N. Witt, Jerome S. Rovner
R2,695 Discovery Miles 26 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Concentrating on the complex spider communication system, this book assembles the most recent multidisciplinary advances of leading researchers from many countries to assess the peculiar role spiders play in the animal kingdom.

Originally published in 1982.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids (Paperback, New): Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids (Paperback, New)
Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi
R1,905 Discovery Miles 19 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit forms of complex behaviour that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa. In it, leading researchers review the extent of sociality in different insect and arachnid groups, analyse the genetic, ecological and demographic causes of sociality from a comparative perspective and suggest ways in which the field can be moved on. It contains fascinating accounts of the social lives of many different insects and arachnids, as well as tests of current theories of the evolution of social behaviour. The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids provides essential reading and insight for students and researchers interested in social behaviour, behavioural ecology, entomology and arachnology.

Gramelda the Grasshopper - The Story of How the Lichen Grasshopper Came to be (Paperback): Lena Lichenpold Gramelda the Grasshopper - The Story of How the Lichen Grasshopper Came to be (Paperback)
Lena Lichenpold
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R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bug Identification Log Book For Kids - Bug Activity Journal, Insect Hunting Book, Insect Collecting Journal, Backyard Bug Book,... Bug Identification Log Book For Kids - Bug Activity Journal, Insect Hunting Book, Insect Collecting Journal, Backyard Bug Book, Kids Nature Notebook (Paperback)
Teresa Rother
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R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Greenland Entomofauna - An Identification Manual of Insects, Spiders and their Allies (Hardcover): Jens Boecher, N.P.... The Greenland Entomofauna - An Identification Manual of Insects, Spiders and their Allies (Hardcover)
Jens Boecher, N.P. Kristensen, Thomas Pape, Lars Vilhelmsen
R3,590 Discovery Miles 35 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In The Greenland Entomofauna an international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the 1200 species of Hexapods/Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods so far known to occur in the country. While the composition, origin and adaptations of the Greenland fauna has always been a challenge to biogeographers and ecologists/ecophysiologists, the provision of a tool for detailed identification of its constituent species is now particularly timely, since global climate change will expectedly have a particularly noticeable impact on biota at high latitudes. This obviously renders the feasibility of monitoring distributional range shifts of the principal components of this biota a matter of some urgency. Contributors are: Achterberg, Cornelius van; Ahola, Matti; Bartak, Miroslav; Behan-Pelletier, Valerie; Bird, Jeremy M.; Bog, Katrine; Brodo, Fenja; Buhl, Peter N.; Dahl, Christine; Disney, R. Henry L.; Dittmar, Katharina; Fjellberg, Arne; Gammelmo, Oivind; Forshage, Mattias; Gerecke, Reinhard; Gertsson, Carl-Axel; Haastriter, Michael M.L.; Haenni, Jean-Paul; Heie, Ole E.; Heraty, John M.; Hodgson, Chris; Hodkinson, Ian D.; Horsfield, David; Huber, John T.; Jaschoff, Matthias; Jensen, Frank; Johanson, Kjell A.; Jussila, Reijo; Karsholt, Ole; Krzeminska, Ewa; Lantsov, Vladimir I.; Laska, Pavel; Lindegaard, Claus; Lyneborg, Leif (); Makarova, Olga; Marusik, Yura M.; Mathis, Wayne N.; Mazanek, Libor; Michelsen, Verner; Munk, Thorkild (); Murphy, William L.; Nielsen, Soren A.; Nielsen, Tore R.; Noyes, John S.; Oosterbroek, Pjotr; Ozerov, Andrey L.; Pape, Thomas; Pinto, John D.; Pollet, Marc; Rindal, Eirik; Rohacek, Jindrich; Simonsen, Thomas J.; Smith, Vincent S.; Soeli, Geir; Stary, Jaroslav; Strassen, Richard zur; Svensson, Bo. W.; Vilhelmsen, Lars; Vilkamaa, Pekka; Wilson, Michael; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz

Haemaphysalis Ticks of India (Paperback): G. Geevarghese, A C Mishra Haemaphysalis Ticks of India (Paperback)
G. Geevarghese, A C Mishra
R4,406 Discovery Miles 44 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ticks are obligate blood sucking arthropods found in almost every region of the world. They are very important vectors of human and animal diseases. Tick-borne protozoan diseases such as Theileriasis and Babesiosis cause mortality and morbidity in domestic animals in many countries including India. An understanding of taxonomy, vector biology and ecology in the geographic regions of each country is essential so that a programme of control measures can be implemented. This book focuses on the ticks found in India and will be invaluable for health authorities, tick biologists and veterinary researchers. It covers taxonomic identification, medical importance and bionomics of haemaphysaline ticks.

A Manual of Acarology (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): G. W. Krantz, D.E. Walter A Manual of Acarology (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
G. W. Krantz, D.E. Walter
R5,041 Discovery Miles 50 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the thirty years since the second edition of A Manual of Acarology was published, acarologists have discovered a multitude of new mite taxa, made major modifications in acarine classification, and profoundly altered their understanding of this vast group, inspiring new and innovative approaches to resolving many basic and applied acarological problems. Now, this completely revised and updated reference, the most comprehensive and recent in the discipline, is 04 Activeable to researchers, teachers, students, and plant and animal scientists wishing to explore the complex and often astonishing world of mites. The third edition remains primarily taxonomic in approach, but it also provides detailed information on subjects that include phylogeny, biology, morphology, systematics, ecology, and behavior. The editors discuss collection and rearing techniques in detail, along with specimen preparation and methods of preservation. Taxonomic diagnoses for the 124 presently recognized superfamilies of Acari are included in their appropriate systematic chapters, and feeding habits, host range, and distribution of member families and representative species are discussed under each superfamilial heading. The authors complement their text with keys to families (with the Ixodida keyed to genus), a bibliography comprising more than 4,000 entries, and a detailed index. More than 1,330 labeled line drawings and scanning electron micrographs illustrate the text. Unlike previous editions, the third is the product of a team effort by ten authors whose contributions have been amalgamated into a seamless text. In addition to the editors, the contributors are V. M. Behan-Pelletier, D. R. Cook, M. S. Harvey, J. E. Keirans, E. E. Lindquist, R. A. Norton, B. M. OConnor, and I. M. Smith, all leading experts in their areas of acarology.

Predator upon a Flower - Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider (Hardcover): Douglass H. Morse Predator upon a Flower - Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider (Hardcover)
Douglass H. Morse
R2,528 Discovery Miles 25 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the crab spider, Misumena vatia, Douglass H. Morse and his colleagues found an ideal species on which to test basic questions associated with lifetime fitness. From the moment a female crab spider selects a flower on which to sit and wait for her prey, there unfolds a cascade of lifetime fitness variables that determine her evolutionary success. Did she choose a flower that attracts suitable prey? Will she encounter a competitor or predator? Will she survive long enough to breed, and will her offspring contribute to the gene pool? Ecologists had previously identified variables that shape populations, but lacked the experimental data needed to make comprehensive tests of individuals that made different foraging decisions. Morse found that Misumena is particularly well suited to both field study and laboratory experiments. Over the last 25 years, his simple yet elegant experiments have contributed to our understanding of lifetime fitness and helped to develop study techniques that can be applied to animals with other, more complex, life histories. "Predator upon a Flower" recounts these influential discoveries in a gracefully crafted narrative that moves ever outward from individuals to communities to ecosystems, and concludes by suggesting directions for future research in spider biology.

A Guide to House and Garden Spiders (Pamphlet): Richard Lewington A Guide to House and Garden Spiders (Pamphlet)
Richard Lewington; Illustrated by Richard Lewington
R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America - Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance... Ticks of the Southern Cone of America - Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance (Paperback)
Santiago Nava, Jose M Venzal, Daniel Gonzalez Acuna, Thiago F Martins, Alberto A. Guglielmone
R3,074 Discovery Miles 30 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods. Based on review of the literature from more than five decades, 62 species of both hard and soft tick have been discovered on the Southern Cone of America. Tick genera observed and recorded include Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus.

Biology of Ticks Volume 1 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe Biology of Ticks Volume 1 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe
R7,879 Discovery Miles 78 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists. Volume I covers the biology of the tick and features chapters on tick systematics, tick life cycles, external and internal anatomy, and others dedicated to specific organ systems, specifically, the tick integument, mouthparts and digestive system, salivary glands, waste removal, salivary glands, respiratory system, circulatory system and hemolymph, fat body, the nervous and sensory systems and reproductive systems. Volume II includes chapters on the ecology of non-nidicolous and nidicolous ticks, genetics and genomics (including the genome of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis) and immunity, including host immune responses to tick feeding and tick-host interactions, as well as the tick's innate immune system that prevents and/or controls microbial infections. Six chapters cover in depth the many diseases caused by the major tick-borne pathogens, including tick-borne protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae of all types, other types of bacteria (e.g., the Lyme disease agent) and diseases related to tick paralytic agents and toxins. The remaining chapters are devoted to tick control using vaccines, acaricides, repellents, biocontrol, and, finally, techniques for breeding ticks in order to develop tick colonies for scientific study.

Biology of Ticks Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe Biology of Ticks Volume 2 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe
R7,866 Discovery Miles 78 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists. Volume I covers the biology of the tick and features chapters on tick systematics, tick life cycles, external and internal anatomy, and others dedicated to specific organ systems, specifically, the tick integument, mouthparts and digestive system, salivary glands, waste removal, salivary glands, respiratory system, circulatory system and hemolymph, fat body, the nervous and sensory systems and reproductive systems. Volume II includes chapters on the ecology of non-nidicolous and nidicolous ticks, genetics and genomics (including the genome of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis) and immunity, including host immune responses to tick feeding and tick-host interactions, as well as the tick's innate immune system that prevents and/or controls microbial infections. Six chapters cover in depth the many diseases caused by the major tick-borne pathogens, including tick-borne protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae of all types, other types of bacteria (e.g., the Lyme disease agent) and diseases related to tick paralytic agents and toxins. The remaining chapters are devoted to tick control using vaccines, acaricides, repellents, biocontrol, and, finally, techniques for breeding ticks in order to develop tick colonies for scientific study.

Spiders - Morphology, Behavior & Geographic Distribution (Paperback): Marq Santerre Spiders - Morphology, Behavior & Geographic Distribution (Paperback)
Marq Santerre
R2,203 Discovery Miles 22 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents current research in the study of the morphology, behaviour and geographic distribution of spiders. Topics discussed include plasticity in spider webs and silk; spider webs as extended phenotypes; the structure and function of the lipoproteins of spiders; a study of the discriminate information on spider webs; and ant mimicry in spiders.

A Fly for the Prosecution - How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes (Paperback, New Ed): M. Lee Goff A Fly for the Prosecution - How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes (Paperback, New Ed)
M. Lee Goff
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

THE FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGIST turns a dispassionate, analytic eye on scenes from which most people would recoil -- human corpses in various stages of decay, usually the remains of people who have met a premature end through accident or mayhem. To M. Lee Goff and his fellow forensic entomologists, each body recovered at a crime scene is an ecosystem, a unique microenvironment colonized in succession by a diverse array of flies, beetles, mites, spiders, and other arthropods: some using the body to provision their young, some feeding directly on the tissues and by-products of decay, and still others preying on the scavengers. Using actual cases on which he has consulted, Goff shows how knowledge of these insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes. Even when a body has been reduced to a skeleton, insect evidence can often provide the only available estimate of the post-mortem interval, or time elapsed since death, as well as clues to whether the body has been moved from the original crime scene, and whether drugs have contributed to the death. An experienced forensic investigator who regularly advises law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad, Goff is uniquely qualified to tell the fascinating if unsettling story of the development and practice of forensic entomology.

Scorpion Biology and Research (Hardcover): Philip Brownell, Gary Polis Scorpion Biology and Research (Hardcover)
Philip Brownell, Gary Polis
R7,108 Discovery Miles 71 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive survey demonstrates the value of scorpions as model systems for investigating a wide range of biological questions, from neurobiology to evolutionary ecology.

Spiderwebs and Silk - Tracing Evolution From Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes (Hardcover, New): Catherine L. Craig Spiderwebs and Silk - Tracing Evolution From Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes (Hardcover, New)
Catherine L. Craig
R1,892 Discovery Miles 18 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolution and behavioral ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods. Craig's book draws together studies from biochemistry through molecular genetics, cellular physiology, ecology, and behavior to present an integrated understanding of an interesting biological system at the molecular and organizational levels.

Prolegs, Legs and Wings of Insects (Hardcover): Birket, Smith, Prolegs, Legs and Wings of Insects (Hardcover)
Birket, Smith,
R1,549 Discovery Miles 15 490 Out of stock

Entomonograph is a series facing global biodiversity in insects. 37 figures.

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