Tag: Insect

Free Download Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests By A. Rami Horowitz, Isaac Ishaaya (auth.), Isaac Ishaaya, Subba Reddy Palli, A. Rami Horowitz (eds.)
2013 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 940074496X | PDF | 5 MB
Among the highlights of this book is the use of novel insecticides acting on a specific site in an insect group and are compatible with natural enemies and the environment. One of such approaches is based on disrupting the activity of biochemical sites acting on transcription factors such as the Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) family, anti juvenile hormone (AJH) agents that target JH biosynthetic enzymes, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) and bursicon as a target for insect control. Another one is the biotechnology or the genetic approach such as gene silencing (RNA interference) and Bt-crops. Other sections of the book are devoted to the plant’s natural products, optical manipulation and the use of nanotechnology for improving insect control methods.

Free Download Chemical Ecology: Insect-Plant Interactions
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032767065 | 182 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 6.3 MB
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, methods and applications of chemical ecology, covering such topics as chemical signalling, predator-prey interactions, host plant selection and chemical defence. The book takes the reader through the historical development of the discipline to current state-of-the-art research, delving into recent findings on the role of chemical ecology in conservation and management and exploring how the field may contribute to future innovations in ecological science. A chapter is dedicated to the techniques that have been used in chemical ecology and some success stories.

Free Download Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics by Jorge L. León-Cortés, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 310 Pages | ISBN : 3031492544 | 61.4 MB
This book provides for the first time an integrative analysis of the major drivers of decline and threats of insects and related arthropods in the Neotropical region. Thus, it is an urgent first step towards filling an information gap in this region. It identifies the main causes of decline, provides and discusses examples from the better-studied insect faunas to develop and advance principles and practical conservation management for the rich Neotropical insect faunas.

Free Download The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet’s Smallest Creatures by Oliver Milman
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1838951199 | 285 pages | PDF | 4.24 Mb
A New Scientist Book of the Year

Free Download David A. Bello, "Insect Histories of East Asia"
English | ISBN: 0295751789 | 2023 | 288 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Spotlights insects in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean history from the exalted to the despised

Free Download Climate change and insect pests By Björkman, Christer; Niemelä, Pekka
2015 | 279 Pages | ISBN: 1780643780 | PDF | 3 MB
Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses. It is anticipated that the damage by insects will increase as a consequence of climate change, i.e. increasing temperatures primarily. Climate Change and Insect Pests sums up present knowledge regarding both agricultural and forest insect pests and climate change in order to identify future research directions

Free Download Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes by Rafael A. Moral, Wesley A.C. Godoy
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 246 Pages | ISBN : 3031430972 | 30.2 MB
This book combines chapters emphasising mathematical, statistical, and computational modelling applied to insect populations, particularly pests or natural enemies in agricultural landscapes. There is a gap between agricultural pest experimentation and ecological theory, which requires a connection to supply models with laboratory, and field estimates and projects receiving inputs and insights from models. In addition, decision-making in entomology with respect to pest management and biological conservation of natural enemies has been supported by results obtained from different computational and mathematical approaches. This book brings contemporary issues related to optimization in spatially structured landscapes, insect movement, stability analysis, game theory, machine learning, computer vision, Bayesian modelling, as well as other frameworks.

Free Download Concise Insect Guide (Concise Guides) by Bloomsbury Publishing
English | October 2, 2014 | ISBN: 1472909976 | ASIN: B00NAZHU3M | 320 pages | MOBI | 64 Mb
This practical field guide includes more than 180 species of insect from Britain and the near Continent.

Free Download The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy (RSPB) by Marianne Taylor
English | 28 May 2020 | ISBN: 1472976878 | True PDF | 224 pages | 69.1 MB
Insects live alongside us in great profusion – sometimes even in intimate proximity. Their importance to the ecosystems of our world, and to our own survival, cannot be overstated. But it can be challenging to relate to them as fellow living beings when their bodies’ structure and function are so dramatically different from our own.

Free Download Concise Insect Guide (Concise Guides) by Bloomsbury
English | May 19, 2015 | ISBN: 1472909976 | True EPUB/PDF | 192 pages | 57.9/13.8 MB
This beautifully illustrated pocket field guide is packed with information on the marvelous variety of insects that inhabits Britain and the near Continent. It includes more than 180 species, such as dragonflies, bees, wasps, beetles, bugs, and flies, all of which are illustrated with superb full-color artworks.