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Book The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps

Download or read book The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps written by Donald L. J. Quicke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ichneumonoidea is a vast and important superfamily of parasitic wasps, with some 60,000 described species and estimated numbers far higher, especially for small-bodied tropical taxa. The superfamily comprises two cosmopolitan families - Braconidae and Ichneumonidae - that have largely attracted separate groups of researchers, and this, to a considerable extent, has meant that understanding of their adaptive features has often been considered in isolation. This book considers both families, highlighting similarities and differences in their adaptations. The classification of the whole of the Ichneumonoidea, along with most other insect orders, has been plagued by typology whereby undue importance has been attributed to particular characters in defining groups. Typology is a common disease of traditional taxonomy such that, until recently, quite a lot of taxa have been associated with the wrong higher clades. The sheer size of the group, and until the last 30 or so years, lack of accessible identification materials, has been a further impediment to research on all but a handful of ‘lab rat’ species usually cultured initially because of their potential in biological control. New evidence, largely in the form of molecular data, have shown that many morphological, behavioural, physiological and anatomical characters associated with basic life history features, specifically whether wasps are ecto- or endoparasitic, or idiobiont or koinobiont, can be grossly misleading in terms of the phylogeny they suggest. This book shows how, with better supported phylogenetic hypotheses entomologists can understand far more about the ways natural selection is acting upon them. This new book also focuses on this superfamily with which the author has great familiarity and provides a detailed coverage of each subfamily, emphasising anatomy, taxonomy and systematics, biology, as well as pointing out the importance and research potential of each group. Fossil taxa are included and it also has sections on biogeography, global species richness, culturing and rearing and preparing specimens for taxonomic study. The book highlights areas where research might be particularly rewarding and suggests systems/groups that need investigation. The author provides a large compendium of references to original research on each group. This book is an essential workmate for all postgraduates and researchers working on ichneumonoid or other parasitic wasps worldwide. It will stand as a reference book for a good number of years, and while rapid advances in various fields such as genomics and host physiological interactions will lead to new information, as an overall synthesis of the current state it will stay relevant for a long time.

Book The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica

Download or read book The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica written by Ian David Gauld and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Bibliography of the Ichneumonidae  1970 1990  parasitic Hymenoptera

Download or read book A Bibliography of the Ichneumonidae 1970 1990 parasitic Hymenoptera written by Virendra Kumar Gupta and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of World Ichneumonidae  Hymenoptera

Download or read book A Catalogue of World Ichneumonidae Hymenoptera written by Dicky S. Yu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ichneumon flies of America North of Mexico

Download or read book Ichneumon flies of America North of Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico

Download or read book Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ichneumonidae of the Indo Australian Area  Hymenoptera

Download or read book The Ichneumonidae of the Indo Australian Area Hymenoptera written by Virendra Kumar Gupta and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia

Download or read book An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia written by Ian David Gauld and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ichneumon flies of America North of Mexico

Download or read book Ichneumon flies of America North of Mexico written by Clement E. Dasch and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Final Larval Instars of the Ichneumonidae

Download or read book The Final Larval Instars of the Ichneumonidae written by John Robert Thomas Short and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ecology of a Garden

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  • Author : Jennifer Owen
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1991-07-18
  • ISBN : 9780521343350
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book The Ecology of a Garden written by Jennifer Owen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-07-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique documentation of the wildlife that existed in a Leicestershire garden from 1972 to 1986.

Book Parasitoid Wasps of South East Asia

Download or read book Parasitoid Wasps of South East Asia written by Buntika A. Butcher and published by CABI. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasitoid wasps are cosmopolitan, numerous and enormously diverse with probably one million or more species worldwide, most of which occur in the moist tropics. Their ecological importance is enormous although perhaps most evident in their major roles in the control of insect pest populations. In natural ecosystems they are integral in regulating populations of a vast number of insects, and therefore are key players in terrestrial food webs. Knowledge of their biology is still very poor because the current state of taxonomy is still in its infancy in most parts of the world.In this book, we provide an overview of the more than 30 families of parasitoid wasps that occur in the 11 countries in South East Asia. Particular emphasis is given to those most commonly encountered and reared, as well as to those used in biological control programmes. Outlines of the morphology, biology, ecology and behaviour of each family, as well as of various important subfamilies are presented. The current state of taxonomy in the region is summarised. Other chapters cover basic biology, behaviour, morphological terminology, phylogeny and methods of specimen collecting, preparation and rearing with particular relevance to the tropics. Modern molecular approaches to speeding taxonomic description of hyperdiverse taxa are considered in depth. All groups are illustrated with colour photographs. This book will be of value to professional entomologists, academics, entomology students and the growing body of amateur entomologists and insect photographers.

Book The Zoological Record

Download or read book The Zoological Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research  2011 Edition

Download or read book Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research 2011 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 8182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Biological and Life Sciences Research. The editors have built Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Biological and Life Sciences Research in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Book Issues in Biological  Biochemical  and Evolutionary Sciences Research  2011 Edition

Download or read book Issues in Biological Biochemical and Evolutionary Sciences Research 2011 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 4540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research. The editors have built Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.