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

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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

Agricultural Entomology;
Biotechnology and Insects;
Circadian Rhythms;
Defensive Behavior;
Excretory System (Structure and Function);
Feeding Behavior;
Forensic Entomology;
Genetic Engineering of Insects;
Host Seeking, by Parasitoids;
Insecticide and Acaricide Resistance;
Japanese Beetle;
Larvae, Pupae;
Mechanoreception (Touch, Sensillar Structure);
Neurosecretory Cells;
Nomenclature and Classification, Pheromones;
Scales and Setae;
Tsetse Fly; and more

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