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    Encyclopedia of Insects

    Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, "Encyclopedia of Insects"
    Academic Press (February 21, 2003) | ISBN: 0125869908 | 900 pages | PDF | 38 Mb

    "...a truly spectacular book. ...The wealth of information this attractively illustrated book presents will make it a valued reference..."
    -P. K. Lago for CHOICE, September 2003

    "The best insect book I have come across in my career...the right balance of scholarly information, depth and engaging interest..."
    -Michael Majerus for NEW SCIENTIST, August 2003

    "...This comprehensive survey of the insect world will provide...depth well beyond the usual smattering of identification guides."
    -LAWRENCE LOOKS AT BOOKS, Gale Group

    "...this book should be on the shelf of every biologist and naturalist. It is a gold-mine of fascinating information..."
    -Paul R. Ehrlich, President, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University

    "This comprehensive work is a definitive account of the most diverse...and least appreciated and understood groups of animals..."
    -Edward O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

    "The editors have recruited an impressive team of international experts...an invaluable work of reference."
    -Sir Richard Southwood, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford

    "More than 250 individual articles are clearly and concisely written...a must for all biological libraries and individual biologists."
    -Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Gardens

    "The Encyclopedia does a remarkable job of combining basic information...with an engaging sense of the sheer wonder of insect diversity."
    -Lord Robert May, University of Oxford; President, The Royal Society

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    The Insects: An Outline of Entomology
    Publisher: WileyBlackwell | 528 pages | 2005-01-13 | 1405111135 | PDF | 34,5 Mb

    This established and popular textbook is the definitive guide to the study of insects; a group of animals that represent over half of the planet’s biological diversity.
    • Completely updated and expanded, this new edition examines all aspects of insect biology including anatomy and physiology, ecology and evolution of insects, insect behaviours such as sociality, predation, parasitism and defense, medical and veterinary entomology and methods of collection, preserving and identifying insects.
    • Features new chapters on the methods and results of studies of insect phylogeny and a new review of insect evolution and biogeography.

    http://www.ebookee.com.cn/The-Insects-An-Outline-of-Entomology_200629.html

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    Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects

    Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects
    Springer | 2008-06 | ISBN: 1402081758 | 692 pages | PDF | 74,5 MB

    Most of the book is devoted to keys that facilitate identification of both adults and those larvae which have already been described. For the first time, all of the available information needed to identify the adults of all recognized species inhabiting South America has been compiled from a large number of individual taxonomic works written in six languages during the past two centuries. Separate keys are provided to identify all larvae that have been positively identified and described prior to early 2007. In addition to the descriptions of the morphological features used to distinguish the species, the keys provide the known ranges listed by country and by states within Brazil, as well as the synonyms most likely to be encountered in the literature. The publications cited with the species names and in the keys can be found compiled in an extensive bibliography, informing the user where more extensive species descriptions and additional information about each species can be located. Although taxonomic revisions are deliberately avoided, suggestions for additional research and the opinions of experts concerning immanent taxonomic changes are provided where appropriate.

    To provide the user of the keys with maximum assistance in making reliable identifications, the book is richly illustrated with pen and ink drawings of thousands of individual morphological structures arranged in 767 figures. It is certain that many significant changes will occur in the systematics of South American damselflies in the future, and this book is meant to provide the impetus needed to accelerate the work of nomenclature and revision. Meanwhile, it will provide a comprehensive overview of the South American Zygoptera that has hitherto remained almost unobtainable to most South American scientists because of the great difficulties in obtaining the numerous publications from numerous countries in which the original descriptions of species and taxonomic revisions have appeared. It also provides student entomologists with a basic text for learning what they need to know to work effectively with the Zygoptera of South America and adjacent regions.

    http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/science_books/biology_genetics/Encyclopedia_South_American_Aquatic_Insects.html

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    Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera

    Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera
    Springer | 2006-10-19 | ISBN: 1402048017 | 733 p | PDF | 12 Mb

    Anisoptera is the first of two volumes on the Odonata in the series Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects. The second will treat the Zygoptera. The Anisoptera volume encompasses the large dragonfly species. A brief review of the biology of the group includes illustrations of the main morphological features as well as explainations of alternative systems for naming the wing veins and other structures. This will prepare the user of the volume to understand the different names for the same structures that he will encounter in the literature.

    The review is then followed by keys to facilitate identification of the adult dragonflies and the known larvae, allowing the user a high probability of identifying his specimens correctly. In addition to anatomical features, the keys include the known ranges of the species, synonyms, and citations of literature in which more information about each individual species can be obtained. These citations are compiled in an extensive bibliography, including titles of the original publications in which descriptions of almost all South American species appeared. Although taxonomic revisions are deliberately avoided, suggestions for additional research are provided where the validity of taxa seems doubtful.

    To provide the user with the best possible opportunity to distinguish the species, the keys are richly illustrated with pen and ink drawings of thousands of individual morphological structures arranged in 797 figures. It is certain that significant changes will occur in the systematics of South American dragonflies in the future, and this book should provide the impetus needed to accelerate the revisional work. Meanwhile, it will provide a comprehensive overview of the Anisoptera in South America that is otherwise unavailable to most South American scien

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    Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications

    286 pages | Springer; 1 edition (October 1, 2008) | ISBN: 3540740880 | PDF | 8 Mb

    The laws that govern the collective behavior of social insects, flocks of birds, or fish schools continue to mesmerize researchers. While individuals are rather unsophisticated, in cooperation they can solve complex tasks, a prime example being the ability of ant colonies to find shortest paths between their nests and food sources. Task-solving results from self-organization, which often evolves from simple means of communication, either directly or indirectly via changing the environment, the latter referred to as stigmergy. Scientists have applied these principles in new approaches, for example to optimization and the control of robots. Characteristics of the resulting systems include robustness and flexibility. This field of research is now referred to as swarm intelligence.

    The contributing authors are among the top researchers in their domain. The book is intended to provide an overview of swarm intelligence to novices, and to offer researchers in the field an update on interesting recent developments. Introductory chapters deal with the biological foundations, optimization, swarm robotics, and applications in new-generation telecommunication networks, while the second part contains chapters on more specific topics of swarm intelligence research such as the evolution of robot behavior, the use of particle swarms for dynamic optimization, and organic computing.

    http://www.ebook3000.com/Swarm-Intelligence--Introduction-and-Applications_23088.html

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    Insects as Natural Enemies: A Practical Perspective
    Publisher:Springer | 2005-08-05 | ISBN 1402017340 | Pages: 748 | PDF | 17 Mb

    Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented with in the laboratory, the simple life cycles of most parasitoids, and the increasing demand for biological pest control.

    There is now a massive literature on insect natural enemies, so there is a great need for a general text that the enquiring student or research worker can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. A considerably updated and expanded version of a previous best-seller, it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct, and how to carry them out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the literature that may need to be consulted on particular topics.

    While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Insects as Natural Enemies is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professional working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

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    William H. Robinson, "Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology"
    Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 16, 2005) | ISBN:0521812534 | 480 pages | PDF | 7,2 Mb

    http://www.filefactory.com/file/84097e/n/Urban_Insects_and_Arachnids_A_Handbook_of_Urban_Entomology_rar
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    Fascinating Insects: Some Aspects of Insect Life

    Bainbridge Books | 2006-01-30 | ISBN: 1891696203 | 310 pages | PDF | 7,3 Mb

    This book highlights the very successful and much diversified group of organisms, the insects, and deals with some interesting aspects of insect life, which are often ignored in entomology textbooks. There are chapters on ants making "slaves;" insect migrations; chemical defence strategies; parental care and love; AIDS and insects; killer bees; and intelligence. The book also includes first-hand experiences of the great traveler-naturalist Prof. P. Jolivet, who narrates the re-emergence of the 17-year-cycle cicada in the USA in May 2004; the occurrence of insects on the great tepuys of Venezuela; marching of army ants in the tropical Africa; and much more.

    http://ebook.networkgood.com/science/fascinating-insects-some-aspects-of-insect-life.html

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