Humans have brought about unprecedented changes to environments worldwide. For many
species, behavioral adjustments represent the first response to altered conditions. In this …

The alteration of natural cycles of light and dark by artificial light sources has deleterious
impacts on animals and ecosystems. Many animals can also exploit a unique characteristic …

В книге последовательно изложен весь процесс составления энтомологических
коллекций. Описаны различные приспособления, в том числе оригинальные, для сбора …

The first comprehensive book in more than a century to reveal the diversity and natural
history of diving beetles. Among the hundreds of thousands of species of beetles, there is …

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and
figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and …

Odonate populations and species numbers are declining globally. Successful conservation
requires sound assessments of both odonate distributions and habitat requirements …

Human‐made objects (eg, buildings with glass surfaces) can reflect horizontally polarized
light so strongly that they appear to aquatic insects to be bodies of water. Insects that lay …

In recent years, the study of polarisation vision in animals has seen numerous
breakthroughs, not just in terms of what is known about the function of this sensory ability …

There is a growing recognition for the significance of evolutionary thinking in ecology and
conservation biology. However, ecology and conservation studies often work with species …

Adult tabanid flies (horseflies and deerflies) are terrestrial and lay their eggs onto marsh
plants near bodies of fresh water because the larvae develop in water or mud. To know how …