Zoology: invertebrates

Aerodynamics and stability implications of flexible wings, interactions and nonlinear vortex dynamics of flapping wings in insects.

Captures the full scope of the literature, integrating ecological and molecular mechanisms that enable insects to enter a dormant state.

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

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

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

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

Outlines the ecological fundamentals, assumptions, and techniques for reconstructing past environments using fossil animals from archaeological and paleontological sites.

Outlines the ecological fundamentals, assumptions, and techniques for reconstructing past environments using fossil animals from archaeological and paleontological sites.

A fully updated overview of the causation, function, development and evolution of cephalopod behaviour, richly illustrated in full colour.

A fully updated overview of the causation, function, development and evolution of cephalopod behaviour, richly illustrated in full colour.

The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.

The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.

This book is the second volume in a series of 4 volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series treating morphology, anatomy, reproduction, development, ecology, phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of polychaetous Annelida.

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

Synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites for a new generation of parasitologists.

Synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites for a new generation of parasitologists.

An expanded and improved edition of an established text reflecting recent developments in zooarchaeology.

A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists.

A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists.

Beautifully illustrated complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils.

This colourful textbook introduces students to conservation biology, the science of preserving biodiversity.

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

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

During the 20th century, agriculture underwent many unsustainable changes for the sake of greater food production.

During the 20th century, agriculture underwent many unsustainable changes for the sake of greater food production.

Recommended in CHOICE, February 2021Insects are all around us, outweighing humanity by 17 times.

Recommended in CHOICE, February 2021Insects are all around us, outweighing humanity by 17 times.

A book of national and international importance, Fruit Fly Pests is an exhaustive compendium of information (with data provided by more than 100 contributors) that will appeal to a wide variety of readers.

A book of national and international importance, Fruit Fly Pests is an exhaustive compendium of information (with data provided by more than 100 contributors) that will appeal to a wide variety of readers.

First published in 1993, completely rewritten, this second edition includes a list of all 210 countries of the world and all of the islands, with comments on the existence of insect and spider collections, both public and private.

First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with each other.

First published in 1993, completely rewritten, this second edition includes a list of all 210 countries of the world and all of the islands, with comments on the existence of insect and spider collections, both public and private.

First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with each other.

One of the themes of the 20th International Congress of Entomology held in Florence in August 1996 was Ecology and Population Dynamics, with papers presented on single species dynamics, population interactions, and community ecology.

Based on over 2,500 specimens representing all the species of Leptinotarsa in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book includes studies on 31 of the 41 known species of the world.

One of the themes of the 20th International Congress of Entomology held in Florence in August 1996 was Ecology and Population Dynamics, with papers presented on single species dynamics, population interactions, and community ecology.

Based on over 2,500 specimens representing all the species of Leptinotarsa in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book includes studies on 31 of the 41 known species of the world.

An expanded and updated edition of the out-of-print 2003 supplementum of Zoology in the Middle East, this concise guide to Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula has been sought after by researchers in taxonomy, faunistics and biogeography.

An expanded and updated edition of the out-of-print 2003 supplementum of Zoology in the Middle East, this concise guide to Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula has been sought after by researchers in taxonomy, faunistics and biogeography.

While the subject of environmental stress in animals is broad, the available information is fragmentary and lacks an up-to-date overview and analysis.

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

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

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide to the latest findings in the dynamic field of insect physiology.

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide to the latest findings in the dynamic field of insect physiology.

Taxonomists specializing in different groups once based phylogenetic analysis only on morphological data; molecular data was used more rarely.

Taxonomists specializing in different groups once based phylogenetic analysis only on morphological data; molecular data was used more rarely.

Species Problems and Beyond offers a collection of up-to-date essays discussing from an interdisciplinary perspective the many ramifications of the 'Species Problem.

Species Problems and Beyond offers a collection of up-to-date essays discussing from an interdisciplinary perspective the many ramifications of the 'Species Problem.

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition of Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach offers a timely overview of the eukaryotic parasites affecting human health and the health of domestic and wild animals and plants.