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020			_a9780192843111 _q(hardcover)
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035			_a(OCoLC)on1346478127
040			_aUKMGB _beng _erda _cFoundation University
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050	0	0	_aQL463 _b.M475 2022
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100	1		_aMcGavin, George, _eauthor. _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000115779473 _98610
245	1	0	_aEssential entomology / _bGeorge C. McGavin, Honorary Research Associate of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Honorary Prinicpal Research Fellow, Imperial College, [and 1 other].
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2022.
300			_axxii, 314 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aPrevious edition: published as by George C. McGavin. 2001.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aComprising well over half of all known animal species, insects are the most successful organisms on the planet. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that one cannot study agriculture, biology, and the environment, without a basic understanding of entomology. Furthermore, insects are indispensable to advances in molecular biology and genetics, and their ongoing decline in many parts of the world has stimulated much research in the crucial roles they play in global ecosystems.However, the sheer diversity of insects can be a challenge to every newcomer to entomology. Most entomology textbooks tend to focus on insect biology, leaving readers with only a superficial idea of insect diversity and evolution, while others delve into too much detail that will deter the novice. In contrast, Essential Entomology has a clear taxonomic structure that provides readers with the necessary framework to understand the diversity, life history, and taxonomy of insects in a new light. This fully revised edition provides the most up-to-date guide to insects and includes all the major developments in molecular biology and palaeontology of the last 20 years.This textbook is an essential read for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in entomology, agriculture, and forestry. It will also appeal to a broad academic audience of ecologists, conservationists, natural resource managers, as well as to the far more numerous general readers who are interested in wildlife, nature, and the environment. With these diverse audiences in mind, the straightforward and accessible style of the first edition has been maintained, technical jargon has been kept to a minimum, and sufficient background information is provided to enable the reader to follow the text with ease. -- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEntomology. _98611
650		0	_aInsects _vClassification. _98612
650		7	_aEntomology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00912735 _98613
650		7	_aInsects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00974074 _98614
655		7	_aClassification. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01697073 _98615
658			_aCollege of Arts and Sciences
700	1		_aDavranoglou, Leonidas-Romanos, _eauthor. _98616
700	1		_aLewington, Richard, _eillustrator. _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000031751342 _98617
700	1		_aMcGavin, George. _tEssential entymology. _sFirst edition. _98618
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