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  • Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics comprise mechanical attachment devices, such as clamps, claws, hooks, spines and wraps, as well as hairy and smooth adhesive pads, nano-fibrils, suction ... Leer más

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  • Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

    de Frans de Waal ...
    A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." —Alison Gopnik, The AtlanticHailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve ... Leer más

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  • Honeybee Democracy

    Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes ... Leer más

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  • Ant Encounters

    Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior

    Series series Primers in Complex Systems
    How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony. Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible ... Leer más

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  • The Insects

    Structure and Function

    de R. F. Chapman ...
    The Insects has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman's original text, this long-awaited 5th edition has been revised and expanded by a team of eminent insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing ... Leer más

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  • Its A Bugs World: Scary and Spooky Bugs

    Insects for Kids - Entomology

    Series series Children's Zoology Books
    There's no reason to be scared of bugs! They can be cute if you look some of them too closely. But a child will learn to appreciate them even better if he/she learns about all the good things that they can do for the environment. So go ahead and calm your child's fear of bugs. Grab a copy now! ... Leer más

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  • Physiological Systems in Insects

    Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the roles of molecular biology, neuroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. All chapters in the new edition are updated, with major revisions to those covering swiftly evolving areas like endocrine, developmental, behavioral, and nervous systems. The new edition includes the latest details from the literature on hormone ... Leer más

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  • The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

    Edición de David Shuker, Leigh Simmons ...
    Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such as the evolution of sex, sexual selection, sexual conflict, and parental care. This edited volume provides an authoritative update of the landmark book in the field, The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems (Thornhill and ... Leer más

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  • Ticks

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    Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology ... Leer más

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  • The Lives of Lepidopterists

    Edición de Lee A. Dyer, Matthew L. Forister ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Inchworms, tiger moths, underwings, owlet moths, silkworms,sphinx moths, grass moths, and butterflies. Collectively, these and many others are the Lepidoptera, one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet.Lepidoptera can be found in the highest tropical canopies,the driest deserts, and at the leading edge of science. The adults include some of the most beautiful insects that have ... Leer más

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  • Pot-Honey

    A legacy of stingless bees

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious claim but I believe it can be backed up. They are fifty times more species rich than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly eusocial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and thrive in tropical cities. In rural ... Leer más

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  • Cool Animals: In The Air, On Land and In The Sea

    Animal Encyclopedia for Kids - Wildlife

    Series series Children's Animal Books
    You see animals everywhere! They live on land, and water while some are seen up in the air. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they make unique sounds, too. Does your child understand how important they are to the environment? Now is the time to make that understanding known. Use this book for such purpose. Grab a copy now! ... Leer más

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