Title:
Insects : evolutionary success, unrivaled diversity, and world domination / David B. Rivers.
Author:
Rivers, David, 1966- author.
Publication Information:
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
©2017
Call Number:
QL463 .R58 2017
Abstract:
Designed as an introduction to the intriguing world of insect biology, this book examines familiar entomological topics in nontraditional ways. Author David B. Rivers give important concepts relatable context through a pop culture lens. He also covers subjects not typically included in entomology textbooks, including the impact of insects on the human condition, the sex lives of insects, forensic entomology, and the threats that some insects pose to humanity.--COVER.
ISBN:
9781421421704
Physical Description:
xi, 474 pages : illustrtions (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
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Contents:
1. An introduction to insects: Busting the myths, lies, and urban legends -- 2. History of entomology : a discipline founded on death -- 3. Insects are not all bad : beneficial aspects of insect-human interactions -- 4. Insects shaping human civilization : turns out they might be bad after all -- 5. "Dressed" for success : the insect body plan -- 6. The insect's new clothes : growing by shedding -- 7. Insect Facebook : the basics of insect classification -- 8. Insects are phat but not fat : diet, nutrition, and food assimilation -- 9. Sex in the city and everywhere else : insect reproductive strategies -- 10. You can teach an insect new tricks : learning and memory in six-legged beasts -- 11. Instant messaging in the insect world : communication with kin and non-kin -- 12. Small but fortified : insects are not defenseless -- 13. Life on the edge : coping with stress -- 14. Revenge of the humans : insects as the hunted -- 15. Forensic entomology : insects as tools in legal investigations -- 16. Insect mercenaries : weapons for human warfare and national security -- 17. Invasive and elusive : new insect threats to the human condition.
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