What Good Are Bugs? - Insects in the Web of Life

Informationen zum Autor Gilbert Waldbauer is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext Combining anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, Waldbauer weaves a colorful picture of beneficial insect life on Earth. 30 halftones. Zusammenfassung This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how insects work in ecosystems—what they do, how they live, and how they make life as we know it possible. Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Macrocosm Helping Plants 1. Pollinating 2. Dispersing Seeds 3. Supplying Food 4. Providing Defense Helping Animals 5. Giving Sustenance 6. Giving Protection Limiting Population Growth 7. Controlling Plant Populations 8. Controlling Insect Populations 9. Controlling Vertebrate Populations Cleaning Up 10. Recycling Dead Animals 11. Recycling Dung 12. Recycling Dead Plants Microcosm Selected Readings Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Gilbert Waldbauer, Gilbert Waldbauer
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2004
• EAN: 9780674016323
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01632-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, Biology, life sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: invertebrates