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The Principles of Insect Physiology (Paperback, 7th edition)
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The Principles of Insect Physiology (Paperback, 7th edition)
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INSECTS PROVIDE an ideal medium in which to study all the problems
of physiology. But if this medium is to be used to the best
advantage, the principles and peculiarities of the insect's
organization must be first appreciated. It is the purpose of this
book to set forth these principles so far as they are understood at
the present day. There exist already many excellent text-books of
general ento mology; notably those of Imms, Weber, and Snodgrass,
to mention only the more recent. But these authors have necessarily
been preoccupied chiefly with describing the diversity of form
among insects; discussions on function being correspondingly
condensed. In the present work the emphasis is reversed. Struc ture
is described only to an extent sufficient to make the physiological
argument intelligible. Every anatomical peculiarity, every
ecological specialization, has indeed its physiological
counterpart. In that sense, anatomy, physiology and ecology are not
separable. But regarded from the standpoint from which the present
work is written, the endless modifications that are met with among
insects are but illustrations of the general principles of their
physiology, which it is the aim of this book to set forth.
Completeness in such a work is not possible, or desirable; but an
endeavour has been made to illustrate each physiological
characteristic by a few concrete examples, and to include
sufficient references to guide the student to the more important
sources. The physiology of insects is to some the handmaid of
Economic Entomology."
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