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Blurb
The dominance of insects amongst all living organisms on earth, coupled with infinite wealth of knowledge so important for our own existence, is a fundamental scientific fact which is yet to be widely acknowledged. This dominance means that in numbers of species beyond our comprehension these animals permeate diverse and essential natural processes in Earth s terrestrial, aerial and freshwater ecosystems, contributing to the function of the natural world as a self-sustaining biological system. Invariably insects are an integral and complex part of the terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems with which the future of humans is inextricably linked. Insects have ultimately achieved a formidable diversity. Generally, insects are beneficial organisms, however, many of them are important pests and/or vectors to a large number of parasites and other microbial pathogens to both human being, his associates and the plants. The burden caused by their infestation or infection run up to several million-zillion rupees annually. Therefore, knowledge about extreme biodiversity and ecological relationships of these animals is a practical necessity: in the man s own interest to sustain the species. Packed with original 25 original articles/reviews, this book on Entomology: Ecology and Biodiversity offers an invaluable opportunity to comprehend more deeply about our most intimate allies - the insects! The book truly establishes a foundation in basic entomology through varied and diverse treatment to entomology, while focusing on specialized topics in insect ecology and biodiversity, forensic and medical entomology.
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Prof. M.S. Swaminathan Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 21, Rathna Nagar Teynampet Chennai - 600 018 Tel : +91 44 2254 2790 (Off) +91 44 2434 5312 (Res) Fax : +91 44 2254 1319 E-mail: chairman@mssrf.res.in |
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1. Professor Dr. T.N. Ananthakrishnan: Entomologist and Polymath - B.K. Tyagi and Vijay Veer 2. Thysanoptera taxonomy - Purpose and practice - L.A. Mound 3. Latitudinal distribution of stream insect communities of the Western Ghats - K.A. Subramanian and K.G. Sivaramakrishnan 4. Haplothrips fusca Moulton 1928/Haplothrips graminis Hood, 1912 in Hawaii (Insecta: Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae) - J. S. Bhatti and Dick M. Tsuda 5. Spacial and temporal distribution of phlebotomine sand flies in relation to leishmaniases in India - K. Ilango 6. A brief conspectus and research priorities on Plecoptera (Stoneflies) of India - K.G. Sivaramakrishnan, M. Arunachalam, S. Sundar and C. Selva Kumar 7. Diversity and distribution of odonates in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR), Andaman & Nicobar islands - C. Sivaperuman, Suresh Kumar Shah, C. Raghunathan and Ramakrishna 8. Revisiting Tyagi’s Theories of ‘The Desert Malaria (1995)’ and ‘The Aedes albopictus – transmitted dengue sans Aedes aegypti (2006)’, with reference to emergence of (1) Plasmodium falciparum-dominated malaria in the Thar Desert, and (2) Dengue Fever in Kerala State - B.K. Tyagi 9. Diversity of butterflies in Chidiyatapu Biological Park, Andaman and Nicobar islands - C. Sivaperuman, C. Raghunathan and Suresh Kumar Shah 10. Structure and species composition of butterflies in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar isalnds - C. Sivaperuman, Suresh Kumar Shah, C. Raghunathan and Ramakrishna 11. Impact of Enterobacter sp. infection in phenotypic changes and haemolymph protein profiling in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. - R. Chandrasekar, A. Vijay Ananad, P.G. Brintha and B.K. Tyagi 12. Reproductive biology of Tribolium castaneum - R. Chandrasekar and S.R. Palli 13. Anopheline species complexes in Sri Lanka: A bio-ecological perspective - S.N. Surendran 14. Ecobiology and male dimorphism in rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros L. (Coleoptera: Carabaeidae) - Mariamma Jacob and Mathew M. Oommen 15. Diversity of aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of aphids (Homoptera: Aphidiidae) - An Indian perspective - Debjani Dey 16. Plant proteinase inhibitors and their potential in insect pest management - E.R. Prasad, Vijayaprasad R. Komera, K. Padmasree and A. Dutta-gupta 17. Emerging trends in forensic entomology: An eye towards the future - Devinder Singh and Bhanvi Wadhawan 18. Microbial entomopathogens: a sustainable pest management strategy - Arti Prasad 19. Simulation of temperature - dependent development of insects - Reji Gopalakrishnan and Subhash Chander 20. Assessment and mapping of vectors distribution and diversity using remote sensing and GIS - M. Govindaraju and P. Rani Lalitha 21. Vicious cycle of vector, virus and victim in dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever - Sajal Bhattacharya 22. Illuminating the field of entomology: an overview of application of marker based technology - Neelima Arora, Amit Kumar Banerjee and U.S.N. Murty 23. Neuroptera as biocontrol agents in India: Present status and future thrusts- N. Bakthavatsalam 24. Indian biodiversity: Profile and conservation status - Vinod Khanna 25. Thrips diversity and their functional attributes - R. Varatharajan and V. S. Chochong 26. Diversity of dermestid beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from India, with identification key to adults of Indian genera and description of a new subspecies- Vijay Veer |
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