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Book Bionomics  Systematics  and Phylogeny of Lytta

Download or read book Bionomics Systematics and Phylogeny of Lytta written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bionomics  Systematics  and Phylogeny of Lytta  a Genus of Blister Beetles Coleoptera  Meloidae   With Illustrations  Including Maps

Download or read book Bionomics Systematics and Phylogeny of Lytta a Genus of Blister Beetles Coleoptera Meloidae With Illustrations Including Maps written by Richard Brent SELANDER and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bionomics  Systematics  and Phylogeny of Lytta

Download or read book Bionomics Systematics and Phylogeny of Lytta written by Eleanor Jeanne Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bionomics  systematics  adn phylogeny of Lytta  a genus of blister beetles Coleoptera  Meloidae

Download or read book Bionomics systematics adn phylogeny of Lytta a genus of blister beetles Coleoptera Meloidae written by Richard Brent Selander and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Bulletin

Download or read book Technical Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Phylogenetic Systematics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Willi Hennig
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780252068140
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Phylogenetic Systematics written by Willi Hennig and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phylogenetic Systematics, first published in 1966, marks a turning point in the history of systematic biology. Willi Hennig's influential synthetic work, arguing for the primacy of the phylogenetic system as the general reference system in biology, generated significant controversy and opened possibilities for evolutionary biology that are still being explored.

Book Phylogenetics

    Book Details:
  • Author : E. O. Wiley
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2011-10-11
  • ISBN : 1118017870
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book Phylogenetics written by E. O. Wiley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic systematics has taken its place as the dominant paradigm of systematic biology. It has profoundly influenced the way scientists study evolution, and has seen many theoretical and technical advances as the field has continued to grow. It goes almost without saying that the next twenty-five years of phylogenetic research will prove as fascinating as the first, with many exciting developments yet to come. This new edition of Phylogenetics captures the very essence of this rapidly evolving discipline. Written for the practicing systematist and phylogeneticist, it addresses both the philosophical and technical issues of the field, as well as surveys general practices in taxonomy. Major sections of the book deal with the nature of species and higher taxa, homology and characters, trees and tree graphs, and biogeography—the purpose being to develop biologically relevant species, character, tree, and biogeographic concepts that can be applied fruitfully to phylogenetics. The book then turns its focus to phylogenetic trees, including an in-depth guide to tree-building algorithms. Additional coverage includes: Parsimony and parsimony analysis Parametric phylogenetics including maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches Phylogenetic classification Critiques of evolutionary taxonomy, phenetics, and transformed cladistics Specimen selection, field collecting, and curating Systematic publication and the rules of nomenclature Providing a thorough synthesis of the field, this important update to Phylogenetics is essential for students and researchers in the areas of evolutionary biology, molecular evolution, genetics and evolutionary genetics, paleontology, physical anthropology, and zoology.

Book Theory and Practice of Biological Control

Download or read book Theory and Practice of Biological Control written by C.B. Huffaker and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theory and Practice of Biological Control covers conventional biological control achievement in the major crop types and in public health problems. Composed of five sections encompassing 28 chapters, this book discusses the basic information concerning developments in other biologically based alternatives to chemical pesticides. The first two sections discuss the philosophy, theory, scope, history, and the biological and ecological bases of biological control. These sections also deal with the impact of predators and the host relationships of parasitoids and pathogens. The following section presents the methodological aspects of biological control. Discussions on the variability of natural enemies as encountered in biological control work; the fitness of individuals and populations; the ways fitness is being or can be influenced by importation procedures; and the ability of imported natural enemies to adapt to the new environment are included. The fourth section outlines the accomplishments of conventional biological control in various types of crops, forests, and public health areas. Lastly, the various components of integrated pest control other than conventional biological control that forms the essential ways used in the integrated control approach are covered in the last section of the book. This book is an ideal source for plant pathologists and researchers, microbiologists, parasitologists, and public health professionals.

Book The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics

Download or read book The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics written by Andrew Hamilton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-11-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic systematicsÑits methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundationsÑwith contributions from historians, philosophers, and biologists. This volume articulates an intellectual agenda for the study of systematics and taxonomy in a way that connects classification with larger historical themes in the biological sciences, including morphology, experimental and observational approaches, evolution, biogeography, debates over form and function, character transformation, development, and biodiversity. It aims to provide frameworks for answering the question: how did systematics become phylogenetic?

Book Tenebrionoidea

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2013-01-21
  • ISBN : 9004260900
  • Pages : 670 pages

Download or read book Tenebrionoidea written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive work covering the about 100,000 species of Coleoptera known to occur in the Palaearctic Region. The complete work is planned for 8 volumes that will be published in intervals of about 18 months. The information provided for each species will be the following: • Primary taxonomic information of all available names in the genus and species levels published by the end of 1999. • The taxonomic information below subfamily will be organized alphabetically. • The type species of genera and subgenera, incl. synonyms, are given. • The area covered also includes the Arabian Peninsula, Himalayas and China. • The distributional data of species and subspecies is given per country. • Detailed distributional information for strict endemics is given. • Introduced species are indicated. The catalogue is a collective work of about one hundred coleopterists from Europe, Japan, America and Australia.

Book Nesting Biology and Associates of Melitoma  Hymenoptera  Anthophoridae

Download or read book Nesting Biology and Associates of Melitoma Hymenoptera Anthophoridae written by Earle Gorton Linsley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reconstructing the Tree of Life

Download or read book Reconstructing the Tree of Life written by Trevor R. Hodkinson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b

Book Phylogenetics

    Book Details:
  • Author : E. O. Wiley
  • Publisher : Wiley-Liss
  • Release : 1981-08-10
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Phylogenetics written by E. O. Wiley and published by Wiley-Liss. This book was released on 1981-08-10 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a clear, simple and comprehensive overview of the phylogenetic approach to systematics, which has two major goals: reconstructing the evolutionary relationships among organisms and integrating the results into general reference classifications. Shows how the results of systematic research can be applied to studying the pattern and processes of evolution.

Book Insect Defenses

    Book Details:
  • Author : David L. Evans
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 1990-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780887068966
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Insect Defenses written by David L. Evans and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work takes a fresh, modern approach to investigate and explain the predator and prey relationships of insects and spiders, the major terrestrial fauna on earth. Devoted to broad and in-depth analysis of arthropod defenses against predators, the book's approach is both experimentally and theoretically based with major emphasis on evolution, predator strategies and tactics, and prey defensive adaptations and behaviors. The authors explain such topics as cryptic and aposematic coloration, the conflict between sexual and survival needs, web spider prey choice and evolution of prey counter defenses, predator-prey interactions and the origins of intelligence, bird predatory tactics, and caterpillar defense strategies. Also examined is the use of timing for fitness and survival, evolutionary gamesmanship in the predatory bat-moth relationship, colony defense by aper wasps, startle as a defense by moths, aggregation as a defense, chemicals as defenses, plant chemicals as defenses, and venoms as defenses. The authors illustrate each topic with numerous specific well-documented examples presented in a clear, readable style.