Author: Philip B. Dowden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birch leaf-mining sawfly
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Parasites of the Birch Leaf-mining Sawfly (Phyllotoma Nemorata)
Author: Philip Berry Dowden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Parasites of the Birch Leaf-mining Sawfly (Phyllotoma Nemorata)
Author: Philip B. Dowden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birch leaf-mining sawfly
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birch leaf-mining sawfly
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Technical Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Trends in Dairying by Major Type-of-farming Regions
Author: Winn Frederick Finner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps
Author: Donald L. J. Quicke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118907051
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
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.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118907051
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
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.
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2868
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2868
Book Description
Report of the Director of Information
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Information
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Bureau of Entomology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Selenium Occurrence in Certain Soils in the United States, with a Discussion of Related Topics
Author: Alfred Paul Dachnowski-Stokes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Forestry Clubs for Young People
Author: Marie Foote Heisley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afforestation
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
This publication has been prepared primarily for the use of leaders of young people's forestry clubs. Its purpose is to suggest forestry activities suitable for young people and ways and means of carrying on those activities. Some are suitable only for clubs formed by boys and girls, living on farms or in smaller towns; others are more suitable for young people living in the larger cities.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afforestation
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
This publication has been prepared primarily for the use of leaders of young people's forestry clubs. Its purpose is to suggest forestry activities suitable for young people and ways and means of carrying on those activities. Some are suitable only for clubs formed by boys and girls, living on farms or in smaller towns; others are more suitable for young people living in the larger cities.