Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- Class Arachnida -- Order Uropygi -- Family Theliphonidae 1. Mastigoproctus giganteus (the vinegaroon) -- Order Opiliones -- Family Cosmetidae 2. Vonones sayi (a harvestman) -- Family Sclerosomatidae 3. Leiobunum nigripalpi (a daddylonglegs) -- Order Scorpiones -- Family Vejovidae 4. Vejovis spinigerus (the striped tail scorpion) -- Order Araneida -- Family Oxyopidae 5. Peucetia viridans (the green lynx spider) -- Class Chilopoda -- Order Scolopendrida -- Family Scolopendridae 6. Scolopendra heros (the giant Sonoran centipede) -- Order Geophilida -- Family Oryidae 7. Orphnaeus brasilianus (a geophilid centipede) -- Class Diplopoda -- Order Spirobolida -- Family Floridobolidae 8. Floridobolus penneri (the Florida scrub millipede) -- Order Polydesmida -- Family Polydesmidae 9. Apheloria kleinpeteri (a polydesmid millipede) -- Order Polyzoniida -- Family Polyzoniidae 10. Polyzonium rosalbum (a polyzoniid millipede) -- Order Glomerida -- Family Glomeridae 11. Glomeris marginata (a pill millipede) -- Order Polyxenida -- Family Polyxenidae 12. Polyxenus fasciculatus (a bristle millipede) -- Class Insecta -- Order Dyctioptera -- Family Blattidae 13. Eurycotis floridana (the Florida woods cockroach) -- Family Blattidae 14. Periplaneta australasiae (the Australian cockroach) -- Family Blattidae 15. Deropeltis wahlbergi (a blattid cockroach) -- Family Blaberidae 16. Diploptera punctata (the Pacific beetle cockroach) -- Order Dermaptera -- Family Forficulidae 17. Doru taeniatum (an earwig) -- Order Isoptera -- Family Termitidae 18. Nasutitermes exitiosus (a termite) -- Order Phasmatodea -- Family Diapheromeridae 19. Oreophoetes peruana (a walkingstick) -- Family Pseudophasmatidae 20. Anisomorpha buprestoides (the two-striped walkingstick) -- Order Orthoptera. , Family Romaleidae 21. Romalea guttata (the eastern lubber grasshopper) -- Order Hemiptera -- Family Coreidae 22. Chelinidea vittiger (a leaf-footed bug) -- Family Reduviidae 23. Apiomerus flaviventris (a reduviid bug) -- Family Belostomatidae 24. Abedus herberti (a giant water bug) -- Family Aphididae 25. Aphis nerii (the oleander aphid) -- Family Aphididae 26. Prociphilus tessellatus (the woolly alder aphid) -- Family Flatidae 27. Ormenaria rufifascia (a flatid planthoppe -- Family Cercopidae 28. Prosapia bicincta (the two-lined spittlebug) -- Family Dactylopiidae 29. Dactylopius confusus (a cochineal bug) -- Family Aleyrodidae 30. Metaleurodicus griseus (a whitefly) -- Order Neuroptera -- Family Chrysopidae 31. Ceraeochrysa cubana (a green lacewing) -- Family Chrysopidae 32. Ceraeochrysa smithi (a green lacewing) -- Family Chrysopidae 33. Chrysopa slossonae (a green lacewing) -- Order Coleoptera -- Family Carabidae 34. Galerita lecontei (a ground beetle) -- Family Carabidae 35. Brachinus (many species) (bombardier beetles) -- Family Gyrinidae 36. Dineutus hornii (a whirligig beetle) -- Family Dytiscidae 37. Thermonectus marmoratus (a predaceous diving beetle) -- Family Silphidae 38. Necrodes surinamensis (the red-lined carrion beetle) -- Family Staphylinidae 39. Creophilus maxillosus (the hairy rove beetle) -- Family Cantharidae 40. Chauliognathus lecontei (a soldier beetle) -- Family Lampyridae 41. Photinus ignitus and Photuris versicolor (fireflies) -- Family Lycidae 42. Calopteron reticulatum (the banded net-winged beetle) -- Family Elateridae 43. Alaus myops (the eyed elater) -- Family Buprestidae 44. Acmaeodera pulchella (the flat-headed baldcypress sapwood borer) -- Family Coccinellidae 45. Cycloneda sanguinea (a ladybird beetle) -- Family Coccinellidae 46. Epilachna varivestis (the Mexican bean beetle). , Family Meloidae 47. Epicauta (an unidentified species) (a blister beetle) -- Family Pyrochroidae 48. Neopyrochroa flabellata (a fire-colored beetle) -- Family Tenebrionidae 49. Adelium percatum (a darkling beetle) -- Family Tenebrionidae 50. Bolitotherus cornutus (the forked fungus beetle) -- Family Tenebrionidae 51. Eleodes longicollis (a darkling beetle) -- Family Scarabaeidae 52. Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (a scarab beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 53. Hemisphaerota cyanea (a tortoise beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 54. Gratiana pallidula (a tortoise beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 55. Plagiodera versicolora (the imported willow leaf beetle) -- Order Lepidoptera -- Family Dalceridae 56. Dalcerides ingenita (a dalcerid moth) -- Family Noctuidae 57. Litoprosopus futilis (the palmetto borer moth) -- Family Notodontidae 58. Schizura unicornis (the unicorn caterpillar moth) -- Family Thyrididae 59. Calindoea trifascialis (a thyridid moth) -- Family Yponomeutidae 60. Ypsolopha dentella (the European honeysuckle leaf roller) -- Family Geometridae 61. Nemoria outina (a geometrid moth) -- Family Arctiidae 62. Utetheisa ornatrix (the rattlebox moth) -- Family Saturniidae 63. Automeris io (the io moth) -- Family Papilionidae 64. Eurytides marcellus (the zebra swallowtail butterfly) -- Family Pieridae 65. Pieris rapae (the cabbage butterfly) -- Family Nymphalidae 66. Danaus plexippus (the monarch butterfly) -- Order hymenoptera -- Family Pergidae 67. Perga affinis (a pergine sawfly) -- Family Formicidae 68. Camponotus floridanus (a carpenter ant) -- Family Apidae 69. Apis mellifera (the honey bee) -- Epilogue -- How to Study Insects and Their Kin -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

Note: Chemical Ecology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- The Chemistry of Defense: Theory and Practice -- DISTRIBUTION OF DEFENSES -- PATTERNS OF ALLOCATION -- SPECIAL CASE: HUMAN CHEMICAL DEFENSES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Poisons in Amphibian Skin -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Phyletic Dominance -- ARTHROPOD CHEMICAL DEFENSES -- SPIDER VENOMS -- CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARTHROPOD DOMINANCE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Social Regulation: Multicomponent Signals in Ant Societies -- PHEROMONE BLENDS -- MODULATION AND RITUALIZATION OF MULTICOMPONENT SIGNALS -- NESTMATE RECOGNITION AND EXCLUSION OF FOREIGNERS -- CONCLUSION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Eavesdropping, Alarm, and Deceit -- EAVESDROPPING -- ALARM -- DECEIT -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Polydnavirus-Facilitated Endoparasite Protection Against Host Immune Defenses -- IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST -- DIVERSE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PARASITIZATION -- POLYDNAVIRUSES: GENERAL FEATURES -- POLYDNAVIRUS EXPRESSION IN THE HOST -- VIRAL MULTIGENE FAMILIES -- CYSTEINE-RICH GENE FAMILY -- GENE STRUCTURE OF WHV1.0, WHV1.6, AND VHV1.1 -- OPEN READING FRAMES OF THE CYSTEINE-RICH GENES -- VENOM-RELATED GENE FAMILY -- REPEAT GENE FAMILY -- PARASITE-VIRUS-HOST -- SEGMENTED VIRUS GENOMES: EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE -- GENE FAMILIES: EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Gamete Attraction: Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and (A)biotic Degradation of ... -- BROWN ALGAE AND THEIR PHEROMONES -- BIOSYNTHESIS OF C11 HYDROCARBONS IN HIGHER AND LOWER PLANTS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) -- (A)BIOTIC DEGRADATION OF ALGAL PHEROMONES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Sex Attraction -- OVERT CHEMICAL SIGNALS. , Rapid Identification of Pheromone Components with the Electroantennogram -- Complex Structures vs. Specific Blends -- SEX PHEROMONE PRODUCTION -- Key Biosynthetic Enzymes -- Hormonal Control -- PHEROMONE PERCEPTION -- Peripheral Detection -- Plume Structure -- Behavioral Thresholds -- Brain Black Box -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Sexual Selection -- DEFENSE -- COURTSHIP -- SEXUAL SELECTION -- PARENTAL INVESTMENT -- SPERM SELECTION -- ADDITIONAL FINDINGS -- THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Signal Transduction -- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN T CELLS AND THE ROLE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS -- IMMUNOPHILINS AND THEIR COMPLEXES -- STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON IMMUNOPHILIN-IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT COMPLEXES -- FK506 AND PEPTIDOMIMICRY -- BROADER PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chemical Signals in the Marine Environment: Dispersal, Detection, and Temporal Signal Analysis -- SIGNAL RECEPTION AND ANALYSIS: TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS TO DETERMINE SPATIAL GRADIENTS -- Spatial Gradients in Turbulent Odor Plumes -- Orientation and Navigation in Odor Plumes -- Odor Sampling Behavior -- Temporal Resolution of Olfactory Receptor Cells -- Discussion -- SIGNAL PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING: URINE DISPERSAL IN CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION -- Information Currents and Urine Signals -- Urine Signals in Dominance and Courtship -- Discussion -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Analysis of Chemical Signals by Nervous Systems -- ORIGINS OF OLFACTORY SYSTEMS -- Origins of Chemoreception -- Whence Olfaction? -- FROM STIMULANT MOLECULE TO MOLECULAR IMAGES IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM -- Common Features of Organization of Olfactory Systems -- The Primitives of Olfaction -- Molecular Images in Olfactory Pathways -- A CASE IN POINT: NEURAL PROCESSING OF SEX-PHEROMONAL INFORMATION IN MOTHS -- The Sex-Pheromonal Stimulus -- Detection of the Sex Pheromone. , Olfactory Transduction in Pheromone-Specific Receptor Cells -- Functional Organization of Central Olfactory Pathways -- Stimulus Quality -- Stimulus Quantity -- Stimulus Intermittency -- Synaptic Mechanisms in the AL -- Synaptic Interactions Between AL Neurons -- Higher Order Processing of Pheromonal Information in the CNS -- CONCLUSION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chemical Ecology: A View from the Pharmaceutical Industry -- SELECTION OF DRUG DISCOVERY TARGETS -- SELECTING SOURCES TO BE SCREENED FOR DRUGS AND LEADS -- INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM MANY ORGANISMS TO GAIN INSIGHT FOR DRUG DESIGN -- EFFICIENT ROUTES TO THE DISCOVERY OF USEFUL COMPOUNDS -- LEARNING TO ASK BETTER QUESTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- Index.

Note: Intro -- About Island Press -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Freedom and Responsibility: What We Can Learn from the Wise Use Movement -- Part I: The WIse Use and Property Rights Movements -- Cloaked in a Wise Disguise -- Stop the Greens: Business Fights Back by Hook or by Crook -- Land Mine -- The "Property Rights" Revolt: Environmentalists Fret as States Pass Reagan-Style Takings Laws -- Part II: Conservation Leaders Speak Out -- Wise Use: Discouragements and Clarifications -- People for the West!: Challenges and Opportunities -- Address to the Natural Resources Council of America -- Taking Back the Rural West -- Part III: Resource Conflicts -- Mapping Common Ground on Public Rangelands -- Wise Use in the West: The Case of the Northwest Timber Industry -- Wise Use below the High-Tide Line: Threats and Opportunities -- Sagebrush Rebellion II -- Not All That Glitters -- Part IV: The Takings Issue -- The Takings Issue -- The Value of Land: Seeking Property Rights Solutions to Public Environmental Concerns -- The Takings Debate and Federal Regulatory Programs -- Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council : An Enigmatic Approach to the EnvironmentalRegulation of Land -- "Absolute" Rights: Property and Privacy -- Part V: The Economics of Conservation -- Jobs and the Environment -- The Wise Use Threat to American Workers -- Strategic Overview of the Environmental Industry -- The U.S. Environmental Industry and the Global Marketplace for Environmental Goods and Services -- Science, Technology, Environment, and Competitiveness in a North American Context -- Restructuring the Timber Economy -- Part VI: People and Wildlife -- Winning and Losing in Environmental Ethics -- Economic and Health Benefits of Biodiversity -- The Endangered Species Act: A Commitment Worth Keeping -- The Tragedy of the Oceans -- Part VII: Effective Activism. , Taking on Anti-Environmentalists: Step by Step -- Building Broad-Based Coalitions to Oppose Takings Legislation -- Finding the Ties That Bind: Coalitions with Agriculture Groups -- Countering the Resource Abuse Movement -- Part VIII: Message and the Media -- Working with the Media -- Wise Use and the Greater Yellowstone Vision Document: Lessons Learned -- Working Journalists Speak Out on Wise Use -- About the Authors -- Index -- Island Press Board of Directors 1995.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Fascination of Studying Insects -- For the Love of Ants -- Chapter 2. Insects and the Human Food Supply -- The Worm in the Apple -- Nature's Perfume -- Chapter 3. Population and Pests -- Gypsy Moth -- Chapter 4. Insect Societies -- The Origin of Cooperation -- The Superorganism -- Chapter 5. Location is Everything -- The Foraging Abilities of a Colony -- Chapter 6. Insects and the Human Condition -- People and Insect Plagues -- Chapter 7. War and Insects -- Army Ants -- Chapter 8. Insect Terror -- The Creation of a Pop Insect -- Temperate and Tropical Honey Bees -- The Process of Africanization -- Chapter 9. The Birds and the Mosquitoes -- Bugs That Eat Birds -- Chapter 10. Water Babies, Risky Behavior, and Sex -- The Next Generation -- Chapter 11. How Insects "Work -- The Search: Appetitive Behavior, 201 -- Chapter 12. Hot and Cold Insects -- Night-Flying Moths -- Chapter 13. Insect Defenses -- The Love Potion -- Chapter 14. Love at First Smell -- The Sweet Smell of Success -- Chapter 15. Night Creatures -- Evasive Behavior in the Cockroach -- Chapter 16. More Than Just Jewelry -- What is Amber -- Chapter 17. Crime Scene Bugs -- Prologue: Honolulu 1984 -- Chapter 18. Monarchs and Movement -- Millions of Monarchs -- Chapter 19. Insects and The Dismal Science -- The Bumblebee Colony Cycle -- Economy of the Colony -- Chapter 20. Questions of Paternity, Reversal of Sexual Roles, and Sex Addiction -- Hemiptera: Heteroptera II -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.