Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations, Fred Punzo

Автор: John L. Cloudsley-Thompson
Название: Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles
ISBN: 3642753396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642753398
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Описание: Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles starts with a new classification of the world`s deserts, based upon the type of precipitation and the effect on their faunas of arthropods and reptiles. Seasonal activity and phenology are described, adaptations for burrowing, the avoidance of enemies, and defence, are also outlined.

Автор: E. B. Edney
Название: Water Balance in Land Arthropods
ISBN: 3642811078 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642811074
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Описание: Writers on arthropod water relationships range from bio- physicists and biochemists to population ecologists-a fact that gives cause to wonder whether the field is already too heterogeneous to be written about in a single book by a single author.

Автор: Alfredo V. Peretti; Anita Aisenberg
Название: Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods
ISBN: 3319348590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319348599
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Описание: Cryptic Female Choice and Other Types of Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection.- Potential for CFC in Black Widows (Genus Latrodectus): Mechanisms and Social Context.- Cryptic Female Choice Within the Genus Argiope: A Comparative Approach.- Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection in Two Tropical Orb-Weaving Leucauge Spiders.- Copulatory and Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection in Haplogyne Spiders, With Emphasis on Pholcidae and Oonopidae.- Cryptic Female Choice and Nuptial Prey Gifts an a Spider Model.- Male and Female Mate Choice in Harvestmen: General Patterns and Inferences on the Underlying Processes.- Cryptic Female Choice in Crustaceans.- Female Choice in Damselflies and Dragonflies.- What is Indirect Cryptic Female Choice? Theoretical Considerations and an Example from a Promiscuous Earwig.- Cryptic Female Choice in Crickets and Relatives (Orthoptera: Ensifera).- Sexual Selection Within the Female Genitalia in Lepidoptera.- Who's Zooming Who? Seminal Fluids and Cryptic Female Choice in Diptera.- An Integrative View of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in a Soldier Fly: Interplay Between Cryptic Mate Choice and Sperm Competition.- Species-Specific Behavioral Differences in Tsetse Fly Genital Morphology and Probable Cryptic Female Choice.- Evaluating Cryptic Female Choice in Highly Promiscuous Tribolium Beetles.- Female Choice in Social Insects.- Mating is a Give-And-Take of Influence and Communication Between the Sexes.

Автор: Ann Hajek; Travis Glare; Maureen O`Callaghan
Название: Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods
ISBN: 1402085591 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402085598
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Описание: This is a diverse presentation about the use of arthropod-specific pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropod species. Basic concepts supporting use of pathogens for microbial control are covered as well as societal and environmental concerns.

Автор: John L. Cloudsley-Thompson
Название: Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods
ISBN: 3540181881 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540181880
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Описание: Thisisnotintendedtobeacomprehensivetextbookofentomology andarachnology, butratheraconcisesynthesisofcertainbasic informationrequiredfor BSc(Hons)andMSc(Entomology) examinations. Theapproachisprimarilyfunctional: forinstance, theskeletalandwaterproofingpropertiesofthearthropodcuticle arediscussed, butnotitsbiochemistry;andIhaveincludedonly thosepointswithwhichIbelievealladvancedstudentsofthesub- jectoughttobefamiliar. Someaspectsaretodayregardedas outdated;othersdonotappearinanycurrenttexts, butIhave includedthembecauseIconsiderthemtobeimportant. Innoway, therefore, shouldthisberegardedasabookofreference. Tobe frank, itconsistsofamassofoversimplificationsandunqualified generalizationswhichareintendedtoclarifythecomplexprinciples underlyingthem. OncetheseprincipleshavebeenthorougWy grasped, thereaderwillhaveacquiredasufficientlybroadapproach tobeabletogetthebestvaluefrommoreadvancedtreatises. MythanksareduetoDrs. JohnDalingwater, AndrewMilner, andespeciallyPaulHillyardfortheiradviceonpalaeontological matters;toProfessorsEinarBursellforpermissiontouseFig. 8, takenfromhis An Introduction to Insect Physiology(Academic Press), NeilF. HadleyandtheEditorsof American Scientistto reproduceFigs. 52,53, andtoF. SchallerforFig. 42fromachap- terhewroteinGupta(ed. ) Arthropod Phylogeny(VanNostrand Reinhold). Finally, IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoRoy Abrahamsforredrawingthefiguresshowinginsectwingvenations andtoEileenBerghfortypingthemanuscript. Thebookwas completedduringtenureofaLeverhulmeEmeritusFellowship whichIampleasedtoacknowledge, whileProfessorN. A. Mitchison FRSkindlyprovidedmewithaccommodationinUniversityCol- lege, London. J. L. CWUDSLEY-THOMPSON Contents 1 PalaeontologyandPhylogeny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 TheEarliestArthropodanFossils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 2 TheFirstTerrestrialArthropods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. 3 EvolutionintheArthropods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3. 1 EmbryologicalConsiderations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3. 2 ComparativeMorphology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 3. 3 MonophyleticorPolyphyleticOrigins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 FurtherReading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 ImplicationsofLiveonLand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. 1 TheSignificanceofSize 10 2. 1. 1 Size, SkeletonsandAllometry 11 2. 1. 2 AllometricGrowth 12 2. 2 WaterRelations 12 2. 3 TheConquestoftheLand 14 2. 4 . TheIntegument 14 2. 4. 1 TheEndocuticle 15 2. 4. 2 TheExocuticle 15 2. 4. 3 TheEpicuticle 16 2. 5 GrowthandEcdysis 18 2. 6 Respiration: Lung-BooksandTracheae 19 2. 7 NutritionandExcretion 21 2. 7. 1 Nutrition 21 2. 7. 2 Excretion 22 2. 8 EcologicalConsiderationsofSize 23 FurtherReading 25 3 TheConquestoftheLandbyCrustacea. . . . . . . . . . . . 26 3. 1 TypesofAdaptation. . . . 26 3. 2 TransitionfromWatertoLandinAmphipoda 26 3. 3 TransitionfromWatertoLandinDecapoda 28 3. 4 TransitionfromWatertoLandinIsopoda 30 3. 4. 1 Morphology 30 3. 4. 2Physiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3. 4. 3 Behaviour 34 VIII Contents 3. 5 Conclusion 35 FurtherReading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4 InsectPhylogenyandtheOriginofFlight. . . . 37 4. 1 AncestryofInsects 37 4. 2 TheOriginofWings 38 4. 2. 1 Apte10taandtheAncestryofSpiders 39 4. 3 Paranota1Theory 40 4. 4 TrachealGillTheory . 42 4. 5 SelectionforFlight 43 4. 6 PhylogenyoftheLowerInsectOrders . 44 4. 6. 1 FossilEvidence .

Автор: R?diger Wehner
Название: Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Arthropods
ISBN: 3540060200 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540060208
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Описание: It is now generally accepted for a variety of reasons - morphological as well as physiologica- that the visual systems of arthropods provide a suitable model for the study of information proces- sing in neuronal networks.

Автор: Nigel E. Stork; Joachim Adis; Raphael K. Didham
Название: Canopy Arthropods
ISBN: 0412749009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780412749001
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Описание: During the last twenty years recognition of the importance of canopy arthropods to global biodiversity and the crucial roles arthropods play in forests has led to a revolution in the study and understanding of the arthropod community structure in the forest canopy.

Автор: George P. Stamou
Название: Arthropods of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
ISBN: 3642797547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642797545
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Описание: After an introduction to the structure and function of Mediterranean-type ecosystems, ecophysiological adaptations to water stress and varying temperature are considered. Further, activity patterns and life cycle tactics are discussed in relation to the peculiarity of Mediterranean environments.

Автор: Heinz Mehlhorn
Название: Arthropods as Vectors of Emerging Diseases
ISBN: 3642428533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642428531
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Описание: Global warming and globalization are the buzzwords of our time. They have nearly reached a religious status and those who deny their existence are considered modern heretics. Nevertheless, the earth has become an overcrowded village, traversable within a single day. Thus it is hardly surprising that besides persons and goods also agents of disease are easily transported daily from one end of the world to the other, threatening the health and lives of billions of humans and their animals. Agents of diseases (prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites) are not only transmitted by body contact or direct exchange of bodily fluids, but also by means of vectors which belong to the groups of licking or blood-sucking arthropods (mites, ticks, insects) that live close to humans and their houses. Without a doubt the recently accelerating globalization supports the import of agents of disease into countries where they never had been or where they had long since been eradicated, leading to a false sense of living on a “safe island.” These newly imported or reintroduced diseases – called “emerging diseases” – may lead to severe outbreaks in cases where the countries are not prepared to combat them, or in cases where viruses are introduced that cannot be controlled by medications or vaccines. Arthropods are well known vectors for the spread of diseases. Thus their invasion from foreign countries and their spreading close to human dwellings must be blocked everywhere (in donor and receptor countries) using safe and effective measures. This book presents reviews on examples of such arthropod-borne emerging diseases that lurk on the fringes of our crowded megacities. The following topics show that there is an ongoing invasion of potential vectors and that control measures must be used now in order to avoid disastrous outbreaks of mass diseases.

Автор: Miriam Lehrer
Название: Orientation and Communication in Arthropods
ISBN: 3034898118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783034898119
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Описание: Many arthropods use celestial (skylight) and terrestrial (magnetic) compass cues for orientation, and some of them were shown to develop, through experience, oriented behaviours based on a variety of innate, hard-wired orientation mechanisms.

Автор: Gerhard Eisenbeis; Elizabeth A. Mole; Friedrich Sc
Название: Atlas on the Biology of Soil Arthropods
ISBN: 3642726364 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642726361
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Описание: From the Foreword: "Anyone who has glimpsed a sample of soil animals, especially the soil arthropods, through the binocular microscope will never forget the fascination of their abundant shapes and structures ...

Автор: Ann Hajek; Travis Glare; Maureen O`Callaghan
Название: Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods
ISBN: 9048179106 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048179107
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Описание: This is a diverse presentation about the use of arthropod-specific pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropod species. Basic concepts supporting use of pathogens for microbial control are covered as well as societal and environmental concerns.