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Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. Volume 4, Regulation: digestion, nutrition, excretion /

In this volume, seven of the chapters deal with feeding and diet, which is reasonable since insects consume an estimated l5-20% of all the world's planted crops. Many insects even have a specialized larval feeding stage that usually occupies a different ecological niche to the adult and so does...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kerkut, G. A. (Editor ), Gilbert, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irwin), 1929-2017 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Pergamon Press, 1985.
Colección:Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology ; volume 4
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this volume, seven of the chapters deal with feeding and diet, which is reasonable since insects consume an estimated l5-20% of all the world's planted crops. Many insects even have a specialized larval feeding stage that usually occupies a different ecological niche to the adult and so does not compete for the adult's food stock. Other chapters describe the means by which insects maintain their water balance, nitrogen balance and temperature balance under a range of conditions. These involve regulation by hormonal and behavioural systems that are also described here. The l4 chapters ar.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 639 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483286204
1483286207