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Title Hymenoptera : evolution, biodiversity, and biological control / Andrew D. Austin & Mark Dowton (editors)
Published Collingwood, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Pub., ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 468 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Part 1 -- Introduction; Part 2 -- Development and Physiology; Part 3 -- Molecular Phylogenetics; Part 4 -- Systematics; Part 5 -- Biology, Ecology and Behaviour; Part 6 -- Biodiversity; Part 7 -- Biological Control; Part 8 -- Hymenoptera in Education; Part 9 -- Medical Effects of Hymenoptera; Part 10 -- Future Research; Indexes
Summary The Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of terrestrial arthropods and comprises the sawflies, wasps, ants, bees and parasitic wasps. Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control examines the current state of all major areas of research for this important group of insects, including systematics, biological control, behaviour, ecology, and physiological interactions between parasitoids and hosts. The material in this volume originates from papers presented at the Fourth International Hymenoptera Conference held in Canberra, Australia in early 1999. This material has been ext
Notes Chiefly based on papers presented at the Fourth International Hymenopterists Conference held in Canberra, Jan. 1999
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Hymenoptera -- Congresses
NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
Hymenoptera
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Austin, A. D
Dowton, Mark
International Hymenopterists Conference (4th : 1999 : Canberra, A.C.T.)
ISBN 0643090088
9780643090088
128315420X
9781283154208
9780643099104
0643099107