Zoology: invertebrates

The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups.

In insect and other arthropod immune systems, discrimination between self and nonself tissues is accomplished through the combined actions of two immunocytes and several humoral factors.

This book comprehensively reviews the transformative potential of genome editing in insect pest management.

A new edition of a key text on ecologically and economically vital intertidal tropical plant communities.

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery.

Biological Transmission of Disease Agents covers the proceedings of a 1960 symposium on Biological Transmission of Disease Agents, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Copepods, or more commonly referred to as the "e;insects of the sea"e;, have successfully colonised every aquatic environment, equating insects in terms of absolute and relative success.

This book reviews state-of-the-art research into trait-based effects and their importance in community and ecosystem ecology.

Insect physiology is currently undergoing a revolution with the increased application of molecular biological techniques to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological responses to insect cells.

This book recounts the habits of many interesting and unusual exceptions to the rule that insects are typically terrestrial forms of life.

A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.

The publication of the extensive 7-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science provided library customers and their end-users with a complete reference encompassing important developments and achievements in modern insect science, including reviews on the ecdysone receptor, lipocalins, and bacterial toxins.

Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs presents the current state of knowledge of the ecology of important elements of southern Australian sub-tidal reef flora and fauna, and the underlying ecological principles.

A Guide to the Beetles of Australia provides a comprehensive introduction to the Coleoptera - a huge and diverse group of insects.

Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society.

Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals is an updated account of the different strategies for assessing the ecotoxicity of xenobiotics against these social insects, which play a key role in both ecology and agriculture.

Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections.

Volume V features the first 304 of the total 632 colour plates of the series, each consisting of 8 photographs and generally illustrating 4 species in dorsal and lateral aspects, respectively.

Pests of Fruit Crops: A Colour Handbook, Second Edition provides an up-to-date illustrated account of the various pests of fruit crops throughout Europe, many of which (or their close relatives) are also present in non-European countries.

The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry.

Though many are harmless and even beneficial, invertebrates are some of the world's most feared and dangerous creatures.

Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety.

First published in 1989.

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics in an approachable text.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

First published in 1989.

In all, 1550 species of whiteflies have been identified.

This book focuses on drosophila as an especially useful model organism for exploring questions of evolutionary biology in the full range of evolutionary studies: population genetics, ecology, ecological genetics, speciation, phylogenetics, genome evolution, molecular evolution, and development.

This benchmark publication assembles information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on animal health.

Honeybees are an important link in our food chain because they are major pollinators of food crops.

It is only recently that the immense economic value of pollination to agriculture has been appreciated.

While we may have always assumed that insects employ auditory communication, our understanding of it has been impeded by various technical challenges.

This new book on the sustainable management of insect pests in important vegetables offers valuable management strategies in detail.

This book sets the ecological themes of abundance, distribution, and population dynamics in an evolutionary context.

In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease and then discusses their future.

The first comprehensive scholarly treatment of bed bugs since 1966 This book updates and expands on existing material on bed bugs with an emphasis on the worldwide resurgence of both the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L.

Symbiosis in Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of the biology of partnerships between fishes and invertebrates, ascending the phylogenetic scale, from luminescent bacteria, sponges and coelenterates to molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms.

The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time.

Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and evolution.

A catalogue of the soft-scale insects of the world (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cocidae) with data on geographical distribution, host plants, biology and economic importance.

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This book, by Australia's ladybird beetle specialist, Dr Adam Slipinski, illustrates Australia's diverse and fascinating ladybird beetle fauna — the commoner spotted species and the many others that are striped, glossy, and even very hairy.

Explores the extraordinary variation and plasticity found in all areas of spider behaviour including foraging, web building, communication and courtship.

Zoom in to the world of creepy crawlies and discover the secrets of the most successful creatures on the planet!

The primary aim of this guide is to enable non-specialists to identify the genera and more common species of ants occurring in cool and wet southern Australia.

The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural.

With few exceptions, insects are perceived in industrialized countries as undesirable pests.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

Urban pests are common all over the world.