Zoology: invertebrates

Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems.

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.

Australia has a rich diversity of phasmids - otherwise known as stick and leaf insects.

Insect Virology focuses on viruses affecting insects, from the Tipula and Sericesthis iridescent viruses to the acute and chronic bee paralysis viruses and sacbrood virus.

Insect Juvenile Hormones: Chemistry and Action reviews the state of knowledge on juvenile hormones (JH) and analogs.

The Ichneumonoidea is a vast and important superfamily of parasitic wasps, with some 60,000 described species and estimated numbers far higher, especially for small-bodied tropical taxa.

Corynoneura is recognized as one of the most difficult group to classify, and there has been a long history of nomenclatural changes.

The first book on entomophagy written in this manner, Edible Insects of the World is an enumeration of 2,141 species of edible insects.

Australia's nature is exceptional, wonderful and important.

Mosquitoes are annoying, and can be deadly, but they can also be beautiful.

Everyone uses species.

With more than 10,000 known species, recent reptiles (excluding birds) are the most specious tetrapod class.

What are plant galls and how are they caused?

A fun and fact-filled AZ treasury for the insect lover in all of usInsectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries of your own.

House Dust Mites: Natural History, Control, and Research Techniques presents a complete synthesis of biological information on dust mites from both an ecological and evolutionary perspective.

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens, Second Edition explores the latest advancements and technologies for large-scale rearing and manipulation of natural enemies while presenting ways of improving success rate, predictability of biological control procedures, and demonstrating their safe and effective use.

Highlighting the significance of the widespread distribution of the migratory habit throughout the insect world.

A detailed account of mutualisms; a fascinating and growing subject in modern ecology.

This unique book is written with the novice in mind, providing an introduction to all aspects of working with cockroaches.

A pocket reference that allows the non-specialist to identify major insect and arachnid pests found in stored cereal grains, grain products and grain legumes.

A rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, disease ecology merges key ideas from ecology, medicine, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology to study how hosts and pathogens interact in populations, communities, and entire ecosystems.

Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato provides insight into the proper and appropriate application of pesticides and the integration of alternative pest management methods.

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

Crop Protection, Volume 55, the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on RNAi Plus, where microbes enhance RNAi: Mechanism and Applications, Symbionts in whiteflies, miRNAs from the microbiome as drivers in the insect, a critical view on insect microbiome data analysis and interpretation, Insect-microbe interactions and transmission as shaped by future climate changes, Intestinal bacteria of the German cockroach and its interaction with entomopathogenic fungus, and Beyond Baculovirus: Alternative biotechnological platforms and pest control based on insect viruses.

This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops.

Arthropods are important to worldwide agriculture, food safety, human health, and energy production.

This landmark volume is a unique, comprehensive compendium of all the biosystematics information on mosquitoes available today.

'If you thought butterflies were special, the clear intelligible science in this superb page-turner will make you realise they're ultra-special' - Matthew OatesThis new addition to the British Wildlife Collection is a unique take on butterfly behaviour and ecology, written by the former Chief Executive of Butterfly Conservation, Martin Warren.

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

The first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada.

Invertebrate Embryology and Reproduction deals with the practical and theoretical objectives of the descriptive embryology of invertebrates, along with discussions on reproduction in these groups of animals.

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

This book is devoted to amaranth, a plant to which 45 species are indigenous to the Mesoamerican region and 10 others originated in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Bees are a marvel of nature and vital to human existence.

Whether through loss of habitat or cascading community effects, diseases can shape the very nature of the marine environment.

It addresses the threats insect populations face and explores ways insects and their habitats are prioritised, mapped, monitored and conserved.

Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of parasitoid wasp species.

Discover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of insects and explore their world.

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

This book documents the latest accomplishments and technology relating to pheromone use in insect pest management along with the information that lead to these advances.

An undergraduate and postgraduate textbook covering the key principles, methodologies, approaches and practical examples of insect pest management in agricultural, post harvest systems, horticulture, insect vectors and medical and veterinary entomology.

This comprehensive volume focuses exclusively on sea snails (or gastropods), which are popular food items and occupy an important role in the commercial shell craft industry.

This field guide to introduced dung beetles covers all species found in Australia, including two newly introduced species.

Since the second half of the 20th Century, our agricultural bee pollinators have faced mounting threats from ecological disturbance and pan-global movement of pathogens and parasites.

'A ground-breaking identification guide .

This book consisting of ten review chapters contributed by leading workers in their respective fields, from around the world, covers the whole subject of insect reproduction.

Class insecta is numerically the largest class of the largest phylum outnumbering the total number of all the other known species of the rest of the animal kingdom.

A thoroughly entertaining and informative read.

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners.

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