Zoologi: ryggradslösa djur (evertebrater)

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the edited book category Decomposition and recycling of vertebrate remains have been understudied, hampered largely due to these processes being aesthetically challenging (e.g., smell and...

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A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a fundamentally im...

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"Mosquitoes - Identification, Ecology and Control" presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and control of both nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes. It provides practical guidance an...

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The Insects has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman's original text, this long-awaited 5th edition has been revised and expanded by a team of eminent ...

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A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world.The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a fundamentally imp...

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Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife. This book investigates the biogeography of butterfly species over the British islands, particularly the factors that influence their presence on...

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En bok för både naturvårdare och skogsbrukare. Över 450 rikt illustrerade faktablad över insekter som gör gnagspår i bark och ved. En unik och oumbärlig bok vid inventering. Även den intresserade naturströvaren kan finna svar på sina frågor.

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Honeybees make decisions collectively - and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, a...

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Plant volatiles-compounds emitted from plant organs to interact with the surrounding environment-play essential roles in attracting pollinators and defending against herbivores and pathogenes, plant-plant signaling, and abiotic stress responses. B...

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This book is about how to move from conventional beekeeping methods to a system of natural beekeeping.  The content of this book has been available for many years now on Beesource.com.  It is offered here in the form of a book.  The...

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Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. For each of the thirty-two currently recognized phyla, Invertebrates, Third Edition, presents detailed classifications, revised taxonomic synopses, updated information on gene...

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Våra märkliga släktingar i havet. Vad är det som har hundratals fötter, saknar huvud och är våra nära släktingar? Svaret är, tagghudingar. Det finns drygt 70 arter av tagghudingar längs den svenska kusten nästan uteslutande längs västkusten. Vanli...

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In the last fifty years our butterfly populations have declined by more than eighty per cent and butterflies are now facing the very real prospect of extinction. It is hard to remember the time when fields and meadows were full of these beautiful,...

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Varför är abborrarna småväxta tusenbröder i en sjö? Och varför kan det helt plötsligt finnas storvuxna abborrgiganter i samma sjö? Vad krävs för att det ska uppkomma storvuxna rödingkannibaler i en fjällsjö? Hur klarar sig fisk en sportfiskare slä...

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This book provides a concise and readable summary of the ecology and behaviour of bumblebees, with a particular focus on practical issues such as conservation strategies, management of bumblebees for crop pollination, and the possible impacts of b...

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How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encoun...

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Bark spiders spin webs ten times stronger than Kevlar. Jumping spiders are capable of learning, recognizing, and remembering colours. Recluse spiders can tolerate six months of extreme drought and have a toxin-laden bite that can necessitate skin ...

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Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems? How can we bring ruined land back to life? Where do roboticists turn when they try to engineer a hive mind? Termites. Strange though it seems, scientists look to tiny termites for answers to some bi...

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A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practic...

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"A ground-breaking identification guide ... the perfect marriage of artistic excellence, deep knowledge and, dare I say it, of scientists' genuine affection." BRETT WESTWOOD This brand new illustrated field guide covers all 47 species of...

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In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the North Eastern United States emerged from their seventeen year cycle - the longest gestation period of any animal. In listening to cicadas, as well as other humming, clicking, and thrumming insects, Bug Musi...

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Daggmaskarna är bördiga jordars byggmästare. På senare tid har vi börjat återupptäcka deras betydelse för friska och sunda jordar. Det har lett till ett nytt sätt att tänka hos odlare och jordbrukare: att ge näring åt marklivet i stället för att g...

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This classic guide to the butterflies of Britain and northern Europe enters its third edition as part of the authoritative Collins Guide series. This comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe features over 400 species, depicting...

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Orin McMonigle, with contributions by the late Dr. Richard L. Hoffman, assembles the definitive resource guide with reproductive and developmental data for those spectacular terrestrial arthropods, the millipeds (or millipedes). Invertebrate hobby...

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Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and colour to the garden. A summer's day wouldn't be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a d...

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One of the most eagerly anticipated insect guides for years... This is the most comprehensive field guide to micro-moths ever published in a single volume, and, for the first time, makes this fascinating and important group of insects accessible t...

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Innehåll bl. a.: Dessa fantastiska insekter - Historia - Dag- eller nattfjäril? - Mat! Antenner - Alstring ljud - En värld av faror - Jag är giftig - se upp! - Fjärilens livsuppgift - fortplantningen - Reviret - Uppvaktning och parning - Skör fram...

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Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy be...

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