Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity

Name: Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity
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ISBN: 9780195100334

ISBN-10: 0195100336

ISBN-13: 9780195100334

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Howell V. Daly, John T. Doyen, Alexander H. Purcell, Alexander H. Purcell

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Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity is intended as a text for courses in general entomology with laboratory. It was written for students who have completed an introductory course in biology. The biology of insects as well as their classification are treated in depth. The common insects of North America are covered, together with discussion of species found elsewhere in the world. Parts I and II provide reading material for lectures. Part I, on insects as organisms, covers morphology, physiology, and behavior, including social behavior. Part II, on ecology of insects, begins with population biology, followed by chapters on insects in relation to their environments and pest…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/19/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 696
Size: 9.49" wide x 7.80" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English




Insects As Organisms



Introduction



The Insect Body



The Integument



Continuity of the Generations: Development and Reproduction



Maintenance and Movement



Reception of Stimuli and Integration of Activities



Social Relationships



Insect Ecology



Population Biology



Diversity and Adaptations of Insects in Selected Habitats



Insects and Vascular Plants



Entomophagous Insects



Insects and Vertebrates



Insects and Microbes



Pest Management



Insect Diversity



An Evolutionary Perspective of the Insecta



Key to the Classes and Orders of Common Hexapodous Arthropods



The Parainsecta: Collembola and Protura



The Entognatha: Diplura



The Apterygota: Archeognatha and Thysanura



Ephemeroptera



Odonata



Blattodea



Mantodea



Isoptera



Grylloblattodea



Dermaptera



Plecoptera



Embiidina



Orthoptera



Phasmatodea



Zoraptera



Psocoptera



Phthiraptera



Hemiptera



Thysanoptera



Megaloptera



Raphidioptera



Neuroptera



Coleoptera



Strepsiptera



Mecoptera



Diptera



Siphonaptera



Lepidoptera



Trichoptera



Hymenoptera



Collection and Preservation


Glossary


References Cited


Indexes


Taxonomic Index


Subject Index