Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods to preserve a healthy...
View ArticleFreshwater Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance
Pearly mussels (Unionoidea) live in lakes, rivers, and streams around the world. These bivalves play important roles in freshwater ecosystems and were once both culturally and economically valuable as...
View ArticleAdvances in Insect Chemical Ecology
Chemical signals mediate all aspects of insects' lives and their ecological interactions. The discipline of chemical ecology seeks to unravel these interactions by identifying and defining the...
View ArticleEcology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates
Covering optical networks from building to building, city to city, and country to country, this book takes an in-depth look at optimization, design, and management of the components and transmission of...
View ArticleThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: A Memoir
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a Neohelix albolabris -a common...
View ArticleThe Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
In <i>The Earth Moved</i>, Amy Stewart takes us on a journey through the underground world and introduces us to one of its most amazing denizens. The earthworm may be small, spineless, and...
View ArticleEncyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores
Tidepools and rocky shores are among the most physically stressful environments on earth. When the tide is high, waves can sweep over plants and animals at velocities as high as 60 miles per hour,...
View ArticleAnts of North America: A Guide to the Genera
Ants are among the most conspicuous and the most ecologically important of insects. This concise, easy-to-use, authoritative identification guide introduces the fascinating and diverse ant fauna of the...
View ArticlePhysiology of the Cladocera
<p><i>The Physiology of Cladocera </i>is a much-needed summary of foundational information on these increasingly important model organisms. This unique and valuable summary is based...
View ArticleOctopus! The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea
<b>No one understands the octopus. With eight arms, three hearts, camouflaging skin, and a disarmingly sentient look behind its highly evolved eyes, how could it appear anything but utterly...
View ArticleChasing Monarchs
Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and...
View ArticleThe Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water's edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they...
View ArticleAnts of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera
Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups. From driver ants to weaver ants, there are over 2,000 species in Africa alone...
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