| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previous ed. published as: Biology of blood-sucking insects. / HarperCollins, 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This second edition looks at the favourable biological modifications of these insects and also considers the economical, social and medical aspects. |
| Contents |
1. Importance of blood-sucking insects -- 2. Evolution of the blood-sucking habit -- 3. Feeding preferences of blood-sucking insects -- 4. Location of the host -- 5. Ingestion of the blood meal -- 6. Managing the blood meal -- 7. Host-insect interactions -- 8. Transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects -- 9. Blood-sucking insect groups. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bloodsucking insects -- Anatomy.
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Bloodsucking insects. |
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Anatomy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lehane, M. J.
Biology of blood-sucking insects.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lehane, M.J. Biology of blood-sucking in insects. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521836085 0521543959 (OCoLC)57429970 |
| ISBN |
0511115539 (electronic book) |
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9780511115530 (electronic book) |
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0511113889 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511113888 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0521836085 |
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9780521836081 |
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0521543959 |
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9780521543958 |
| Report No. |
9780511115530 (electronic bk.) |
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