The Bionomics of Grasshoppers, Katydids and Their Kin |
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| Editor:
| Gangwere, S. K.
Muralirangan, M. C.
Muralirangan, Meera |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85199-141-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $187.00 |
Book Description:
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This book presents a broad view of the biology of grasshoppers and plague locusts, as well as katydids, crickets, and other economically important orthopteroid insects. There have been considerable advances in our knowledge of these groups since other books addressing the subject were published. The book covers a wide range of topics from systematics to distribution, to behavior, physiology and genetics, as well as pest control and conservation. It represents a major work for...
More DescriptionThis book presents a broad view of the biology of grasshoppers and plague locusts, as well as katydids, crickets, and other economically important orthopteroid insects. There have been considerable advances in our knowledge of these groups since other books addressing the subject were published. The book covers a wide range of topics from systematics to distribution, to behavior, physiology and genetics, as well as pest control and conservation. It represents a major work for entomologists and those concerned with crop protection from pest Orthoptera.