What Good Are Bugs? : Insects in the Web of Life / Gilbert Waldbauer.
Waldbauer, Gilbert, author.
2009
QL496.4 ǂb W35 2003eb
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Title What Good Are Bugs? : Insects in the Web of Life / Gilbert Waldbauer.
Author Waldbauer, Gilbert, author.
ISBN 9780674044746
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674044746
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2003
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (384 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674044746 doi
Call Number QL496.4 ǂb W35 2003eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 595.717
Summary This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how insects work in ecosystems--what they do, how they live, and how they make life as we know it possible. Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, describing the intriguing and sometimes amazing behavior of these tiny creatures. As entertaining as it is informative, this charmingly illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life.
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
MACROCOSM
HELPING PLANTS
1. Pollinating
2. Dispersing Seeds
3. Supplying Food
4. Providing Defense
HELPING ANIMALS
5. Giving Sustenance
6. Giving Protection
LIMITING POPULATION GROWTH
7. Controlling Plant Populations
8. Controlling Insect Populations
9. Controlling Vertebrate Populations
CLEANING UP
10. Recycling Dead Animals
11. Recycling Dung
12. Recycling Dead Plants
MICROCOSM
SELECTED READINGS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX

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