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What arachnologist worth his salt could forget the arachnid with a
two-foot legspan? The Order Amblypygi not only contains world
record species, but also some of the most improbable and
unbelievable looking members of the Class Arachnida. Otherwise
known as whipspiders, these creatures appear to have been formed in
the deep recesses of a human nightmare, and yet are the only large
arachnids that are entirely harmless to humans. Predatory
whipspiders display advanced social behaviors and externally
visible reproductive biology of immense complexity. This text
presents cutting edge biological details, supporting Scanning
Electron Micrographs, and unparalleled captive reproduction
information with photographic documentation.
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Comic Insects
(Hardcover)
F a S Reid, F Berry Berry, Frederick Warne & Co
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R826
Discovery Miles 8 260
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal
interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and
professors. It discusses a range of topics from the basic
structures of plant-animal interactions to their evolutionary
implications in producing and maintaining biodiversity. It also
highlights innovative aspects of plant-animal interactions that can
represent highly productive research avenues, making it a valuable
resource for anyone interested in a future career in ecology.
Written by leading experts, and employing a variety of didactic
tools, the book is useful for students and teachers involved in
advanced undergraduate and graduate courses addressing areas such
as herbivory, trophic relationships, plant defense, pollination and
biodiversity.
This book compiles for the first time all the current information
on the electronic monitoring of the feeding behavior of
phytophagous true bugs. It includes state-of-the-art illustrations
of feeding sites on the various plant structures, and examines how
the different feeding strategies are related to the variable
waveforms generated using the electropenetrography (EPG) technique.
Further, the book describes the mouthparts and modes of feeding and
discusses the physical and chemical damage resulting from feeding
activities. Covering in detail all EPG studies developed and
conducted using true bugs published to date, it explores the use of
electronic monitoring of feeding coupled with histological analyses
to improve strategies to control true bugs, from traditional
chemical methods to gene silencing (RNAi).
Offering an example for transnational cooperation and successful
reduction of a neglected tropical disease, this volume shows how
Chinese scientists and local physicians controlled schistosomiasis
in Zanzibar. Over a four-year study, local medical specialists and
the population of Zanzibar were taught how to diagnose the
parasitosis caused by flukes (trematode worms) of the genus
Schistosoma. Furthermore, methods to eliminate the disease and
prevent new infections were established. The developed control
system will avoid repeated increase of human schistosomiasis, which
is still prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. Rural populations
and poor communities lacking access to clean drinking water and
adequate sanitation are most affected. This book is a blueprint of
activities urgently needed to combat schistosomiasis in countries
with low medical impact. The strategies outlined are particularly
relevant to parasitologists and professionals in public health,
physicians, medical personnel and also governmental, healthcare and
pharmaceutical institutions.
It is widely acknowledged that life has adapted to its environment,
but the precise mechanism remains unknown since Natural Selection,
Descent with Modification and Survival of the Fittest are metaphors
that cannot be scientifically tested. In this unique text,
invertebrate and vertebrate biologists illuminate the effects of
physiologic stress on epigenetic responses in the process of
evolutionary adaptation from unicellular organisms to invertebrates
and vertebrates, respectively. This book offers a novel perspective
on the mechanisms underlying evolution. Capacities for morphologic
alterations and epigenetic adaptations subject to environmental
stresses are demonstrated in both unicellular and multicellular
organisms. Furthermore, the underlying cellular-molecular
mechanisms that mediate stress for adaptation will be elucidated
wherever possible. These include examples of 'reverse evolution' by
Professor Guex for Ammonites and for mammals by Professor Torday
and Dr. Miller. This provides empiric evidence that the
conventional way of thinking about evolution as unidirectional is
incorrect, leaving open the possibility that it is determined by
cell-cell interactions, not sexual selection and reproductive
strategy. Rather, the process of evolution can be productively
traced through the conservation of an identifiable set of First
Principles of Physiology that began with the unicellular form and
have been consistently maintained, as reflected by the return to
the unicellular state over the course of the life cycle.
A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED LOOK AT THE LIVES AND MIND-BOGGLING
BEHAVIOURS OF INSECTS How to Read an Insect takes you on an
unforgettable tour of the insect world, presenting these amazing
creatures as you have never seen them before. This stunningly
illustrated guide puts a wealth of fascinating behaviours under the
microscope - from elegant displays of courtship to brutal acts of
predation. Along the way, Ross Piper charts the evolution of
insects and reveals everything you need to know about how they
nest, feed, reproduce and defend themselves. He concludes by
discussing the impact of the human world on insects, and what we
can do to prevent their decline in numbers. * Explores the
remarkable lifestyles of exotic insects as well as those in your
own garden. * Includes highlights from a wide range of new insect
behaviour studies. * Features a wealth of breathtaking colour
photos, illustrations, and graphics.
Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 56, provides readers with the
latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential
reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists,
entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists, with this new
release focusing on the Effects of resource limitation on the
strengths of tradeoffs in insect lifecycles, The circadian system
in insects: cellular, molecular, and functional organization,
Molecular Physiology of the Insect Midgut, The Cryptonephridic
system in Lepidoptera, Subsocial insects and the physiology of
parental care, Mechanisms regulating phenotypically plastic traits
in wing polymorphic insects, and more.
This book offers the first comprehensive review of parasitic
Crustacea, which are among the most successful and diverse
parasites. Starting with an introductory chapter, followed by an
historic overview and topic-specific chapters, each presenting a
different aspect of parasitic crustacean biology, it enables
readers to gain a better understanding of how these parasites
function and allows direct comparisons between the different
parasitic crustacean groups. The authors also discuss, in depth,
the adaptations and interactions that have made parasitic Crustacea
as successful as they are today, covering topics ranging from the
history of their discovery, their biodiversity, phylogeny,
evolution and life strategies to their role as vectors, or hosts of
other organisms, and their significance in ecological processes.
Consisting of ten chapters from leading international experts in
the field, this volume offers a one-stop resource for all
researchers, lecturers, students and practitioners.
Australia's varied grasslands have suffered massive losses and
changes since European settlement, and those changes continue under
increasingly intensive human pressures for development and
agricultural production. The values of native grasslands for
conservation of endemic native biodiversity, both flora and fauna,
have led to strong interests in the protection of remaining
fragments, especially near urban centres, and documentation of the
insects and other inhabitants of grasslands spanning tropical to
cool temperate parts of the country. Attention to conservation of
grassland insects in Australia is relatively recent, but it is
increasingly apparent that grasslands harbour many localised and
ecologically specialised endemic species. Their conservation
necessarily advances from very incomplete documentation, and draws
heavily on lessons from the far better-documented grasslands
elsewhere, most notably in the northern hemisphere, and undertaken
over far longer periods. From those cases, and the extensive
background to grassland management to harmonise conservation with
production and amenity values through honing use of processes such
as grazing, mowing and fire, the needs and priorities for Australia
can become clearer, together with needs for grassland restoration
at a variety of scales. This book is a broad overview of
conservation needs of grassland insects in Australia, drawing on
the background provided elsewhere in the world on the responses to
disturbances, and the ecological importance, of some key insect
groups (notably Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera) to suggest
how insect conservation in native, pastoral and urban grasslands
may be advanced. The substantial references given for each chapter
facilitate entry for non-entomologist grassland managers and
stewards to appreciate the diversity and importance of Australia's
grassland insects, their vulnerabilities to changes, and the
possibilities for conserving them and the wider ecological roles in
which they participate.
The book reviews key developments in downy mildew research,
including the disease, its distribution, symptomatology, host
range, yield losses, and disease assessment; the pathogen, its
taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, variability, sporulation, survival
and perpetuation, spore germination, infection, pathogenesis, seed
infection, disease cycle, epidemiology, forecasting, and fine
structures. The book also elaborates the mechanisms of host
resistance (biochemical, histological, genetic, and molecular,
including cloning and the mapping of R-genes), disease resistance
breeding strategies, and the genetics of host-parasite
interactions. It explores disease management based on cultural,
chemical, biological, host resistance, and integrated approaches;
and provides suggestions for future research areas. This book
offers a comprehensive guide to an economically important disease,
reviewing in detail the extant body of literature. Divided into 16
chapters, each of which includes a wealth of photographs, graphs,
histograms, tables, figures, flow charts, micrographs etc., it
represents an invaluable source of information for all researchers,
teachers, students, industrialists, farmers, policymakers, and all
others who are interested in growing healthy and profitable
cruciferous crops all over the world.
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