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Beschreibung

The 2nd edition of this comprehensive book provides one of the most complete overviews of the aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae, also known as predaceous diving beetles. Dytiscids constitute one of the largest families of freshwater insects with approximately 4,650 named species that come in a variety of sizes, colors, and habitat affinities. Although dytiscid adults and larvae are ubiquitous throughout a variety of aquatic habitats, and are important predators on other aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates, there are no compilations that have focused on summarizing the knowledge on aspects of their ecology, systematics, and biology.

Chapters in this book summarize hitherto scattered topics, including their anatomy and habitats, chemical and community ecology, phylogenies and larval morphology including chaetotaxy, sexual systems, predation, dispersal, conservation, and cultural and historical aspects. The 2nd edition offers updates on the newest scientific findings on dytiscids and also includes a new chapter on the subterranean fauna from Australia. The information in this new edition is potentially beneficial to anyone working in aquatic systems where dytiscids are an important part of the food web. Moreover, readers will gain a greater appreciation of dytiscids as model organisms for investigations of fundamental principles derived from ecological and evolutionary theory. Contributed chapters are by authors who are actively engaged in studying dytiscids, and each chapter provides color photos and future directions for research.

Über den Autor

Don Yee earned his M.S in Zoology from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. His research mostly focuses on the ecology of container mosquitoes, although for his post doctoral appointment he worked on the ecology of predaceous diving beetles in Alberta, Canada. He now works on the ecology of both groups, and is particularly interested in how dytiscids affect populations of mosquitoes and other prey in natural wetlands.

Zusammenfassung

Covers all aspects of natural history and systematics of diving beetles (Dytiscidae)

Appeals to those working on aquatic beetles, aquatic predators, and beetles and predation in general

Includes dozens of color photographs

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Zoologie
Genre:	Biologie
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	588
Inhalt:	xii 573 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 110 farbige Tab. 573 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783031012440
ISBN-10:	3031012445
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Redaktion:	Yee, Donald A.
Herausgeber:	Donald A Yee
Auflage:	2nd ed. 2023
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Maße:	241 x 160 x 37 mm
Von/Mit:	Donald A. Yee
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.01.2023
Gewicht:	1,039 kg