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1001 Questions Answered about Insects

By: Alexander Barrett Klots,Elsie Broughton Klots

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1001 Questions Answered about Insects

By: Alexander Barrett Klots,Elsie Broughton Klots

Discusses the classification, growth, behavior, and senses of insects and describes their characteristics

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306

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Courier Corporation

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0486234703

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9780486234700

True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)

Classification and Natural History

By: Randall T. Schuh,James Alexander Slater

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True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)

Classification and Natural History

By: Randall T. Schuh,James Alexander Slater

This monumental reference work treats an entire worldwide order of insects. It summarizes, from both a biological and sytematic perspective, current knowledge on the Heteroptera, or true bugs, a group containing approximately 35,000 species, many of which are important to agriculture and public health. To introduce the reader to this group, Randall T. Schuh and James A. Slater offer chapters on the history of the study of the Heteroptera, research techniques, and sources of specimens. They also cover attributes of general biological interest, including habitats, habits, mimicry, and wing polymorphism; selected taxa of economic importance; and basic morphology.Presenting a current classification of the Heteroptera, the authors synthesize to the subfamily and sometimes tribal level the enormous, scattered literature, including diagnoses, keys, general natural history, a summary of distributions, and a listing of important faunistic works. In addition to a wealth of detailed illustrations, they provide a glossary to help the reader deal with the confusing terminology that has evolved over the years, as well as an extensive bibliography of more than 1350 entries.Meticulously prepared by two of the world's leading specialists, this major work will be the standard reference on the Heteroptera for many years to come.

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362

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Cornell University Press

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0801420660

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9780801420665

Arthropods and Human Skin

By: John O'Donel Alexander

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Arthropods and Human Skin

By: John O'Donel Alexander

To the entomologist all insects have six legs; the layman tends to use the term "insect" to include the eight-legged spiders and mites. All these creatures are correctly classified as arthropods. Many thousands of the hundreds of thousands of recognised species of arthropods are found in the human environment-domestic, occupational and rec reational. Those species which are obligate parasites of man, the human scabies mite and the head and body lice, produce familiar clinical syndromes. They remain important in medical practice and have been the subject of a great deal of recent research. This is beginning to throw much light on the immunological mechanisms which largely determine the reactions of the host. Dr. Alexander has provided a detailed survey of this work. The wasps, bees, ants and other Hymenoptera which may sting man in self-defence can cause painful, even fatal reactions. The recent work on this important subject has also been thoroughly reviewed. Every dermatologist of experience will admit that he sees many patients in whom he makes a diagnosis of "insect bites", if he has the confidence to do so, or of "papular urticaria" or "prurigo" when he lacks such confidence, mainly because he is at a loss to know which arthropod is likely to be implicated. In his survey of the enormous literature in the entomological, public health and dermatology journals Dr. Alexander has provided an invaluable guide in which the solutions to these clinical mysteries can be sought.

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419

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Springer Science & Business Media

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144711356X

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9781447113560

On the Wing

Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight

By: Dr. David E. Alexander

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On the Wing

Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight

By: Dr. David E. Alexander

On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats."--Book jacket.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199996776

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9780199996773

Nature's Flyers

Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight

By: David E. Alexander

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Nature's Flyers

Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight

By: David E. Alexander

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the air is evident in Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight, a detailed account of our current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. Instead of relying on elaborate mathematical equations, Alexander explains the physical basis of flight with sharp prose and clear diagrams. Drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs, and even winged seeds, he details the basic operating principles of wings and then moves progressively through more complex modes of animal flight, including gliding, flapping, and maneuvering. In addition to summarizing the latest thinking about flight's energy costs, Alexander presents a holistic view of flight and its ramifications as he explores the ecology and evolution of flying animals, addressing behaviorally important topics such as migration and navigation. With somewhat surprising answers, the author then concludes his study by examining the extent to which natural flight has been inspiring or instructive for the architects of human flight—airplane designers and engineers.

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JHU Press

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0801867568

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9780801867569

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1001 Questions Answered about Insects

1001 Questions Answered about Insects

True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)

True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)

Arthropods and Human Skin

Arthropods and Human Skin

On the Wing

On the Wing

Nature's Flyers

Nature's Flyers

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