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Author : Michael E.. Archer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956779571
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (795 download)
Download or read book Vespine Wasps of the World written by Michael E.. Archer and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. M. Bohart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520309545
Total Pages : 1742 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Sphecid Wasps of the World written by R. M. Bohart and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 1742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.
Author : Simon van Noort
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691257051
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Wasps of the World written by Simon van Noort and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated guide to wasps around the world Wasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one of the world’s largest insect groups. More than 150,000 species have been identified, and while the black-and-yellow insect with a cinched waist may be the most familiar, most wasps are tiny parasitoids that use other insects for food. Wasps of the World provides a breathtaking look at the diverse characteristics, habitats, and lifestyles of these extraordinary insects. Features more than 250 stunning color photos of numerous species Profiles more than 100 families, with absorbing commentary detailing the range, habits, and notable features of members of each family Every profile includes a distribution map and a table of essential facts about size, diet, reproduction, and habitats Discusses the evolution and biology of wasps, exploring the vital role they play in supporting healthy ecosystems Shows how scientific research is expanding our knowledge about wasps and their behavior
Author : Makoto Matsuura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780387519005
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Biology of the Vespine Wasps written by Makoto Matsuura and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive account of the Biology of the Vespine Wasps, with special emphasis on behavioral aspects. The authors, well-known specialists in insect sociology and wasp systematics, cover wasps from all over the world. Asiatic hornets, a special and almost unknown group of insects due to their extreme aggressiveness, are described in detail. Many new and interesting findings are presented, concerning for example the mass-attack by the Japanese giant hornet on other social wasps. Topics include: nesting habits, brood incubation by the foundress, nest relocation by some hornets; life cycle strategies; population dynamics; life in extreme environments; parasitism; phylogeny; natural enemies; the significance of vespine wasps as pests.
Author : Chris Alice Kratzer
Publisher : Owlfly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1737892715
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (378 download)
Download or read book The Social Wasps of North America written by Chris Alice Kratzer and published by Owlfly Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 400 pages and 900 full-color illustrations, The Social Wasps of North America is the world's first complete illustrated field guide to all known species of social wasps from the high arctic of Greenland and Alaska to the tropical forests of Panama and Grenada. For beginners, experts, and everyone in-between, The Social Wasps of North America provides new insights about some of the world’s least popular beneficial insects, plus tips and tricks to avoid painful stings. This book includes detailed information about the ecology, evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, nest architecture, and conservation of social wasp species. To purchase this book in softcover format, visit our website at OwlflyLLC.com/publications.
Author : Carl Dudley Duncan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A Contribution to the Biology of North American Vespine Wasps written by Carl Dudley Duncan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth G. Ross
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501718673
Total Pages : 699 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Social Biology of Wasps written by Kenneth G. Ross and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edited collection, 17 internationally known authorities bring together the results of recent research on the natural history, ecology, behavior, morphology, and genetics of wasps as they pertain to the evolution of social behavior. The first part of the book opens with a review of the classification of the family Vespidae along with a revision of the subfamily Polistinae. Seven subsequent chapters deal with the natural history and social biology of each of the major taxa of social and presocial vespids. The second part of the book offers chapters on reproductive competition; worker polyethism; evolution of nest architecture, of queen number and queen control, and of exocrine glands; population genetics; the nutritional bsis of social evolution; and the nest as the locus of social life. The final chapter is a comparative discussion of social behavior in the Sphecidae, the only family of wasps besides the Vespidae in which well-developed social behavior is known. Providing a wealth of information about the biology of wasps, this comprehensive, up-to-date volume will be an essential reference for entomologists, evolutionary biologists, behavioral ecologists, ethologists, and zoologists. Contributors: James M. Carpenter. David P. Cowan. Holly A Downing. Raghavendra Gadagkar. Albert Greene. James H. Hunt. Robert L. Jeanne. Makoto Matsuura. Robert W. Matthews. Hudson K. Reeve. PeterFrank Roseler. Kenneth G. Ross. J. Philip Spradbery. Christopher K. Starr. Stefano Turillazzi. John W. Wenzel. Mary Jane West-Eberhard.
Author : Makoto Matsuura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783642752322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book Biology of the Vespine Wasps written by Makoto Matsuura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a great privilege and pleasure for me to write the foreword to this book, which is the result of considerable effort on the part of Dr. Makoto Matsuura and Mr. Seiki Yamane. Such an introduction might sound like a cliche, but in this case the sentiments are real, since the preparation of this book really has been a laborious task. In fact, I think it would not be an exaggeration to say that such a book could only be published once every 100 years. I would like to explain why I regard this book as unique. It is well known that as social insects "hachi" (as bees and wasps are called in Japanese), as well as ants and termites, have a very diffe rent way of life from that of other insects. Each of these three groups has its own characteristics. Ants and hachi are classified in the same category; in other words, an ant is sim ply a wasp which has lost its wings and its sting, and has adapted itself to an underground life. Termites, on the other hand, are an aberrant cockroach, descended from a phyletic line which is completely diffe rent from that of ants and hachi, which undergo complete metamor phosis. On the other hand, ants and termites have a common feature: all members have adopted a social life.
Author : Dustin R. Rubenstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107043395
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Comparative Social Evolution written by Dustin R. Rubenstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.
Author : Harald W. Krenn
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030296547
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Insect Mouthparts written by Harald W. Krenn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive book focusing on the form and function of insect mouthparts. Written by leading experts, it reviews the current knowledge on feeding types and the evolution of mouthparts and presents new research approaches. The richly illustrated articles cover topics ranging from functional morphology, biomechanics of biting and chewing, and the biophysics of fluid-feeding to the morphogenesis and genetics of mouthpart development, ecomorphology in flower-visiting insects as well as the evolution of mouthparts, including fossil records. Intended for entomologists and scientists interested in interdisciplinary approaches, the book provides a solid basis for future scientific work. Chapter 6 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Author : Randall T. Schuh
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801420665
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera) written by Randall T. Schuh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monumental reference work treats an entire worldwide order of insects. It summarizes, from both a biological and sytematic perspective, current knowledge on the Heteroptera, or true bugs, a group containing approximately 35,000 species, many of which are important to agriculture and public health. To introduce the reader to this group, Randall T. Schuh and James A. Slater offer chapters on the history of the study of the Heteroptera, research techniques, and sources of specimens. They also cover attributes of general biological interest, including habitats, habits, mimicry, and wing polymorphism; selected taxa of economic importance; and basic morphology.Presenting a current classification of the Heteroptera, the authors synthesize to the subfamily and sometimes tribal level the enormous, scattered literature, including diagnoses, keys, general natural history, a summary of distributions, and a listing of important faunistic works. In addition to a wealth of detailed illustrations, they provide a glossary to help the reader deal with the confusing terminology that has evolved over the years, as well as an extensive bibliography of more than 1350 entries.Meticulously prepared by two of the world's leading specialists, this major work will be the standard reference on the Heteroptera for many years to come.
Author : Muhammad Shahid
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819716993
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Molecular Dynamics of Plant Stress and its Management written by Muhammad Shahid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN 13 : 0850927714
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Bibliography of Commonwealth Apiculture written by Commonwealth Secretariat and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2005 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliography on CD-ROM that lists almost all publications that have been written about bees, bee science, beekeeping, hive products etc, for each Commonwealth country in the tropics.
Author : Kyoko Sawabe
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819744067
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Medical Entomology in Asia written by Kyoko Sawabe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacobus J. Boomsma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191063215
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution written by Jacobus J. Boomsma and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary change is usually incremental and continuous, but some increases in organizational complexity have been radical and divisive. Evolutionary biologists, who refer to such events as “major transitions”, have not always appreciated that these advances were novel forms of pairwise commitment that subjugated previously independent agents. Inclusive fitness theory convincingly explains cooperation and conflict in societies of animals and free-living cells, but to deserve its eminent status it should also capture how major transitions originated: from prokaryote cells to eukaryote cells, via differentiated multicellularity, to colonies with specialized queen and worker castes. As yet, no attempt has been made to apply inclusive fitness principles to the origins of these events. Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution develops the idea that major evolutionary transitions involved new levels of informational closure that moved beyond looser partnerships. Early neo-Darwinians understood this principle, but later social gradient thinking obscured the discontinuity of life's fundamental organizational transitions. The author argues that the major transitions required maximal kinship in simple ancestors - not conflict reduction in already elaborate societies. Reviewing more than a century of literature, he makes testable predictions, proposing that open societies and closed organisms require very different inclusive fitness explanations. It appears that only human ancestors lived in societies that were already complex before our major cultural transition occurred. We should therefore not impose the trajectory of our own social history on the rest of nature. This thought-provoking text is suitable for graduate-level students taking courses in evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, organismal developmental biology, and evolutionary genetics, as well as professional researchers in these fields. It will also appeal to a broader, interdisciplinary audience, including the social sciences and humanities.
Author : Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Hymenoptera of the World written by Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Carl Dudley Duncan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Study of the Biology, Morphology, and Systematics of the North American Vespine Wasps ... written by Carl Dudley Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
