Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : McGavin, George C. (1954-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Davranoglou, Leonidas-Romanos  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Essential entomology [Texte imprimé] / George C. McGavin, Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou

Édition : 2nd ed.

Publication : Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford university press, 2023

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXII-314 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 26 cm

Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 301-302. Index
Comprising well over half of all known animal species, insects are the most successful organisms on the planet. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that one cannot study agriculture, biology, and the environment, without a basic understanding of entomology. Furthermore, insects are indispensable to advances in molecular biology and genetics, and their ongoing decline in many parts of the world has stimulated much research in the crucial roles they play in global ecosystems.However, the sheer diversity of insects can be a challenge to every newcomer to entomology. Most entomology textbooks tend to focus on insect biology, leaving readers with only a superficial idea of insect diversity and evolution, while others delve into too much detail that will deter the novice. In contrast, Essential Entomology has a clear taxonomic structure that provides readers with the necessary framework to understand the diversity, life history, and taxonomy of insects in a new light. This fully revised edition provides the most up-to-date guide to insects and includes all the major developments in molecular biology and palaeontology of the last 20 years.This textbook is an essential read for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in entomology, agriculture, and forestry. It will also appeal to a broad academic audience of ecologists, conservationists, natural resource managers, as well as to the far more numerous general readers who are interested in wildlife, nature, and the environment. With these diverse audiences in mind, the straightforward and accessible style of the first edition has been maintained, technical jargon has been kept to a minimum, and sufficient background information is provided to enable the reader to follow the text with ease.

Sujet(s) : Entomologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Insectes -- Classification  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  595.7 (23e éd.) = Insecta  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780192843111 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47266795x

Notice n° :  FRBNF47266795 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Section 1: Introduction to insect evolution and biology ; The evolution of the arthropods ; The origins of insects and other hexapods ; Five factors in a winning formula ; Interactions with other organisms ; Insect structure ; Conclusion ; Section 2: The insect orders ; Insect groups that predate the evolution of wings ; Archaeognatha (bristletails - alternative name: Microcoryphia) ; Zygentoma (silverfish and firebrats - alternative name: Thysanura) ; The winged insects ; Division Palaeoptera ; Ephemeroptera (mayflies) ; Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) ; Division Neoptera ; Superorder Exopterygota (= Hemimetabola) ; Polyneoptera ; Haplocercata ; Dermaptera (earwigs) ; Zoraptera (angel insects) ; Plecoptera (stoneflies) ; Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) ; Dictyoptera ; Blattodea (cockroaches and termites - alternative name: Blattaria) ; Cockroaches ; Termites ; Mantodea (praying mantids) ; Xenonomia ; Grylloblattodea (ice crawlers - alternative name: Notoptera) ; Mantophasmatodea (heel walkers - alternative name: Notoptera) ; Eukinolabia ; Phasmatodea (stick insects and leaf insects) ; Embioptera (webspinners - alternative name: Embiidina) ; Paraneoptera (= Acercaria) ; Psocodea (barklice, booklice, and true lice) ; Hemiptera (true bugs) ; Thysanoptera (thrips) ; Division Endopterygota (= Holometabola) ; Neuropterida ; Raphidioptera (snakeflies) ; Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, and fishflies) ; Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, and mantidflies) ; Coleopterida ; Coleoptera (beetles) ; Strepsiptera (strepsipterans) ; Antliophora ; Mecoptera (scorpionflies) ; Siphonaptera (fleas) ; Diptera (flies) ; Amphiesmenoptera ; Trichoptera (caddisflies) ; Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) ; Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants) ; Section 3: Fieldwork ; Collecting ; Killing methods and data recording ; Specimen preservation ; Long-term preservation.