Tag: Insect

Free Download The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet’s Smallest Creatures by Oliver Milman
English | January 20th, 2022 | ISBN: 1838951199 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 1.16 MB
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***

Free Download Graham J. Goldsworthy, Colin H. Wheeler, "Insect Flight"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0849349699 | PDF | pages: 384 | 26.1 mb
Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety. There are 800,000 recognized species, with between 1 and 10 million estimated species yet to be classified. This book will discuss, mechanics of flight, Wing structure, Hovering flight, flight in smaller and larger insects and wing polars.

Free Download Climate Change and Insect Biodiversity: Challenges and Implications
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032448350 | 266 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 13.4 MB
This up-to-date reference book discusses the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of insect pests. The changing climate and agricultural intensification practices impact negatively on insect biodiversity. The book explains the significance of insect pests for evaluating climatic impacts on a wide range of ecological systems. It covers the effect of climate change on pollinators and household and agricultural insect pests. It explains how climate-smart agriculture can enhance productivity and food security.

Free Download Molecular Physiology and Evolution of Insect Digestive Systems
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031392329 | 501 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 14 MB
This book provides a unique blend of data on insect life spans, physiology, enzymology and other molecular features associated with digestion and nutrient absorption to enrich the knowledge on insects and to disclose putative molecular targets for the development of new insect control technologies and for improving insect raising procedures to be used as food and feed. With this aim, the book overviews the types of diets consumed by insects, describing their chemical components demanding digestion and discusses the evolutionary selective pressures on insects associated with feeding. Digestive enzymes are classified and detailed according to their activity on substrates and their evolutionary protein families. The technical details on how to obtain reliable enzymological parameters are discussed. The book reviews the structural changes in enzymes associated with the adaptation of insects to new diets and in avoiding natural plant inhibitors. Midgut features that enhance digestive and nutrient absorption efficiency and their underlying molecular mechanisms are described regarding insects pertaining to key points in evolution. Evolutionary trends of the mechanisms of digestion and nutrient absorption are discussed.

Free Download Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline
by Rodríguez, Jonatan;Pysek, Petr;Novoa, Ana;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0323999182 | 354 pages | True PDF EPUB | 4.23 MB
Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing research and the most relevant information, covering the main aspects of the impact of biological invasions as well as future insights on mitigation and consequences. It discusses how the introduction of all kinds of organisms, from bacteria and plants to vertebrates, affect current declines in insect diversity. The latter portion of the book delves into existent and future monitoring and management programs, including citizen science and regenerative ecology as socio-ecological solutions to combat these threats.