Author: Shōichi Sakagami
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Nest Architecture of the Sweat Bees (Halictinae)
Author: Shōichi Sakagami
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Imms' General Textbook of Entomology
Author: Augustus Daniel Imms
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780412152207
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Band 2.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780412152207
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Band 2.
Soils of the Past
Author: Gregory J. Retallack
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401179026
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Landscapes viewed from afar have a timeless quality that is soothing to the human spirit. Yet a tranquil wilderness scene is but a snapshot in the steady stream of surficial change. Wind, water and human activities reshape the landscape by means of gradual to catastrophic and usually irreversible events. Much of this change destroys past landscapes, but at some times and places, landscapes are buried in the rock record. This work is dedicated to the discovery of past landscapes and their life through the fossil record of soils. A long history of surficial changes extending back almost to the origin of our planet can be deciphered from the study of these buried soils, or paleosols. Some rudiments of this history, and our place in it, are outlined in a final section of this book. But first it is necessary to learn something of the language of soils, of what happens to them when buried in the rock record and which of the forces of nature can be confidently reconstructed from their remains. Much of this preliminary material is borrowed from soil science, but throughout emphasis is laid on features that provide most reliable evidence of landscapes during the distant geological past. This book has evolved primarily as a text for senior level university courses in paleopedology: the study of fossil soils.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401179026
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Landscapes viewed from afar have a timeless quality that is soothing to the human spirit. Yet a tranquil wilderness scene is but a snapshot in the steady stream of surficial change. Wind, water and human activities reshape the landscape by means of gradual to catastrophic and usually irreversible events. Much of this change destroys past landscapes, but at some times and places, landscapes are buried in the rock record. This work is dedicated to the discovery of past landscapes and their life through the fossil record of soils. A long history of surficial changes extending back almost to the origin of our planet can be deciphered from the study of these buried soils, or paleosols. Some rudiments of this history, and our place in it, are outlined in a final section of this book. But first it is necessary to learn something of the language of soils, of what happens to them when buried in the rock record and which of the forces of nature can be confidently reconstructed from their remains. Much of this preliminary material is borrowed from soil science, but throughout emphasis is laid on features that provide most reliable evidence of landscapes during the distant geological past. This book has evolved primarily as a text for senior level university courses in paleopedology: the study of fossil soils.
Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology
Author: O.W. Richards
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401704724
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description
seem as appropriate now as the original balance was when Dr A. D. Imms' textbook was first published over fifty years ago. There are 35 new figures, all based on published illustrations, the sources of which are acknowledged in the captions. We are grateful to the authors concerned and also to Miss K. Priest of Messrs Chapman & Hall, who saved us from many errors and omissions, and to Mrs R. G. Davies for substantial help in preparing the bibliographies and checking references. London O. W. R. R. G. D. May 1976 Part III THEORDERSOFINSECTS THE CLASSIFICATION AND PHYLOGENY OF INSECTS The classification of insects has passed through many changes and with the growth of detailed knowledge an increasing number of orders has come to be recognized. Handlirsch (1908) and Wilson and Doner (1937) have reviewed the earlier attempts at classification, among which the schemes of Brauer (1885), Sharp (1899) and Borner (1904) did much to define the more distinctive recent orders. In 1908 Handlirsch published a more revolutionary system, incorporating recent and fossil forms, which gave the Collembola, Thysanura and Diplura the status of three independent Arthropodan classes and considered as separate orders such groups as the Sialoidea, Raphidioidea, Heteroptera and Homoptera. He also split up the old order Orthoptera, gave its components ordinal rank and regrouped them with some of the other orders into a subclass Orthopteroidea and another subclass Blattaeformia.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401704724
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description
seem as appropriate now as the original balance was when Dr A. D. Imms' textbook was first published over fifty years ago. There are 35 new figures, all based on published illustrations, the sources of which are acknowledged in the captions. We are grateful to the authors concerned and also to Miss K. Priest of Messrs Chapman & Hall, who saved us from many errors and omissions, and to Mrs R. G. Davies for substantial help in preparing the bibliographies and checking references. London O. W. R. R. G. D. May 1976 Part III THEORDERSOFINSECTS THE CLASSIFICATION AND PHYLOGENY OF INSECTS The classification of insects has passed through many changes and with the growth of detailed knowledge an increasing number of orders has come to be recognized. Handlirsch (1908) and Wilson and Doner (1937) have reviewed the earlier attempts at classification, among which the schemes of Brauer (1885), Sharp (1899) and Borner (1904) did much to define the more distinctive recent orders. In 1908 Handlirsch published a more revolutionary system, incorporating recent and fossil forms, which gave the Collembola, Thysanura and Diplura the status of three independent Arthropodan classes and considered as separate orders such groups as the Sialoidea, Raphidioidea, Heteroptera and Homoptera. He also split up the old order Orthoptera, gave its components ordinal rank and regrouped them with some of the other orders into a subclass Orthopteroidea and another subclass Blattaeformia.
Comparative Social Evolution
Author: Dustin R. Rubenstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043395
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043395
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.
National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids
Author: Jae C. Choe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521589772
Category : Arachnida
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit complex forms of behavior that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521589772
Category : Arachnida
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit complex forms of behavior that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring. This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to sociality and its evolution in a wide range of taxa.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description