The American Cockroach 1981 Edition Contributor(s): Adiyodi, K. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9400958293 ISBN-13: 9789400958296 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Gardening - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
Dewey: 578.012 |
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.68 lbs) 530 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume deals mainly with the biology of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (1.). Contributors were urged to emphasize recent findings, including unpublished data when possible, a goal that would not have been feasible if it were not for the two previously published books on the basic biology of cockroaches, The Biology o/the Cockroach (1968) by D. M. Guthrie and A. R. Tindall and The Cockroach, Volume 1 (1968) by P. B. Cornwell. Those topics not included in The American Cockroach, such as external morphology, are well covered in the two preceding books. In addition, these books provided a broad background upon which contributors to The American Cockroach have been able to build with recent trends, new and established concepts and integration. Although this book deals primarily with the American cockroach, many chapters offer a comparative approach in sections where the more recent and exciting research has been accomplished on other species. Most contributors place the cockroach in perspective with regard to its appropriateness or inappropriateness for various types of biological investigations. Many questions are realistically left unanswered when no acceptable or obvious solution is apparent; an invitation to new researchers to consider the cockroach as an experimental subject. |