Sphecos

Sphecos
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1991
Genre: Wasps
ISBN:

Hymenoptera of the World

Hymenoptera of the World
Author: Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch
Publisher: Canadian Government Publishing
Total Pages: 688
Release: 1993
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This publication is the result of a course on identification of Hymenoptera given three times since 1985 at the Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. The considerable interest in these courses indicated the need for a comprehensive identification guide to all extant families of Hymenoptera. The main emphasis is on family identification using the keys, which are complemented by family sketches. The sketches include a taxonomic diagnosis to supplement the keys, a summary of the biology, the size and distribution, and important literature references.

Soviet Bibliography

Soviet Bibliography
Author: United States. Department of State. Library Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1951
Genre: Russia
ISBN:

Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics

Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics
Author: Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2016-11-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981101518X

Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival. Arthropods play an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, provide livelihoods and nutrition to human communities, and are important indicators of environmental change. Yet the population trends of several arthropods species show them to be in decline. Arthropods constitute a dominant group with 1.2 million species influencing earth’s biodiversity. Among arthropods, insects are predominant, with ca. 1 million species and having evolved some 350 million years ago. Arthropods are closely associated with living and non-living entities alike, making the ecosystem services they provide crucially important. In order to be effective, plans for the conservation of arthropods and ecosystems should include a mixture of strategies like protecting key habitats and genomic studies to formulate relevant policies for in situ and ex situ conservation. This two-volume book focuses on capturing the essentials of arthropod inventories, biology, and conservation.Further, it seeks to identify the mechanisms by which arthropod populations can be sustained in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and by means of which certain problematic species be managed without producing harmful environmental side-effects. This edited compilation includes chapters contributed by over 80 biologists on a wide range of topics embracing the diversity, distribution, utility and conservation of arthropods and select groups of insect taxa. More importantly, it describes in detail the mechanisms of sustaining arthropod ecosystems, services and populations. It addresses the contribution of modern biological tools such as molecular and genetic techniques regulating gene expression, as well as conventional, indigenous practices in arthropod conservation. The contributors reiterate the importance of documenting and understanding the biology of arthropods from a holistic perspective before addressing conservation issues at large. This book offers a valuable resource for all zoologists, entomologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the conservation of biological resources.

Adaptive Geometry of Trees (MPB-3), Volume 3

Adaptive Geometry of Trees (MPB-3), Volume 3
Author: Henry S. Horn
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691209294

Through use of the models Professor Horn has devised, plant ecologists, foresters, and botanists will be able to predict the growth and productivity of a forest, the invading and senile species in a forest, the effect of shade tolerance on forest succession, and similar questions.

Arthropod Venoms

Arthropod Venoms
Author: David W. Alsop
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 1978
Genre: Arthropoda, Poisonous
ISBN: