Insect Ecology
Subtitle: An Ecosystem Approach
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780126289756
Subjects: Animal ecology; Insects (entomology); Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Adaptation To Environment; Nature; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nature/Ecology; Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Entomology; Invertebrate Zoology; Natural History; Science / Physiology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Insects
First sentence: INSECTS ARE THE DOMINANT GROUP OF ORGANISMS ON EARTH, IN terms of both taxonomic diversity (>50% of all described species) and ecological function (Wilson, 1992) (Fig. 1.1).