Encyclopedia of Insects
The Encyclopedia of Insects is a comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. Articles provide definitive facts about all insects from aphids, beetles and butterflies to weevils and yellowjackets.

Insects are beautiful and dreadful, ravenous pests and devastating disease vectors, resilient and resistant to eradication, and the source of great benefit and great loss for civilization. Important for ecosystem health, they have influenced the evolution of other life forms on our planet including humans. Anyone interested in insects, from university professors and researchers to high school students preparing a report, will find The Encyclopedia of Insects an indispensable volume for insect information.

* Articles are written by internationally recognized experts on the topic

* Over 1,000 pages of informative articles arranged alphabetically for easy reference, including 1,700 cross references

* Approximately 3,000 bibliography entries accompany the articles, presenting sources chosen by the authors to provide additional material

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Encyclopedia of Insects
The Encyclopedia of Insects is a comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. Articles provide definitive facts about all insects from aphids, beetles and butterflies to weevils and yellowjackets.

Insects are beautiful and dreadful, ravenous pests and devastating disease vectors, resilient and resistant to eradication, and the source of great benefit and great loss for civilization. Important for ecosystem health, they have influenced the evolution of other life forms on our planet including humans. Anyone interested in insects, from university professors and researchers to high school students preparing a report, will find The Encyclopedia of Insects an indispensable volume for insect information.

* Articles are written by internationally recognized experts on the topic

* Over 1,000 pages of informative articles arranged alphabetically for easy reference, including 1,700 cross references

* Approximately 3,000 bibliography entries accompany the articles, presenting sources chosen by the authors to provide additional material

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Encyclopedia of Insects

Encyclopedia of Insects

Encyclopedia of Insects

Encyclopedia of Insects

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The Encyclopedia of Insects is a comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. Articles provide definitive facts about all insects from aphids, beetles and butterflies to weevils and yellowjackets.

Insects are beautiful and dreadful, ravenous pests and devastating disease vectors, resilient and resistant to eradication, and the source of great benefit and great loss for civilization. Important for ecosystem health, they have influenced the evolution of other life forms on our planet including humans. Anyone interested in insects, from university professors and researchers to high school students preparing a report, will find The Encyclopedia of Insects an indispensable volume for insect information.

* Articles are written by internationally recognized experts on the topic

* Over 1,000 pages of informative articles arranged alphabetically for easy reference, including 1,700 cross references

* Approximately 3,000 bibliography entries accompany the articles, presenting sources chosen by the authors to provide additional material


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780123741448
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication date: 06/17/2009
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 1168
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 11.00(h) x 2.00(d)

Table of Contents

285 subjects from 265 contributorsAccessory Glands; Aestivation; Agricultural Entomology; Amber; Anatomy: Head, Thorax, Abdomen and Genitalia; Antennae; Ants; Aphids; Apis Species; Aposematic Coloration; Apterygota; Aquatic Habitats; Archaeognatha; Arthropoda and related groups;Auchenorrhyncha; Autohemorrhage; Autonomy; Bedbugs;Beekeeping; Bee Products; Beeswax; Biodiversity; Biogenic Amines; Biogeographical Patterns; Biological Control of Insect Pests; Bioluminescence; Biotechnology and Insects; Blattodea; Blood Sucking; Body Size; Boll Weevil; Bombyx mori; Borers; Brain and Optic Lobes; Bubonic Plague; Caste; Caterpillars; Cat Fleas; Cave Insects; Cell Culture; Chemical Defense; Chemoreception;Chiggers and Other Disease-Causing Mites; Chitin; Chromosomes
Chrysalis; Cicadas; Circadian Rhythms; Circulatory System; Cocoon; Codling Moth;Coevolution; Cold/Heat Protection; Coleoptera; Collection and Preservation; Collembola; Colonies; Colorado Potato Beetle; Coloration; Commercial Products from Insects; Conservation; Crickets; Crypsis; Cultural Entomology; Cuticle; Daddy-Long-Legs; Dance Language; DDT; Defensive Behavior; Delusory Parasitosis; Dengue; Dermaptera; Development, Hormonal Control; Diapause; Digestion; Digestive System; Diplura; Diptera; Division of Labor in Insect Societies; Dog Heartworm; Dormancy; Drosophila melanogaster; Dung Beetles; Ecdysteroids; Eggs; Egg Coverings; Ekbom Syndrome; Embiidina; Embryogenesis; Endangered Insects; Endopterygota; Entomological Societies; Ephemeroptera; Excretion; Exopterygota; Exoskeleton; Extension Entomology; Vail; Eyes and Vision; Fat Body; Feeding Behavior; Fire Ants; Flight; Folk Beliefs and Superstitions; Food, Insects as; Forensic Entomology; Forest Habitats; Fossil Record; Genetically Modified Plants; Genetic Engineering; Genetic Variation;Grassland Habitats; Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, and Insects; Growth Individual; Grylloblattodea; Gypsy Moth; Hearing; Hemolymph; Hibernation; History of Entomology; Homeostasis Behavioral; Honey; Honeydew; Host Seeking, by Parasitoids; Host Seeking, for Plants; House Fly; Human history, Insects Effect on; Hymenoptera; Hypermetamorphosis; Hyperparasitism; Imaginal Discs; Immunology; Industrial Melanism; Insecta, Overview; Insect Genomics; Insecticide and Acaricide Resistance; Insecticides; Insectivorous Plants; Insectivorous Vertebrates; Insect Zoos; Integrated Pest Management; Integument; Introduced Insects; Island Biogeography and Evolution; Isoptera; Japanese Beetle; June Beetles; Juvenile Hormones; Ladybugs; Larva; Learning; Legs; Lepidoptera; Lice, Human; Locusts;Magnetic Sense; Malaria; Mantodea; Mantophasmatodea; Marine Insects; Mating Behaviors; Mechanoreception; Mecoptera; Medical Entomology; Medicine, Insects in; Megaloptera; Metabolism; Metamorphosis; Migration; Mimicry; Mites; Molting; Monarchs; Mosquitoes; Mouthparts; Movies, Insects in; Muscle System; Museums and Display Collections; Neosomy; Netropical African Bees;Nest Building; Neuropeptides; Neuroptera; Nomenclature and Classification, Principles of; Nutrition; Ocelli and Stemmata; Odonata; Orientation; Orthoptera; Ovarioles; Oviposition Behavior; Parasitoids; Parental Care; Parthenogenesis; Pathogens of Insects; Phasmida; Pheromones; Phoresy; Photography of Insects; Phthiraptera; Phylogeny of Insects; Physical Control of Insect Pests; Phytophagous Insects; Phytotoxemia; Plant Diseases and Insects; Plant-Insect Interactions; Plecoptera; Pollination and Pollinators; Pollution, Insect Response to; Polyembryony; Population Ecology; Predation/Predatory Insects; Prosorrhyncha; Protura; Psocoptera; Pterygota; Puddling Behavior; Pupa and Puparium; Raphidioptera; Rearing of Insects; Recruitment Communication; Regulatory Entomology; Reproduction, Female; Reproduction, Female: Hormonal Control of; Reproduction, Male; Reproduction, Male: Hormonal Control of; Research Tools, Insects as; Respiratory System; River Blindness; Royal Jelly; Salivary Glands; Scales and Setae; Scorpions; Segmentation; Sericulture; Sex Determination; Sexual Selection; Silk Production; Siphonaptera; Sociality; Soil HabitatsSpermatheca; Spermatophore; Spiders; Stamps, Insects and; Sterile Insect Technique; Sternorrhyncha; Stored Products as Habitats; Strepsiptera; Swimming, Lake Insects; Swimming, Stream Insects; Symbionts Aiding Digestion; Symbionts, Bacterial; Teaching Resources; Temperature, Effects on Development and Growth; Thermoregulation; Thysanoptera; Ticks; Tracheal System; Trichoptera; Tsetse Fly; Urban Habitats;Venom; Veterinary Entomology; Vibrational Communication; Vinegaroons; Vitellogenesis; Walking and Jumping;Wasps; Water and Ion Balance, Hormonal Control of; Wings; Wolbachia; Yellow Fever; Zoonoses, Arthopod-Borne; Zoraptera; Zygentoma

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