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The insects : structure and function

A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists.

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  • "A long-awaited update of the standard textbook on insect structure and function, revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists."@en
  • ""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 insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing on particular functional systems rather than taxonomic groups and making it easy for students to delve into topics without extensive knowledge of taxonomy. The focus is on form and function, bringing together basic anatomy and physiology and examining how these relate to behaviour. This, combined with nearly 600 clear illustrations, provides a comprehensive understanding of how insects work. Now also featuring a richly illustrated prologue by George McGavin, this is an essential text for students, researchers and applied entomologists alike""
  • "The head, ingestion and utilisation of the food; The thorax and movement; The abdomen, reproduction and development; The cuticle, respiration and excretion; The nervous and sensory systems."
  • "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 insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing on particular functional systems rather than taxonomic groups and making it easy for students to delve into topics without extensive knowledge of taxonomy. The focus is on form and function, bringing together basic anatomy and physiology and examining how these relate to behaviour. This, combined with nearly 600 clear illustrations, provides a comprehensive understanding of how insects work. Now also featuring a richly illustrated prologue by George McGavin, this is an essential text for students, researchers and applied entomologists alike.This is a long-awaited update of the standard textbook in the field, revised from Chapman's original by a team of eminent insect physiologists. It is organized so that chapters deal with functional systems rather than taxonomic groups, making it easy for students to delve into topics without extensive knowledge of taxonomy. This book is richly illustrated throughout with nearly 600 figures. - Publisher."
  • "SummaryThe insect head is a rigid capsule that is joined to the thorax by a flexible neck. The head bears the mouthparts, the antennae, the compound eyes and the ocelli, and contains the dorsally located brain and the ventral subesphageal ganglion. The head has an internal skeleton that provides strength and attachment sites for feeding, antennal and neck muscles. The antennae are the primary site of olfactory reception and also serve as active sensors in many insects. Recommended reading; References in figure captions; 2 Mouthparts and feeding; Introduction; 2.1 Ectognathous mouthparts."@en
  • ""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 insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing on particular functional systems rather than taxonomic groups and making it easy for students to delve into topics without extensive knowledge of taxonomy. The focus is on form and function, bringing together basic anatomy and physiology and examining how these relate to behaviour. This, combined with nearly 600 clear illustrations, provides a comprehensive understanding of how insects work. Now also featuring a richly illustrated prologue by George McGavin, this is an essential text for students, researchers and applied entomologists alike"--"
  • "Section A: The head, ingestion and utilisation of the food; Section B: The thorax and movement; Section C: The abdomen, reproduction and development; Section D: The cuticle, respiration and excretion; Section E: The nervous and sensory systems; Section F: The blood, hormones and pheromones."
  • "The head, ingestion and utilisation of the food: feeding, the alimentary canal, digestiona and absorption, nutrition, the fat body and general metabolism and colour. The thorax and movement: the thorax and legs, locomotion, the wings, movement and control of the wings, the muscles and flight activity. The abdomen, reproduction and development: the abdomen, the reproductive system - male and female, mating behaviour and the transfer of sperm to the female, oviposition and egg, embriology, unusual types of development and hatching, postembryonic development, hatching and postembryonic development and metamorphosis. The cuticle, respiration and excretion: the integument, the tracheal system and respiration in terrestrial insects, respiration in aquatic and endoparasitic insects and excretion and salt and water regulation. The nervous and sensory systems: the nervous and sensory systems: the nervous system, the eyes and vision, sound production, mechanoreception, chemoreception and temperature and humidity. The blood, hormones and pheromones: the circulatory systems, the haemolymph, the endocrine organs and hormones and exocrine glands, pheromones and defensive secretions."
  • "The head, ingestion and utilisation of the food. The thorax and movement. The abdomen, reproduction and development. The cuticle, respiration and excretion. The nervous and sensory systems. The blood, hormones and pheromones."
  • "The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food; head; Mouthparts and feeding; Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption; Nutrition; Circulatory system, blood and immune systems; The thorax and locomotion; Legs and locomotion; Wings and flight; Muscles; The abdomem, reproduction and development; Abdomen; Reproductive system: male; Reproductive system: female; The egg and embryology; Postembryonic development; The integument, gas exchange and homeostasis; Integument; Gaseous exchange; Excretion and salt and water regulation; Thermal relations; Communication; Nervous systems; Vision; Mechanoreception; Chemoreception; Visual signals: color and ligth production; mechanical communication: producing sound and substrate vibrations; Chemical communication: pheromones and chemical with interspecific significance."

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