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Insect ecology : an ecosystem approach /

Dr. Timothy Schowalter has succeeded in creating a unique, updated treatment of insect ecology. This revised and expanded text looks at how insects adapt to environmental conditions while maintaining the ability to substantially alter their environment. It covers a range of topics- from individual i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schowalter, Timothy Duane, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Academic Press, �2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Responses to abiotic conditions
  • Resource acquisition
  • Resource allocation
  • Population systems
  • Population dynamics
  • Biogeography
  • Species interactions
  • Community structure
  • Community dynamics
  • Ecosystem structure and function
  • Herbivory
  • Pollination, seed predation, and seed dispersal
  • Decomposition and pedogenesis
  • Insects as regulators of ecosystem processes
  • Synthesis.