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The insects : structure and function

Title
The insects : structure and function / R.F. Chapman.
Author
Chapman, R. F. (Reginald Frederick)
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description
xvii, 770 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
A long-awaited update of a well established standard text and respected reference work for students and researchers in zoology, entomology and physiology, this fourth edition has been rewritten throughout, while retaining the successful structure of the earlier editions. Illustrations have been augmented with electron micrographs.
Subject
  • Insects
  • Insects > Anatomy
  • Insects > Physiology
  • Insecta
  • Insecta (class)
  • Insects > Physiology
  • Insects > Anatomy
  • Insects
  • Anatomie
  • Insekten
  • Physiologie
  • Insectes
Note
  • Errata slip inserted.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
pt. I. The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food -- 1. Head -- 2. Mouthparts and feeding -- 3. Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption -- 4. Nutrition -- 5. Circulatory system, blood and immune system -- 6. Fat body -- pt. II. The thorax and locomotion -- 7. Thorax -- 8. Legs and locomotion -- 9. Wings and flight -- 10. Muscles -- pt. III. The abdomen, reproduction and development -- 11. Abdomen -- 12. Reproductive system : male -- 13. Reproductive system : female -- 14. The egg and embryology -- 15. Postembryonic development -- pt. IV. The integument, gas exchange and homeostasis -- 16. Integument -- 17. Gaseous exchange -- 18. Excretion and salt and water regulation -- 19. Thermal relations -- pt. V. Communication -- 20. Nervous system -- 21. Endocrine system -- 22. Vision -- 23. Mechanoreception -- 24. Chemoreception -- 25. Visual signals : color and light production -- 26. Mechanical communication : producing sound and substrate vibration -- 27. Chemical communication : pheromones and chemicals with interspecific significance.
ISBN
  • 0521570484
  • 9780521570480
  • 0521578906
  • 9780521578905
LCCN
97035219
OCLC
  • ocm37682660
  • 37682660
  • SCSB-737898
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library