The Insects: An Outline of EntomologyInsects represent over half of the planet’s biological diversity. This popular textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to this extraordinary diversity, and places entomology central to the theory and practice of evolutionary and ecological studies. Fully revised, this fifth edition opens with a chapter concerning the popular side of insect studies, including insects in citizen science, zoos and butterfly houses, and insects as food for humans and animals. Key features of insect There is major revision to the chapter on systematics and a new chapter, Insects in a Changing World, includes insect responses to, and the consequences of, both climate change and human-assisted global alterations to distributions. Updated ‘Taxoboxes’ demonstrate topical issues and provide concise information on all aspects of each of the 28 major groupings (orders) of insects, plus the three orders of non-insect hexapods. New boxes describe a worrying increase in insect threats to landscape and commercial trees (including eucalypts, palms and coffee) and explain the value of genetic data, including evolutionary developmental biology and DNA barcoding, in insect biodiversity studies. |
Contents
plants | |
plant structures | |
Further Reading | |
Further Reading | |
insects | |
Further Reading | |
Pest Management | |
Insects in a Changing World | |
Further Reading | |
Internal Anatomy and Physiology | |
Sensory Systems and Behaviour | |
Insect Development and Life Histories | |
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Insect Systematics Phylogeny | |
springtails diplura diplurans and protura | |
Further Reading | |
Insect Evolution and Biogeography | |
GroundDwelling Insects | |
Aquatic Insects | |
biodiversity and conservation | |
Further Reading | |
Taxoboxes | |
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Glossary | |
References | |
Index | |
A Reference Guide to Orders | |
Supplemental Images | |
Plate 6 | |