Outlines of Entomology
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1988.
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| Edición: | 7th ed. 1988. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1189-5 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Insect structure and function
- The integument and its derivatives; coloration
- Segmentation and body regions
- The head and its appendages
- The thorax, legs and wings
- The abdomen and genitalia
- The muscular system
- The nervous system
- The sense organs and perception
- Alimentary canal, digestion and nutrition
- The respiratory system
- The circulatory system and associated tissues
- The excretory organs, fat-body and other haemocoelic structures
- The glands or organs of secretion
- The reproductive system and reproduction
- 3 Development and metamorphosis
- Embryonic development
- Post-embryonic development
- 4 Classification and biology
- Order 1. Diplura
- Order 2. Protura
- Order 3. Collembola
- Order 4. Archaeognatha
- Order 5. Zygentoma
- Order 6. Ephemeroptera
- Order 7. Odonata
- Order 8. Plecoptera
- Order 9. Grylloblattodea
- Order 10. Orthoptera
- Order 11. Phasmida
- Order 12. Dermaptera
- Order 13. Embioptera
- Order 14. Dictyoptera
- Order 15. Isoptera
- Order 16. Zoraptera
- Order 17. Psocoptera
- Order 18. Phthiraptera
- Order 19. Hemiptera
- Order 20. Thysanoptera
- Order 21. Neuroptera
- Order 22. Coleoptera
- Order 23. Strepsiptera
- Order 24. Mecoptera
- Order 25. Siphonaptera
- Order 26. Diptera
- Order 27. Lepidoptera
- Order 28. Trichoptera
- Order 29. Hymenoptera
- 5 Evolutionary relationships of insects
- Insects and other Arthropods
- The ancestry of insects
- Apterygote relationships
- Phylogeny of the Pterygota
- 6 Some important modes of life in insects
- Relationships between insects and plants
- Leaf-mining insects
- Insects and plant galls
- Insects and the pollination of flowers
- Insectivorous plants
- Insects and micro-organisms
- Predacious insects
- Insect parasitoids
- Ectoparasitic insects
- Blood-sucking insects
- Aquatic insects
- Protective coloration and mimicry
- Social insects
- 7 The biology of insect populations
- Estimation of insect population size
- Models of insect population growth
- Population fluctuations
- Life tables
- Key factor analysis
- Regulation of population size; density-dependent processes
- Competition
- Competitive exclusion; resource partitioning; the ecological niche
- Host-parasitoid and predator-prey relationships
- Food webs and the trophic structure of communities
- Diversity, stability and succession in insect communities
- Genetic variation in insect populations
- 8 Biology and control of injurious insects
- Insect pests of cultivated plants
- Insect pests of forestry, timber and stored products
- Insects of medical and veterinary importance
- Insecticidal control
- Biological control methods
- 9 Select classified bibliography.