A world of insects : the Harvard University Press reader /
A World of Insects showcases classic works on insect behavior, physiology, and ecology published over half a century by Harvard University Press authors Costa, Dethier, Eisner, Goff, Heinrich, Holldobler, Roeder, Ross, Seeley, von Frisch, Waldbauer, Wilson, and Winston.
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2012]
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1dfv9cr |
جدول المحتويات:
- Introduction
- The fascination of studying insects
- Insects and the human food supply
- Population and pests
- Insect societies
- Location is everything
- Insects and the human condition
- War and insects
- Insect terror
- The birds and the mosquitoes
- Water babies, risky behavior, and sex
- How insects "work."
- Hot and cold insects
- Insect defenses
- Love at first smell
- Night creatures
- More than just jewelry
- Crime scene bugs
- Monarchs and movement
- Insects and the dismal science
- Questions of paternity, reversal of sexual roles, and sex addiction
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Index.