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Author : John Malcolm Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Bestemmelsesværk
ISBN : 0900386568
Author : Douglas Eric Kimmmins,Douglas Eric Kimmins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Aquatic insects
ISBN : IND:30000121537785
Author : John Malcolm Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Megaloptera
ISBN : UOM:39015079353945
Author : Peter Charles Barnard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521632412
Essential guide to the specialist literature for the identification of British insects and arachnids.
Author : Neusa Hamada,James H. Thorp,D. Christopher Rogers
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128042649
Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda, Volume Three, provides a guide for identifying and evaluating a key subphylum, hexapoda, for Central America, South America and the Antarctic. This book is essential for anyone working in water quality management, conservation, ecology or related fields in this region, and is developed to be the most modern and consistent set of taxonomic keys available. It is part of a series that is designed to provide a highly comprehensive, current set of keys for a given bioregion, with all keys written in a consistent style. This series can be used for a full spectrum of interested readers, from students, to university professors and government agencies. Includes zoogeographic coverage of the entire Neotropics, from central México and the Caribbean Islands, to the tip of South America Identifies aquatic springtails (Collembola) and insects to the genus level for many groups, and family or subfamily level for less well known taxa Presents multiple keys, from higher to lower taxonomic levels that are appropriate for each users’ level of scientific knowledge and needs Provides a general introduction and sections on limitations, terminology and morphology, material preparation and preservation, and references
Author : Peter C. Barnard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1326 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444344967
The Royal Entomological Society (RES) and Wiley-Blackwell are proud to present this landmark publication, celebrating the wonderful diversity of the insects of the British Isles, and the work of the RES (founded 1833). This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs by experienced wildlife photographers to show the range of diversity, both morphological and behavioural, among the 24,000 species. All of the 6,000 genera of British insects are listed and indexed, along with all the family names and higher groups. There is a summary of the classification, biology and economic importance of each family together with further references for detailed identification. All species currently subject to legal protection in the United Kingdom are also listed. The Royal Entomological Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious of its kind in the world. It is the leading organisation for professional entomologists and its main aim has always been the promotion of knowledge about insects. The RES began its famous Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects in 1949, and new works in that series continue to be published. The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects has been produced to demonstrate the on-going commitment of the RES to educate and encourage each generation to study these fascinating creatures. This is a key reference work for serious students of entomology and amateur entomologists, as well as for professionals who need a comprehensive source of information about the insect groups of the British Isles they may be less familiar with.
Author : Cedric Gillott
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 835 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402031830
Gillott’s thorough yet clear writing style continues to keep Entomology near the top of the class as a text for senior undergraduates, and for graduate students and professionals seeking an introduction to specific entomological topics. The author’s long-held belief that an introductory entomology course should present a balanced treatment of the subject is reflected in the continued arrangement of the book in four sections: Evolution and Diversity, Anatomy and Physiology, Reproduction and Development, and Ecology. For the third edition, all chapters have been updated. This includes not only the addition of new information and concepts but also the reduction or exclusion of material no longer considered "mainstream", so as to keep the book at a reasonable size. Based on exciting discoveries made during the previous decade, the topics of insect evolutionary relationships, semiochemicals, gas exchange, immune responses (including those of parasites and parasitoids), flight, and the management of pests have received particular attention in the preparation of the third edition. Overall, more than 30 new or significantly revised figures have been incorporated.
Author : Jill Lancaster,Barbara J. Downes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199573219
The book is a comprehensive text on all aspects of the biology of aquatic insects around the world. This fauna comprises many thousands of species that previously lacked a dedicated reference text.
Author : György Kriska
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709115473
This up-to-date guidebook on freshwater invertebrates of the central European region is a richly illustrated work, providing an excellent source of systematic information on freshwater macroinvertebrates. Numerous colour photos and additional vector graphic figures allow readers to identify specific species at a higher taxonomic level (family). The book is supplemented by electronic material including pictures and short video sequences. Freshwater Invertebrates in Central Europe – A Field Guide is a must-have for all those interested in the freshwater animals of central Europe such as animal scientists and ecologists, as well as students attending classes on freshwater invertebrate.
Author : Colin W. Plant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : WISC:89052172236
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Library Systems Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : UCR:31210012859466
Author : P. Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Alderflies
ISBN : CORNELL:31924067939102
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1792 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UFL:31262082085530
Author : Wilfried Wichard,Werner Arens,Gerhard Eisenbeis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004473522
A completely updated and translated edition of the author's famous book Atlas zur Biologie der Wasserinsekten. br/> This comprehensive work gives a vivid overview of the numerous adaptations of aquatic insects to life in an aquatic environment. 148 picture plates show more than 900 scanning electron microscope photographs with magnifications from 2.5 to 12,000 times natural size. Besides the habitus, they depict the wealth of morphological structures on the body surfaces. Explanatory texts as well as more than 150 additional line drawings, graphs and diagrams accompany each picture plate on its opposite page. In order to create an overview, on which the readers can orient themselves, a broad spectrum of all insect orders that include aquatic and semiaquatic insects has been chosen: Collembola, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Heteroptera (Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha), Megaloptera, Planipennia, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera (Tipulidae, Limoniidae, Blephariceridae, Deuterophlebiidae, Psychodidae, Ptychopteridae, Dixidae, Chaoboridae, Culicidae, Simuliidae, Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Stratiomyidae, Athericidae, Tabanidae, Syrphidae, Ephydridae, Muscidae). The book includes aquatic insects from all continents and from a wide variety of aquatic habitats. The Biological Atlas of Aquatic Insects was inspired by the fascinating variety of aquatic insects and their diverse adaptations to a life in the aquatic environment. Underlying the diversity of life histories and differing life forms (burrowers, climbers, sprawlers, clingers, and swimmers) and the adaptations of mouthparts and feeding behaviour to the trophic systems (shredders, collectors, scrapers, piercers, predators, and parasites) are the necessary physiological mechanisms that make it possible for the insects to ecologically adapt to an aquatic mode of life. The central themes of the book, the basic functions of an aquatic mode of life, respiration and osmoregulation, have been described for all of the insect groups. Without these basic functions life in fresh water would not be possible. They are important physiological components and play a significant role in answering the question: What makes originally land dwelling insects turn into aquatic insects? The Biological Atlas of Aquatic Insects is intended for both professional and amateur entomologists working with aquatic insects as well as for students of biology and limnology and should reveal to them the fully adapted aquatic insects, which participate in freshwater ecosystems. The Biological Atlas of Aquatic Insects has already had some fine reviews in entomological journals.