(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN-13: 9781421453538)
A comprehensive synthesis of mussel-driven ecosystem processes and their role in freshwater sustainability.Freshwater mussels are among the most endangered animals on the planet-and some of the most ecologically important. As powerful filter feeders...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN-13: 9781421453538)
A comprehensive synthesis of mussel-driven ecosystem processes and their role in freshwater sustainability.Freshwater mussels are among the most endangered animals on the planet-and some of the most ecologically important. As powerful filter feeders...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Aug-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031960116)
This book is based on the well-established book Biology of Spiders but is completely updated. It focuses on the biology and natural history of spiders in general - it does not deal with the identification of spiders.Virtually all aspects of spider bi...Loe edasi...
A fantastic little book - BirdwatchFeaturing 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally occurring spiders found in the British Isles. Presente...Loe edasi...
A fantastic little book - BirdwatchFeaturing 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally occurring spiders found in the British Isles. Presente...Loe edasi...
Wolfgang Nentwig, Jutta Ansorg, Paula E. Cushing, Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Kropf
Sari: Biomedical and Life Sciences
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jan-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031704482)
To avoid any misunderstandings: this book is not about spiders as pets, but about those spiders that live in our houses and apartments as lodgers. Mostly ignored and sometimes (wrongly) feared, there is hardly a building in the world that does not ha...Loe edasi...
Wolfgang Nentwig, Jutta Ansorg, Paula E. Cushing, Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Kropf
Sari: Biomedical and Life Sciences
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jan-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031704482)
To avoid any misunderstandings: this book is not about spiders as pets, but about those spiders that live in our houses and apartments as lodgers. Mostly ignored and sometimes (wrongly) feared, there is hardly a building in the world that does not ha...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Dec-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040269626)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of scorpion biology and the medical implications of their venoms. It presents the taxonomic classification, anatomy, morphology, and natural habitats of scorpions, detailing their reproductive processes. It...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Dec-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040269602)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of scorpion biology and the medical implications of their venoms. It presents the taxonomic classification, anatomy, morphology, and natural habitats of scorpions, detailing their reproductive processes. It...Loe edasi...
This title has been out of print for some years, but has now been reprinted. It is now generally recognised as the definitive text on British spiders. Roberts first edition of this work (3 vols, in 1987) superseded and updated the previous bible for...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Aug-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Apollo Books, ISBN-13: 9789004536142)
This title has been out of print for some years, but has now been reprinted. It is now generally recognised as the definitive text on British spiders. Roberts first edition of this work (3 vols, in 1987) superseded and updated the previous bible for...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Penguin Random House South Africa, ISBN-13: 9781775845751)
Among the worlds most fascinating living fossils, scorpions have been around for some 420 million years. South Africa is home to an astonishing variety, with 108 species in three families occurring in most of the regions biomes, from desert...Loe edasi...
Wolfgang Nentwig, Jutta Ansorg, Angelo Bolzern, Holger Frick, Anne-Sarah Ganske, Ambros Hänggi, Christian Kropf, Anna Stäubli
Sari: Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Apr-2022, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783662633984)
Spinnen sind Super-Raubtiere und vertilgen alles, was sie überwältigen können. Dafür haben sie unglaublich gute Fangtechniken und mit der Spinnenseide ein Werkzeug entwickelt, das die Materialtechnik vor Neid erblassen lässt. Die Männchen...Loe edasi...
Wolfgang Nentwig, Jutta Ansorg, Angelo Bolzern, Holger Frick, Anne-Sarah Ganske, Ambros Hänggi, Christian Kropf, Anna Stäubli
Sari: Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Apr-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783662633984)
Spinnen sind Super-Raubtiere und vertilgen alles, was sie überwältigen können. Dafür haben sie unglaublich gute Fangtechniken und mit der Spinnenseide ein Werkzeug entwickelt, das die Materialtechnik vor Neid erblassen lässt. Die Männchen...Loe edasi...
Whip spiders (Amblypygi) can be large and terrifying animals with strong, raptorial pedipalps and long antenniform first legs that can produce a span of as much as 60 cm. Others are small and scarcely span 5 cm. They all lead a secretive nocturnal li...Loe edasi...
Forest Spiders of South East Asia offers the first comprehensive systematic account of all sac and ground spiders of South East Asia, which together constitute an estimated 12 of all spiders in the region. All ten subfamilies, 57 genera and numerous...Loe edasi...
Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known to science, 137 (18) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentin...Loe edasi...
Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known to science, 137 (18) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentin...Loe edasi...
The Theraphosidae are the most famous and diverse mygalomorph spiders, and include some of the largest arachnids on earth. Their unique defense mechanisms, predatory tactics, reproductive strategies and ecological adaptations are displayed by a wide...Loe edasi...
The Theraphosidae are the most famous and diverse mygalomorph spiders, and include some of the largest arachnids on earth. Their unique defense mechanisms, predatory tactics, reproductive strategies and ecological adaptations are displayed by a wide...Loe edasi...
Norman I. Platnick, Rudy Jocqué, Gustavo Hormiga, Robert Raven, Martín J. Ramírez, Peter Jäger
Sari: A Guide to Every Family
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2020, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691204987)
A stunningly illustrated natural history of spidersSpiders are among the most versatile creatures on the planet, inhabiting six of the seven continents and thriving in environments ranging from deserts and rain forests to Arctic tundra and cities. Sp...Loe edasi...
Chelicerates do not possess dedicated antennae like the Mandibulata but have evolved their second sets of appendages into the eponymous chelicerae. In scorpions, pectines are specialized comb-like structures, located on the ninth body segment, used f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jul-2018, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319744186)
This volume merges all geographical and paleogeographical data on all groups of the arachnofauna. The book features topics such as the ecological factors, climate and other barriers that influence the distribution of arachnida. It also elaborates on...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jul-2018, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319744186)
This volume merges all geographical and paleogeographical data on all groups of the arachnofauna. The book features topics such as the ecological factors, climate and other barriers that influence the distribution of arachnida. It also elaborates on...Loe edasi...
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens...Loe edasi...
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens...Loe edasi...
Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago: An Overview explores tick species prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), their distribution, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods. The book also reviews the basic biology of ticks. Tick...Loe edasi...
Ticks of Trinidad and Tobago: An Overview explores tick species prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), their distribution, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods. The book also reviews the basic biology of ticks. Tick...Loe edasi...
Acarology - the study of mites and ticks, is a subdiscipline of Zoology, and is many times considered in the field of Entomology (the study of insects). Mites and ticks are distributed throughout the world and inhabit almost every ecosystem...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Dec-2016, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319457130)
This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics com...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2016, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501704291)
Visitors to tropical forests generally come to see the birds, mammals, and plants. Aside from butterflies, however, insects usually do not make it on the list of things to see. This is a shame. Insects are everywhere, they are often as beautiful as t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Aug-2015, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9780801456169)
The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout Nor...Loe edasi...
In The Greenland Entomofauna an international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the 1200 species of Hexapods/Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods so far known to occur in the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2015, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9780801456152)
The brown recluse is a fascinating spider very well adapted to dwelling in houses and other buildings. Because of this very quality and the ghastly reputation associated with the medical consequences of its bite, it has become infamous throughout Nor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Jul-2014, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400857517)
Concentrating on the complex spider communication system, this book assembles the most recent multidisciplinary advances of leading researchers from many countries to assess the peculiar role spiders play in the animal kingdom.Originally published in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Dec-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199379286)
Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Nov-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199379279)
Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Nova Science Publishers Inc, ISBN-13: 9781626185180)
This book presents current research in the study of the morphology, behavior and geographic distribution of spiders. Topics discussed include plasticity in spider webs and silk; spider webs as extended phenotypes; the structure and function of the li...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783662048993)
Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as is proven by their evolutionary success. Over 400 million years, spiders hav...Loe edasi...
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-4), held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 21 to 26 July 2002. TTP-4 continues an important tradition established in 1992 at the first Confe...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN-13: 9789401704298)
Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also restrict themselves to terrestrial habitats. However, a surprising number of mites (Arachnida: Acari) h...Loe edasi...
The words pronounced by Serge Kreiter during the meeting come to mind. They could record exactly the situation of Acarology in Europe and in the World: "e;I think that in many European countries there are very few full time acarologists. It is ve...Loe edasi...
Acarology is on the move! For a long time the development of Acarology as a field of biological science has been dominated by systematists and applied scientists. In the last 15 years, however, Acari have been increasingly recognized as highly sui...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Feb-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783642339899)
With over 43,000 species, spiders are the largest predacious arthropod group. They have developed key characteristics such as multi-purpose silk types, venoms consisting of hundreds of components, locomotion driven by muscles and hydraulic pressure,...Loe edasi...
This latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future. - Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology- Discusses Arachnid physio...Loe edasi...
This latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the future. - Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology- Discusses Arachnid physio...Loe edasi...
