{"product_id":"harvestmen-9780674023437","title":"Harvestmen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive treatment of a major order of arachnids featuring more than 6,000 species worldwide, familiar in North America as daddy-longlegs but known scientifically as the Opiliones, or harvestmen. The 25 authors provide a broad taxonomic and ecological background for understanding this major arachnid group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvestmen\u003c\/i\u003e covers virtually every aspect of harvestman biology… Inevitably, the longest chapter is on taxonomy, dealing with the disturbing features of the families and subfamilies in the four major \u003ci\u003eOpiliones\u003c\/i\u003e suborders. This is the first major revision of the order in over fifty years, and it is a tour de force… This is a book that will be prized by many naturalists, both amateur and professional. For anyone with even a passing interest in harvestmen, it will be required reading for decades to come. -- Matthew Cobb * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA summary volume exceeding those of other arachnid orders in breadth and completeness… The landmark chapter on taxonomy will be particularly welcome to workers considering studying these animals. For the first time, the family level diversity of this group is very clearly summarized, with keys, diagnostic characters, etymology, phylogenetic relationships, and plentiful scanning electron micrographs and illustrations, on a worldwide basis… The text presents enough unanswered questions to provide an army of graduate students with research topics. By illuminating what makes Opiliones a distinctive taxon, the book sheds much light on the evolution and biology of arachnids as a whole, and anyone with an interest in Arachnida should acquire this work. -- Michael L. Draney * Quarterly Review of Biology *\u003cbr\u003eThis will be a mandatory classic for arachnologists, zoologists, and general biologists. -- Jonathan A. Coddington, Smithsonian Institution\u003cbr\u003eConsidering that…no single volume addressing [Opilione] biology has ever been written, this book is long overdue and will fill a notorious gap in the arachnological literature. There is no question that it will become a landmark reference, much like Weygoldt on pseudoscorpions, Polis on scorpions, and Punzo on solifuges, ultimately stimulating a resurgence in research on this diverse group of organisms. -- Lorenzo Prendini, Assistant Curator: Arachnids and Myriapods, American Museum of Natural History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors   Preface    1. What are harvestmen?   2. Morphology and functional anatomy   3. Phylogeny and biogeography   4. Taxonomy   5. Paleontology   6. Cytogenetics   7. Ecology   8. Foraging and food habits   9. Natural enemies   10. Defense mechanisms   11. Social behavior   12. Reproduction   13. Development   14. Eco-physiology   15. Field and laboratory methods    References   Taxonomic Index   Subject Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403529134423,"sku":"9780674023437","price":121.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674023437.jpg?v=1730483738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harvestmen-9780674023437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}