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T. Barnum’s American Museum, infamously characterized by Henry James as “halls of humbug.” Yet physical collections were only one of the myriad ways that these naturalists captured, catalogued, and commemorated America’s rich biodiversity. They also turned to writing and art, from John Edward Holbrook’s forays into the fascinating world of herpetology to John James Audubon’s masterful portraits of American birds.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking, now classic book, Christoph Irmscher argues that early American natural historians developed a distinctly poetic sensibility that allowed them to imagine themselves as part of, and not apart from, their environment. He also demonstrates what happens to such inclusiveness in the hands of Harvard scientist-turned Amazonian explorer Louis Agassiz, whose racist pseudoscience appalled his student William James. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This expanded, full-color edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e features a preface and art from award-winning artist Rosamond Purcell and invites the reader to be fully immersed in an era when the boundaries between literature, art, and science became fluid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/h2\u003e“Christoph Irmsche’s \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e now joins such books as Pamela Regi’s \u003ci\u003eDescribing Early America\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and Margaret Welch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) as a major contribution to our understanding of American natural history and its cultural value. Irmscher’s book, which covers the period from the rise of American botanical studies in the 1730s through the establishment of the Darwinian paradigm in the late 1860s, is distinguished by its scholarly breadth, extensive use of manuscript sources, and insightful interpretations of natural history illustrations and collections as well as written text. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e gracefully combines study of autodidacts such as John Bartram, professional naturalists such as Louis Agassiz, and popularizers of natural history such as P. T. Barnum. . . .\u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is . . . an impressive accomplishment and a welcome addition to the growing body of solid critical studies of the cultural and literary significance of American natural history.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- American Literature\u003cbr\u003e“A veritable dialectical tour de force of Linnean taxonomy, cultural history, literature, and self-conscious awareness of the artist creating the art work. . . . From discussing discrete pieces of nature (taxonomy) to lyrical narrative and meaning derived from the analysis of both, The Poetics of Natural History stands as a thorough study that confirms its own thesis as revealed in the title. Scholarly, witty, and articulate, it adds a seminal work to the genre.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- South Atlantic Review\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is a learned, leisurely, capacious book, elegantly written and beautifully produced with many black-and-white illustrations. Crammed with interesting, sometimes out-of-the-way information, it brings huge quantities of material into enlightening juxtapositions when a chapter on snakes encompasses antebellum herpetology, Edgar Allan Poe, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The book is divided into two sections: the first discusses actual collections amassed by natural historians; the second deals with natural historians’ representations in words and images. . . . It is a joy to work through [Irmscher’s] thoughtful, close readings and provocative juxtapositions. Those interested in natural history, in natural history writing, or in antebellum American scientific culture will find \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e a first-rate collection in its own right.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- New England Review\u003cbr\u003e“The six chapters, essays really, discuss American natural history as a form of storytelling. . . . The claims of natural history merit their own larger study; Irmscher’s strengths lie with the tellers and their tales. For him, poetics are exercises of imagination, and his almost seamless text incorporates thousands of quotations from the uneven narratives of American natural history.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- Journal of the History of Biology\u003cbr\u003e“Focusing his attention on nature’s nation between, roughly the Revolution and the end of the Civil War, Irmscher’s central concern is with the image of the naturalist who creates a collection and then puts himself into it.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- American Studies\u003cbr\u003e“This remarkable study revives a brilliant, exciting body of American writing pre-Darwinian natural history and makes it central to any understanding of American history and culture. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is scholarly, tough, but at the same time a wonderful read, making the case for the art of natural-history writing, while recognizing that behind that art was intense, disturbing, often violent experience. This book will make a difference.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- George Levine * Darwin and the Novelists and Lifebirds *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is a learned and inventive study of natural history discourse in the 18th-and 19th-century United States, and will be of great interest to students of literary and cultural history, as well as historians of science and art.”\u003cbr\u003e   -- Lawrence Buell * The Dream of the Great American Novel *\u003cbr\u003e\"American natural history owes much to gifted amateurs who, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, traveled widely, collected willy-nilly, and then, back at home, devoted years to sorting through their collections and cataloging their contents--an enterprise that introduced scientific rigor into what had been a kind of hobby. So writes literary scholar Christoph Irmscher, who, in exploring the aesthetic aspects of American natural history, considers the careers of several early naturalists, including Charles Willson Peale, John Bartram, John James Audubon, Louis Agassiz, and, in an unlikely turn, the showman P.T. Barnum, who turned a penchant for collecting oddments of nature into an itinerant freak show. All of these, Irmscher writes, delighted in 'transforming relatively random assemblages of natural collectibles into works of art,' works that would in many instances form the foundations for what are today important collections. Among the many pleasant surprises in Irmscher's narrative is an account of an 1865 trip organized by Agassiz to the Amazon River. One of the participants was the young William James, who would later become a famed psychologist and who wrote admiringly of Agassiz's relentless energy in pursuit of scientific specimens while admitting, 'If there is anything I hate it is collecting.' Irmscher's elegant book will be of interest to historians of 19th-century science, and to general readers with a fondness for the work of the brilliant, often eccentric, amateurs of the past.\" -- Gregory McNamee * Amazon.com review *\u003cbr\u003e“As deep as it is dazzling, this beautiful book sets in fresh context a view of the world almost lost to us.” -- Andrea Barrett * Winner of the National Book Award for Ship Fever *\u003cbr\u003e\"Christoph Irmscher’s remarkable intelligence and engaging style make \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e a foundational work in the environmental humanities. No book has done more to illuminate the vital relationship between natural history and literary culture in America.\" -- Michael P. Branch * Rants from the Hill and How to Cuss in Western *\u003cbr\u003e\"The first edition of Irmscher's magisterial study is a benchmark in critical interpretation of natural history. With this extraordinary new edition, enhanced by Rosamund Purcell’s photographs, it becomes a classic.\" -- Alan Braddock * Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment *\u003cbr\u003e\" Arguably a classic in its field, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to community, college, and university library collections and supplemental studies lists.\" * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Herpetologists and other naturalists interested in the history of their subject will want this book for the wealth of information it contains on perspectives of collecting and natural history in pre-Darwinian America...The book presents a most interesting history and literary analysis.\" * Bibliotheca Herpetologica *\u003cbr\u003e\"This new edition of Irmscher’s classic text is an excellent example of the value of attention to small details, as well as the tapestry into which they are woven. The combination of stage-setting and specific detail gives an incredible sense of the richness of the world Irmscher presents.\" -- Megan Baumhammer * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface by Rosamond Purcell\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One Displaying\u003cbr\u003e 1.      “America Transplanted”: John and William Bartram\u003cbr\u003e 2.      Collection and Recollection: Charles Wilson Peale\u003cbr\u003e 3.      Collecting Human Nature: P.T. Barnum\u003cbr\u003e Part Two Representing\u003cbr\u003e 1.      The Power of Fascination\u003cbr\u003e 2.      Audubon at Large\u003cbr\u003e 3.      Agassiz Agonistes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742980878679,"sku":"9781978805866","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"australian-rainforest-fruits-9780643107847","title":"Australian Rainforest Fruits","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eThis beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. 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Bee Taxa and Categories\u003cbr\u003e17. Methods of Classification\u003cbr\u003e18. The History of Bee Classificatinos\u003cbr\u003e19. Short-Tongued versus Long-Tongued Bees\u003cbr\u003e20. Family-Level Phylogeny and the Proto-Bee\u003cbr\u003e21. The Higher Classification of Bees\u003cbr\u003e22. Fossil Bees\u003cbr\u003e23. The Geological History of Bees\u003cbr\u003e24. Diversity and Abundance\u003cbr\u003e25. Disperal\u003cbr\u003e26. Biogeography\u003cbr\u003e27. Reduction or Loss of Structures\u003cbr\u003e28. New and Modified Structures\u003cbr\u003e29. Family-Group Names\u003cbr\u003e30. Explanation of Taxonomic Accounts in Sections 36 to 121\u003cbr\u003e31. Some Problematic Taxa\u003cbr\u003e32. The Identification of Bees\u003cbr\u003e33. Key to the Families, Based on Adults\u003cbr\u003e34. Notes on Certain Couplets in the Key to Families (Section 33)\u003cbr\u003e35. Practical Key to Family-Group Taxa, Based on Females\u003cbr\u003e36. Family Stenotritidae\u003cbr\u003e37. Family Colletidae\u003cbr\u003e38. Subfamily Colletinae\u003cbr\u003e39. Tribe Paracolletini\u003cbr\u003e40. Tribe Colletini\u003cbr\u003e41. Tribe Scraptrini\u003cbr\u003e42. Subfamily Diphaglossinae\u003cbr\u003e43. Tribe Caupolicanini\u003cbr\u003e44. Tribe Diphaglossini\u003cbr\u003e45. Tribe Dissoglottini\u003cbr\u003e46. Subfamily Xeromelissinae\u003cbr\u003e47. Subfamily Hylaeinae\u003cbr\u003e48. Subfamily Euryglossinae\u003cbr\u003e49. Family Andrenidae\u003cbr\u003e50. Subfamily Alocandreninae\u003cbr\u003e51. Subfamily Andreninae\u003cbr\u003e52. Subfamily Panurginae\u003cbr\u003e53. Tribe Protandrenini\u003cbr\u003e54. Tribe Panurgini\u003cbr\u003e55. Tribe Nolanomelissini\u003cbr\u003e56. Tribe Melitturgini\u003cbr\u003e57. Tribe Protomeliturgini\u003cbr\u003e58. Tribe Perditini\u003cbr\u003e59. Tribe Calliopsini\u003cbr\u003e60. Subfamily Oxaeinae\u003cbr\u003e61. Family Halictidae\u003cbr\u003e62. Subfamily Rophitinae\u003cbr\u003e63. Subfamily Nomiinae\u003cbr\u003e64. Subfamily Nomioidinae\u003cbr\u003e65. Subfamily Halictinae\u003cbr\u003e66. Tribe Halictini\u003cbr\u003e67. Tribe Augochlorini\u003cbr\u003e68. Family Melittidae\u003cbr\u003e69. Subfamily Dasypodainae\u003cbr\u003e70. Tribe Dasypodaini\u003cbr\u003e71. Tribe Promelittini\u003cbr\u003e72. Tribe Sambini\u003cbr\u003e73. Subfamily Meganomiinae\u003cbr\u003e74. Subfamily Melittinae\u003cbr\u003e75. Family Megachilidae\u003cbr\u003e76. Subfamily Fideliinae\u003cbr\u003e77. Tribe Pararhophitini\u003cbr\u003e78. Tribe Fideliini\u003cbr\u003e79. Subfamily Megachilinae\u003cbr\u003e80. Tribe Lithurgini\u003cbr\u003e81. Tribe Osmiini\u003cbr\u003e82. Tribe Anthidiini\u003cbr\u003e83. Tribe Dioxyini\u003cbr\u003e84. Tribe Megachilini\u003cbr\u003e85. Family Apidae\u003cbr\u003e86. Subfamily Xylocopinae\u003cbr\u003e87. Tribe Manueliini\u003cbr\u003e88. Tribe Xylocopini\u003cbr\u003e89. Tribe Ceratinini\u003cbr\u003e90. 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Nobody has done more on a European scale to promote woodpecker issues than Gerard Gorman.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Keith Betton, British Birds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with a blend of scientific rigour and a narrative style, The Green Woodpecker invites both nature enthusiasts and curious minds to embark on a journey that deeps down into the species taxonomy, behaviours and conservation by highlighting the links between the bird and its surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Letizia Campioni, Avocetta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1. Origins and Taxonomy \u003cbr\u003e 2. Anatomy and Morphology \u003cbr\u003e 3. Description and Identification \u003cbr\u003e 4. Moult, Ageing and Sexing \u003cbr\u003e 5. Relatives \u003cbr\u003e 6. Communication \u003cbr\u003e 7. Distribution, Population and Trends \u003cbr\u003e 8. 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Class: Magnoliopsida;\u003cbr\u003e Subclass: Hamamelidae II. Fagaceae, Betulaceae.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20. Class: Magnoliopsida;\u003cbr\u003e Subclass: Dilleniidae. Tiliaceae, Salicaceae, Ericaceae, Clethraceae, Cyrillaceae, Sapotaceae,Ebenaceae, Styracaceae, Symplocaceae, Clusiaceae.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21. Class: Magnoliopsida;\u003cbr\u003e Subclass: Rosidae IRosaceae, Fabaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Hydrangeaceae,Grossulariaceae, Iteaceae, Cornaceae, Garryaceae, Nyssaceae,Aquifoliaceae, Celastraceae, Rhamnaceae, Vitaceae, Araliaceae.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22. Class: Magnoliopsida;\u003cbr\u003e Subclass Rosidae IIAceraceae, Sapindaceae, Anacardiaceae, Hippocastanaceae,Staphyleaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 23. Class: Magnoliopsida;\u003cbr\u003e Subclass: AsteridaeOleaceae, Bignoniaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Rubiaceae,Caprifoliaceae, Adoxaceae.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 24. Class: Liliopsida (Monocotyledoneae)Arecaceae, Poaceae, SmilacaceaePart IV: Forest Community Ecology: Combining Species into Communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 25. Introduction to Forest Ecology and Classification.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 26. Forest Environment and Cover Types Regions 1 and 2: Northern Conifer-Hardwoodand Northern Hardwood-Conifer Forests.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 27. Forest Environment and Cover Types Region 3: Central Hardwood Forest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 28. Forest Environment and Cover Types Region 4: Southern Pine-Hardwood Forest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 29. Forest Environment and Cover Types Regions 5 and 6: Rocky Mountain Conifer Forests.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 30. Forest Environment and Cover Types Region 7: Northern and Southern Coastal Conifer Forests.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Technical Terms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Genus and Species Names.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index of Species.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Subject Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402505888087,"sku":"9780471161585","price":163.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471161585.jpg?v=1730480606"},{"product_id":"birds-of-paradise-and-bowerbirds-an-identification-guide-9780691202143","title":"Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds An","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the long history of identification guides this book is a \u003ci\u003etour de force. \u003c\/i\u003eFrom start to finish, it is packed with information, superb artwork, splendid photographs, and a visual stimulus that is hard to beat.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Gascoigne, \u003ci\u003eTravels With Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A terrific achievement.\"\u003cb\u003e---Donna Schulman, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Birding Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403886567767,"sku":"9780691202143","price":36.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"elemental-analysis-of-biological-systems-biological-medical-environmental-compositional-and-methodological-aspects-volume-i-001-9780849354236","title":"Elemental Analysis of Biological Systems","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eThe purpose of this volume is to emphasize the fact that biological trace element research is a multidisciplinary science  which  requires a prudent combination of biological insight and analytical awareness.  The text frequently stresses that accurate measurements on biologically and analytically valid samples hold the key for success in future investigations. It reminds the analytical scientists and the life sciences researchers that their perceptions should extend beyond conventional limits - namely, the former as generators of data and the latter as interpreters of those findings. This book enables the reader to understand the intricacies of elemental composition studies in biological systems, and also provides a valuable source of information to biologists, biochemists, physicians, nutritionists and related scientific workers who intend to draw meaningful conclusions from the analytical findings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003eVOLUME I: BIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, COMPOSITIONAL, AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS.  Biological Trace Element Research. Chemical Elements in Biological Systems. Physiological and Anatomical Features of Biomedical Specimens. The Biological Basis for Selection of Specimens for Trace Element Research Studies. Problems in the Elemental Analysis of Biological Systems. Methods for Elemental Analysis of Biological Materials. Quality Assurance in Inorganic Bioanalytical Research. Presentation and Interpretation of Trace Element Data. Reference Values for Trace Elements in Human Tissues and Body Fluids. Biological and Dietary Reference Materials for Use in Bioinorganic Analytical Quality Control Programs. Index.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406226170199,"sku":"9780849354236","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780849354236.jpg?v=1730495001"},{"product_id":"keys-to-the-trematoda-volume-1-9780851995472","title":"Keys to the Trematoda Volume 1","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eThis book, in three volumes, presents a detailed revision of the systematics and taxonomy of the platyhelminth class Trematoda, subclasses Aspidogastrea and Digenea, with keys for the identification of these parasites at the superfamily, family, subfamily and generic levels.The trematodes are parasitic worms infecting all vertebrate groups and include families of significance to human and animal health, with considerable economic impact. Volume 1 covers the subclass Aspidogastrea and order Strigeida, while the second and third volumes will cover the orders Echinostomida and Plagiorchiida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e1: Class Trematoda Rudolphi, 1808 2: Subclass Aspidogastrea Faust \u0026amp; Tang, 1936 3: Subclass Digenea Carus, 1863 4: Superfamily Azygioidea Liihe, 1909 5: Superfamily Bivesiculoidea Yamaguti, 1934 6: Superfamily BrachylaimoideaJoyeux \u0026amp; Foley, 1930 7: Family Brachylaimidae Joyeux \u0026amp; Foley, 1930 8: Family Hasstilesiidae Hall, 1916 9: Family Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907 10: Family Leucochloridiomorphidae Yamaguti, 1958 11: Family Moreauiidae Johnston, 1915 12: Family Ovariopteridae Leonov, Spasskii \u0026amp; Kulikov, 1963 13: Family Panopistidae Yamaguti, 1958 14: Family Thapariellidae Srivastava 15: Superfamily Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907 16: Superfamily Clinostomoidea Lühe, 1901 17: Family Clinostomidae Lühe, 1901 18: Family Liolopidae Odhner, 1912 19: Superfamily Cyclocoeloidea Stossich, 1902 20: Family Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902 21: Family Eucotylidae Cohn, 1904 22: Family Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922 23: Superfamily Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886 24: Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 25: Family Bolbocephalodidae Strand, 1935 26: Family Brauninidae Wolf, 1903 27: Family Cyathocotylidae Mühling, 1898 28: Family Proterodiplostomidae Dubois, 1936 29: Family Strigeidae Railliet, 1919 30: Superfamily Gymnophalloidea Odhner, 1905 31: Family Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905 32: Family Botulisaccidae Yamaguti, 1971 33: Family Callodistomidae Odhner, 1910 34: Family Fellodistomidae Nicoll, 1909 35: Family Tandanicolidae Johnston, 1927 36: Superfamily Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899 37: Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 38: Family Accacoeliidae Odhner, 1911 39: Family Bathycotylidae Dollfus, 1932 40: Family Derogenidae Nicoll, 1910 41: Family Dictysarcidae Skrjabin \u0026amp; Guschanskaja, 1955 42: Family Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932 43: Family Isoparorchiidae Travassos, 1922 44: Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905 45: Family Ptychogonimidae Dollfus, 1937 46: Family Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927 47: Family Sclerodistomoididae Gibson \u0026amp; Bray, 1979 48: Family Syncoeliidae Looss, 1899 49: Superfamily Schistosomatoidea Stiles \u0026amp; Hassall, 1898 50: Family Schistosomatidae Stiles \u0026amp; Hassall, 1898 51: Family Sanguinicolidae von Graff, 1907 52: Family Spirorchiidae Stunkard, 1921 53: Superfamily Transversotrematoidea Witenberg, 1944","brand":"CABI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406252384599,"sku":"9780851995472","price":146.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780851995472.jpg?v=1730495108"},{"product_id":"entomopathogenic-nematology-9780851995670","title":"Entomopathogenic Nematology","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eNematodes that are parasites of insects are no longer a laboratory curiosity. They have begun to be accepted as environmentally benign alternatives to the use of chemical insecticides, for the control of insect pests. Nematode worms are now applied as biological control agents against insect pests of numerous horticultural and agricultural crops.This book provides a comprehensive review of entomopathogenic nematology. It begins by reviewing fundamental biology and setting a taxonomic foundation for nematodes and their bacterial symbionts. Several chapters are devoted to functional processes involved in parasitism and to nematode ecology. 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The book presents the taxa in the Order Echinostomida and some of those in the Order Plagiorchiida, with keys for their identification at the superfamily, family, subfamily and generic levels. The keys are based on critical examination of specimens by subject experts, and generic diagnoses are accompanied by illustrations of important morphological characters.  This volume includes seven echinostomidan superfamilies (the echinostomatoids, haploporoids, haplosplanchnoids, heronimoids, microscaphidioids, paramphistomatoids and pronocephaloids) and two plagiorchiidan superfamilies (the allocreadioids and lepocreadioids).The first volume covered the Subclass Aspidogastrea and Order Strigeida, while the third volume, due to be published in early 2006, will cover the remaining members of the Plagiorchiida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e1: Introduction and key to superfamilies, A Jones 2: Superfamily Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899, A Kostadinova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, and A Jones 3: Family Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899, A Kostadinova 4: Family Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929, R A Bray 5: Family Cathaemasiidae Fuhrmann, 1928, A Kostadinova 6: Family Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895, A Jones 7: Family Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899, I Kanev, University of Nebraska, USA, V Radev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, and B Fried, Lafayette College, USA 8: Family Psilostomidae Looss, 1900, A Kostadinova 9: Family Rhopaliidae Looss, 1899, V Radev, S L Gardner, University of Nebraska, USA, and I Kanev 10: Family Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926, D Blair, James Cook University, Australia 11: Superfamily Haploporoidea Nicoll, 1914, A Jones 12: Family Haploporidae Nicoll, 1914, R M Overstreet and S S Curran, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA 13: Family Atractotrematidae Yamaguti, 1939, R M Overstreet and S S Curran 14: Superfamily Haplosplanchnoidea Poche, 1926, R Madhavi, Andhra University, India 15: Superfamily Heronimoidea Ward, 1917, A Jones 16: Superfamily Microscaphidioidea Looss, 1900, A Jones and D Blair 17: Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900, D Blair 18: Family Mesometridae Poche, 1926, A Jones and D Blair 19: Superfamily Paramphistomoidea Fischoeder, 1901, A Jones 20: Family Paramphistomidae Fischoeder, 1901, A Jones 21: Family Balanorchiidae Stunkard, 1925, A Jones 22: Family Brumptiidae Stunkard, 1925, A Jones 23: Family Choerocotyloididae Yamaguti, 1971, A Jones 24: Family Cladorchiidae Fischoeder, 1901, A Jones 25: Family Diplodiscidae Cohn, 1904, A Jones 26: Family Gastrodiscidae Monticelli, 1892, A Jones 27: Family Gastrothylacidae Stiles and Goldberger, 1910, A Jones 28: Family Olveriidae Yamaguti, 1958, A Jones 29: Family Stephanopharyngidae Stiles and Goldberger, 1910, A Jones 30: Family Zonocotylidae Yamaguti, 1963, A Jones 31: Family Zygocotylidae Ward, 1917, A Jones 32: Superfamily Pronocephaloidea Looss, 1899, D P Barton, South Australia Museum, Australia, and D Blair 33: Family Pronocephalidae Loss, 1899, D Blair 34: Family Labicolidae Blair, 1979, D Blair 35: Family Notocotylidae Lühe, 1909, D P Barton and D Blair 36: Family Nudacotylidae Barker, 1916, D P Barton and D Blair 37: Family Opisthotrematidae Poche, 1926, D Blair 38: Family Rhabdiopoeidae Poche, 1926, D Blair 39: Superfamily Allocreadioidea Looss, 1902, T H Cribb, The University of Queensland, Australia 40: Family Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902, J Caira, University of Connecticut, USA, and T Bogea, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil 41: Family Batrachotrematidae Dollfus and Williams, 1966, T H Cribb 42: Family Opecoeliidae Ozaki, 1925, T H Cribb 43: Family Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929, T H Cribb 44: Superfamily Lepocreadioidea Odhner, 1905, R A Bray 45: Family Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905, R A Bray 46: Family Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1906, R A Bray 47: Family Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942, T H Cribb 48: Family Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905, D I Gibson 49: Family Deropristidae Cable and Hunninen, 1942, R A Bray 50: Family Enenteridae Yamaguti, 1958, R A Bray 51: Family Gorgocephalidae Manter, 1966, R A Bray 52: Family Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929, K Hall, The University of Queensland, Australia, and T H Cribb 53: Family Liliatrematidae Gubanov, 1953, A Kostadinova 54: Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934, R A Bray","brand":"CABI Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406252712279,"sku":"9780851995878","price":212.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780851995878.jpg?v=1730495109"},{"product_id":"keys-to-the-trematoda-volume-3-9780851995885","title":"Keys to the Trematoda Volume 3","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eThis is the third of three volumes of Keys to the Trematoda, a series on the systematics and identification of the Class Trematoda. It covers five superfamilies with the Order Plagiorchiida and the family Didymozoidae, with the keys for their identification at the family, subfamily and generic levels. It also includes a key to all dignean superfamilies, including those treated in detail in volumes oneand  two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/h2\u003e\"Keys to the Trematoda will become the standard reference on the group for many years. Given the infrequency of appearance of such large works, this is likely to remain the definitive work for the first half of this century and to find a place on book-shelves all over the planet.\" David Blair, School of Tropical Biology, Australia \"...we consider the Keys to represent a valuable contribution to taxonomic research on trematodes...Keys to the Trematoda will undoubtedly represent an indispensable source of basic information about the systematics of these helminths.\" Scholz \u0026amp; Horak, Folia Parasitologica, 2003 \"The editors and the authors have succeeded in preparing a book which is valuable to experts, practising Parasitologists and beginners, and they should be congratulated on their great success\" Zdzislaw Swiderski \u0026amp; Boyko B. 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For each genus, the authority, the date of publication, status, systematic position, number of accepted species, distribution, and key references are given. Diagnoses of families and details of orders and higher categories are included for all groups of fungi. In addition, there are biographic notes, information on well-known metabolites and mycotoxins, and concise accounts of almost all pure and applied aspects of the subject (including citations of important literature).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/h2\u003e\"The Dictionary of the Fungi is surely one of the most indispensable of all mycological publications - every student of the fungi should own, or have access to, a copy of the most recent edition.\", Bryce Kendrick, Mycologist. 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Rivers gives important concepts relatable context through a pop culture lens, and he covers subjects that are not typical for entomology textbooks, including the impact of insects on the human condition, the sex lives of insects, why insects are phat but not fat, forensic entomology, and the threats that some insects pose to humanity. Each chapter presents clear and concise key concepts, chapter reviews, review questions following Bloom's taxonomy of learning, web links to videos and other resources, and breakout boxes (called Fly Spots) that capture student interest with unique and entertaining facts related to entomology.   Focusing on both traditional and cutting-edge aspects of insect biology and packed with extensive learning resources,  Insects covers a wide range of topics suitable for life science majors, as well as non-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/h2\u003eThe author presents an interesting discussion of a broad range of insect natural history. . . Recommended.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the wide range of included topics, everyone will find something of interest, even if they are only mildly interested in insects.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRivers has produced a textbook with a difference and I am sure that any undergraduate studying general insect biology will find it useful and informative.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Biologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003eContents  Preface  Why this book Features of world domination References Chapter 1 An Introduction to Insects: Busting the Myths, Lies and Urban  Legends  Overview  Key Concepts No better time than now to find out what an insect actually is! Who cares about insects, or why study them damn bugs? Insects are the most successful animals on the planet Insects are bad, bad, bad! What I have learned on my own: Insects are way cool  How do you know it is not a spider? \"Bugs\" vs. insects. The importance of knowing what you are talking  about  Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 2 History of Entomology: a discipline founded on death   Overview  Key Concepts Unwelcomed guests since the beginning of the human 'party'  Insect plagues and deities in ancient and modern civilizations Naturalists, physicians and the clergy: An intriguing new pinup  calendar or prominent figures in entomology? Politicians at work: two acts of congress established entomology in  North America War anyone? Insects have been the true victors of most wars Evolution of entomology: insects as tools for biology, agriculture and  war Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 3 Insects are not all bad: beneficial aspects of insect-human  interactions   Overview  Key Concepts Insects as our 'friends' From bee puke to scale poop: useful insect products  Oh the wonderful things that insects does! Insects got class: cultural influences of six-legged creatures  A religious experience Laws, litigation, and insects as evidence Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 4 Insects shaping human civilization: turns out they might be bad  after all    Overview  Key Concepts You're making it tough to be friends! What does it mean to be an insect pest?  Why are they so good at being bad? Where has all the food gone? Agricultural pests Lets live together: Household pests They just 'bug' me: Annoying insects Insects, disease and human civilizations: Medically important pests Implications for modern societies Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 5 'Dressed' for success: the insect body plan    Overview  Key Concepts Jointed, boneless, and proud of it: An introduction to the Phylum  Arthropoda Arthropods are old! Insects and their kin Phylogenetic surf 'n' turf: Arthropods dominate land and sea Less is more: Characteristics of the Insecta Why have insects been so successful?  Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 6 The insect's new cloths: growing by shedding   Overview  Key Concepts Crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside Eat, grow, shed: the development plan The insect's new clothes: exoskeleton What to do when your pants don't fit: molt To metamorphose, or not metamorphose, that is the question Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 7 Insect Facebook: the basics of insect classification   Overview  Key Concepts Why should I care how to identify an insect? Thank you Linnaeus! binomial classification Insect crib notes: key features used to identify adult insects Insect diversity Classification by taste: Seriously? Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 8 Insects are phat but not fat: diet, nutrition, and food assimilation   Overview  Key Concepts What's on the menu? Nutrient requirements of insects  Tools of the trade: Structures used for food collection Why insects don't get fat but people do Eating 'crap' makes sense! Food processing depends on what was  eaten It is only efficient if you can use it: Food assimilation Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 9 Sex in the city and everywhere else: insect reproductive strategies   Overview  Key Concepts Sex or no sex: methods of reproduction used by insects Evolving sex: adaptive tradeoffs of sexual reproductive strategies Insects are sexually dimorphic inside and out CCC: Calling, courting and copulation The kings (queens) of fertilization Get me out of here: methods of egg dispersal  And know for something completely different: novelty behaviors Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 10 You can teach an insect new tricks: learning and memory in six-  legged beasts   Overview  Key Concepts Darwin and insect behavior Ganglionic architecture: new age building designs or the key to insect  neurological functions? The genetic basis for learning, memory, and innateness Born to do it: innate behaviors Learning in insects: there is no remedial class! How insects can tell its raining and other environmental fun facts Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 11 Instant messaging in the insect world: communication with kin  and non-kin    Overview  Key Concepts Communication is the key to every successful relationship The basics of insect communication Visual displays, camouflage, and mimicry Insect phonics: auditory messages in the insect world. Whiff this! Chemical communication Chemical dependency: on being a social insect Interspecies chemical communication Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 12 Small but fortified: insects are not defenseless  Overview  Key Concepts What are insects afraid of? Predatory and parasitic threats.  Hide and seek: the use of camouflage and mimicry to stay alive. Behavioral tactics to combat predators and parasites. Chemicals to the rescue: allelochemicals. Keep out! The role of the exoskeleton in protection from parasites. Oh those wonderful hemocytes! Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 13 Life on the edge: coping with stress   Overview  Key Concepts Talk about stressed: 24\/7, 365 days a year Dealing with stress on a typical day: general stress responses Environmental tokens tell the tale of impending changes Seasonality and insect life history traits Genetic regulation of seasonal survival Coping with the unknown: aseasonality Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 14 Revenge of the humans: insects as the hunted  Overview  Key Concepts A few bad apples: insects that are pests  Insect control before the advent of electricity The golden age of killing: insecticides and death Silent Spring and the end to the eradication dream Sustainability and management: a new way of proceeding Towers of death, scents of love, and recombinant weapons: tools of the  21st Century  Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 15 Forensic Entomology: insects as tools in legal investigations  Overview  Key Concepts Murder, termites and weevils: the many faces of forensic entomology There's a fly in my soup: should I sue? Home invasion: matters for urban entomology  Maggots, murder and men The fly who loved me: myiasis and cases of neglect  Maggots on crack: agents of toxicology Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 16 Insect mercenaries: weapons for human warfare and national  security  Overview  Key Concepts Historical perspectives of entomological weaponry Insects as agents of terror Whiff this: insect sniffer systems Insect espionage: cyborgs and surveillance An insect for an insect: entomological counterterrorism Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Chapter 17 Invasive and elusive: new insect threats to the human condition  Overview  Key Concepts How can there be new threats today? Same old story: accidental introduction Impact of human interference: non-accidental introductions Insect activity following natural disasters Global warming, climate change, and insects Chapter Review Mushroom Farming (Self test) References The Entomologist Bookshelf Additional Resources  Appendix   Sources of insects Sources of insect materials Sources of insect-related paraphernalia","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408121078103,"sku":"9781421421704","price":71.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421421704.jpg?v=1730501661"},{"product_id":"lizards-of-the-world-9781421438238","title":"Lizards of the World","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eThe first, definitive reference on the natural history and ecology of every one of the known 6500+ species of lizards, spanning the entire globe.   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Taxon Accounts\u003cbr\u003e(alphabetical by family or genus name; use index to search by English name)\u003cbr\u003eA (Ablepharus to Australolacerta)\u003cbr\u003eB (Bachia to Bunopus)\u003cbr\u003eC (Cadeidae and Cadea to Cyrtopodion)\u003cbr\u003eD (Dactylocnemis to Dryadosaura)\u003cbr\u003eE (Ebenavia to Exila)\u003cbr\u003eF (Feylinia to Furcifer)\u003cbr\u003eG (Gallotia to Gymnophthalmus)\u003cbr\u003eH (Haackgreerius to Hypsilurus)\u003cbr\u003eI (Iberolacerta to Isopachys)\u003cbr\u003eJ (Janetaescincus to Jarujinia)\u003cbr\u003eK (Kaestlea to Kolekanos)\u003cbr\u003eL (Lacerta to Lyriocephalus)\u003cbr\u003eM (Mabuya to Morunasaurus)\u003cbr\u003eN (Nactus to Nucras)\u003cbr\u003eO (Oedodera to Ouroborus)\u003cbr\u003eP (Pachycalamus to Pygopus)\u003cbr\u003eQ (Quedenfeldtia)\u003cbr\u003eR (Ramigekko to Rondonops)\u003cbr\u003eS (Saara to Strophurus)\u003cbr\u003eT (Tachygyia to Tytthoscincus)\u003cbr\u003eU (Uma to Uvidicolus)\u003cbr\u003eV (Vanzosaura to Voeltzkowia)\u003cbr\u003eW (Woodworthia)\u003cbr\u003eX (Xantusia to Xenosauridae and Xenosaurus)\u003cbr\u003eZ (Zonosaurus to Zygaspis)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eA. Database Fields and Comments on Their Tabulation\u003cbr\u003eB. Methods for Quantifying Lizard Sizes\u003cbr\u003eC. 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