Biology E-Books Online, Collection 2007-2010

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• Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: I. Karanovic
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  • The monograph describes the Candoninae fauna of the Pilbara region, containing 84 species and 12 genera, of which 83 species and 11 genera are endemic. This ancient fauna holds one of the most important clues about the evolution of the subfamily.

• Causes and Consequences of Forest Growth Trends in Europe

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editor Hans-Peter Kahle
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  • Forest growth in Europe has been increasing during the last decades. Several possible causes have been suggested. In this book complementary approaches are used to discriminate between factors. Increased nitrogen availability is indicated as the major cause of the observed growth increase. In the future, direct temperature effects and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration are likely to become more important.

• The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part II: Entomobryomorpha and Symphypleona

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  • Author: A. Fjellberg
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  • The book provides richly illustrated identification keys and descriptions of the ca. 240 Nordic springtail species of Entomobryomorpha and Symphypleona, thus completing the survey which was introduced with the first volume on Poduromorpha in 1998.

• Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Daniel Bickel; Thomas Pape; Rudolf Meier
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  • This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of Diptera, with chapters on all regional faunas, Diptera as ecological indicators, statistical techniques for estimating species diversity based on the known fauna, molecular tools and trends in digital publication.

• Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Systematics, Phylogeny and Bacterial Symbionts

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  • Authors: K. Nguyen; D. Hunt
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  • The volume deals with history, morphology, taxonomy, and systematics of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) in the families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae, molecular methods and bacteria associated with these nematodes.

• A Handbook of the World's Conifers (2 vols.)

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  • Author: Aljos Farjon
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  • The first handbook to include detailed information on all 615 conifers, temperate as well as tropical, this encyclopedic work offers users as diverse as ecologists, gardeners, foresters and conservationists the accumulated knowledge of these trees obtained in 30 years of academic research, presented in an easily searchable format.

• Marine Interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: T. Karanovic
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  • Copepods are top predators in the interstitial ecosystems and this book offers the first data about two large orders from the Australian marine interstitial. This exciting fauna abounds in new taxa, and this helped the author to recognize new zoogeographic regions in Australia.

• Mononchida

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  • Authors: W. Ahmad; M.S. Jairajpuri
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  • A unique treatise on the morphology and taxonomy of the order Mononchida, a group of potential nematode biocontrol agent.

• Morphology of the Auditory and Vestibular Organs in Mammals, with Emphasis on Marine Species

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: G. Solntseva

• Parasitic flowering plants

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  • Author: H. Heide-Jørgensen
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  • Parasitic flowering plants are of great general and scientific interest besides their economic importance when attacking crop plants. This beautifully illustrated book covers all parasitic families and most of the genera and discusses all main aspects of their biology.

• Plant-Arthropod Interactions in the Early Angiosperm History

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: V. Krassilov; A. Rasnitsyn

• Post-Embryonic Development of the Copepoda

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  • Authors: Ferrari; H.U. Dahms
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  • The first monograph to compile observations about the post-embryonic development of the morphologically and ecologically diverse subclass Copepoda. Analyses provide insights into the correspondence of developmental stages among species, architecture of the naupliar body, and patterning of copepodid body and limbs.

• Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae): Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: P. Castillo; N. Vovlas
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  • Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are recognized worldwide as one of the major constraints of crop of primary economic importance including vegetables, and many small and fruit trees. Pratylenchus spp. rank third behind root-knot and cyst nematodes as the nematodes of greatest economic impact.

• The Psocoptera of tropical South East Asia

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  • Authors: T. New; Lienhard
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  • A synopsis of the bark lice and book lice (Psocoptera) recorded from tropical Southeast Asia, including illustrated keys to all families and genera, together with distributional and biological notes, comprehensive references and a checklist of regional species.

• Research on Chrysomelidae, Volume 1

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Pierre Jolivet; Jorge Santiago-Blay; Michael Schmitt

• Research on Chrysomelidae, Volume 2

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Pierre Jolivet; Jorge Santiago-Blay; Michael Schmitt

• Studies on Brachyura: a Homage to Danièle Guinot

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  • Editors Peter Ng; Peter Castro; Peter Davie; Betrand Richer de Forges
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  • This volume is in honour of Danièle Guinot (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France), and was born out of our admiration for Danièle’s immense contributions to her discipline. A total of 35 of her colleagues have contributed to this volume, submitting papers on those aspects of the Brachyura to which Danièle, herself, has significantly contributed – taxonomy, evolution, morphology, palaeontology and general biology of crabs.

• Systematic List of Fossil Decapod Crustacean Species

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: C. Schweitzer; R. Feldmann; A. Garassino; H. Karasawa; G. Schweigert
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  • A systematic list of all currently known species of fossil deapod crustaceans, placed within a modern classification of the suborder, includes verified authorships and dates of publication along with a complete list of references to all systematic categories.

• Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematoda: Heteroderinae), Part A

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: S. A. Subbotin; M. Mundo-Ocampo; J. Baldwin
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  • Volume 8 in the series, appearing in two parts, A and B, deals with the systematics of cyst nematodes of the subfamily Heteroderinae. Cyst nematodes are important pathogens causing extensive damage and significant yield loss to many crops in both temperate and tropical regions.

• Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematoda: Heteroderinae), Part B

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  • Authors: S. A. Subbotin; M. Mundo-Ocampo; J. Baldwin
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  • Volume 8 in the series, appearing in two parts, A and B, deals with the systematics of cyst nematodes of the subfamily Heteroderinae. Cyst nematodes are important pathogens causing extensive damage and significant yield loss to many crops in both temperate and tropical regions.

• Through Eugène Dubois' eyes

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  • Authors: P.C. Albers; J. De Vos
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  • This new biography on Eugène Dubois' includes the reconstruction of the book that he intended to write on Pithecanthropus erectus and other fossils from Indonesia (but never finished), together with the recently discovered correspondence from his publisher and the disclosure of the photographic material in the Dubois Collection.

• Tinbergen’s Legacy in Behaviour: Sixty Years of Landmark Stickleback Papers

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  • Editor Frank Hippel
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  • In a flurry of post-war productivity, Niko Tinbergen re-established his lab in Leiden, wrote landmark papers and his famous book The Study of Instinct, and founded the journal Behaviour to serve the burgeoning field of ethology. Tinbergen and his senior assistant, Jan van Iersel, published their classic paper, "Displacement reactions in the three-spined stickleback," in the first issue of his new journal in 1948. Stickleback are now a powerful model in the fields of behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, developmental genetics, and ecotoxicology - an extraordinary development for a small fish that began its modeling career among an enthusiastic core of Tinbergen students in the 1930s. From a series of clever experiments with painted model fish to the use of the sequenced genome to analyze the genetic basis of courtship, stickleback science progressed in leaps and bounds, often via seminal studies published in the pages of Behaviour.

    Tinbergen’s Legacy in Behaviour traces sixty years in the development of science using stickleback as a model, with 34 original articles covering topics ranging from homosexuality and cannibalism to genetics and speciation. Desmond Morris, Theo Bakker, Robert Wootton, Michael Bell, Tom Reimchen, Boyd Kynard, Harman Peeke, and Iain Barber provide fresh retrospectives on their republished works. Commentary by Frank von Hippel accompanies the articles and explains the roles they played in the frontiers of science as researchers falsified or expanded upon one another’s ideas.

• Towards A European Forest Information System

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: A. Schuck
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  • The report gives an insight into the potential architecture of a European Forest Information System, its system components and potential applications. A demonstration version was built and tested with various data types. Options are presented on how an operational forest information system could run within a network of distributed datasets.

• Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 9 Part A

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Mireille Charmantier-Daures; Jac Forest (†); Mireille Charmantier-Daures; Jac Forest (†)
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  • This volume, 9A, contains the material on the euphausiaceans, amphionidaceans, and many of the decapods (dendrobranchiates, carideans, stenopodideans, astacidans, and palinurans).

• Valuable Broadleaved Forests in Europe

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: H. Spiecker; S. Hein; K. Makkonen-Spiecker; M. Thies

• The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark

  • Type: E-Book
  • Authors: G. Brinck-Lindroth; Smit