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Entomology. --- Entomologie --- 595.7 --- Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- 595.7 Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- Entomology --- Insects --- Zoology

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Methuselah Flies presents a trailblazing project on the biology of aging. It describes research on the first organisms to have their lifespan increased, and their aging slowed, by hereditary manipulation. These organisms are fruit flies from the species Drosophila melanogaster, the great workhorse of genetics. Michael Rose and his colleagues have been able to double the lifespan of these insects, and improved their health in numerous respects as well. The study of these flies with postponed aging is one of the best means we have of understanding, and ultimately achieving, the postponement of aging in humans. As such, the carefully presented detail of this book will be of value to research devoted to the understanding and control of aging. Methuselah Flies: is a tightly edited distillation of twenty years of work by many scientists; contains the original publications regarding the longer-lived fruit flies; offers commentaries on each of the topics covered - new, short essays that put the individual research papers in a wider context; gives full access to the original data; captures the scientific significance of postponed aging for a wide academic audience.

Drosophila --- Insects --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda --- Entomology --- Drosophilidae --- Fruit-flies --- Aging.

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Insecta --- Sécrétion --- Secretion --- body fluids --- Biosynthesis --- chemical structure --- Metabolites --- Animal physiology --- 595.7 --- 595.7 Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- Insects --- Biological synthesis --- Synthesis, Biological --- Biochemical engineering --- Biochemistry --- Organic compounds --- Biochemical templates --- Physiology --- Synthesis --- Secretion. --- Synthetic biology

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This pioneering book looks at the importance of insects to culture. While in the developed West a good deal of time and money may be spent trying to exterminate insects, in other cultures human-insect relations can be far more subtle and multi-faceted. Like animals, insects may be revered or reviled - and in some tribal communities insects may be the only source of food available. How people respond to, make use of, and relate to insects speaks volumes about their culture. In an effort to get to the bottom of our vexed relationship with the insect world, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi, a country where insects proliferate and people contend. In Malawi as in many tropical regions, insects have a profound impact on agriculture, the household, disease and medicine, and hence on oral literature, music, art, folklore, recreation and religion. Much of the complexity of human-insect relations rests on paradox: insects may represent the source of contagion, but they are also integral to many folk remedies for a wide range of illnesses. They may be at the root of catastrophic crop failure, but they can also be a form of sustenance.Weaving science with personal observations, Morris demonstrates a profound and intimate knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is this book extraordinarily useful in terms of the more practical side of entomology, it also provides a wealth of information on the role of insects in cultural production. Malawian proverbs alone provide many such delightful examples - 'Bemberezi adziwa nyumba yake' ('The carpenter bee knows his own home'). This final volume in Morris' trilogy on Malawi's animal and insect worlds is certain to become a classic study of uncharted territory - the insect world that surrounds us and how we relate to it. Praise for The Power of Animals:Although based upon examination of a single culture, Morris incorporates ecological and anthropological concepts that expand this study of

Entomology --- Biodiversity --- Useful insects --- Food resources --- Human feeding --- Apiculture --- apiculture --- Stored products pests --- pests of plants --- Forest pests --- Vectors --- Social anthropology --- Heteroptera --- Apidae --- Termitidae --- Acrididae --- Noctuidae --- Formicidae --- Beneficial insects --- Insect pests --- Malawi --- Africa --- apiculture. --- Insects --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda --- Destructive insects --- Economic entomology --- Entomology, Economic --- Injurious insects --- Insects, Injurious and beneficial --- Arthropod pests --- Veterinary entomology --- Insects, Beneficial --- Zoology, Economic --- Ecology

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In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ecological processes such as energy flow and nutrient cycling, often referred to as 'ecosystem functioning'. Insects are a dominant component of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and play a key role in mediating the relationship between plants and ecosystem processes. This volume is the first to summarize their effects on ecosystem functioning, focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on herbivorous insects. Renowned authors with extensive experience in the field of plant-insect interactions, contribute to the volume using examples from their own work. In addition to providing concise reviews of the field, this volume discusses in detail the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques of manipulating insect herbivory. Thus, the text provides both a theoretical basis as well as practical advice for future manipulative studies of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning.

Ecosystem. --- Insects -- Ecology. --- Science. --- Insects --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Ecology --- Zoology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Ecosystems. --- Plant ecology. --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Invertebrates. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Community & Population Ecology. --- 574.4 --- 591.5 --- 595.7 --- 574.4 Terrestrial biocoenoses and ecosystems. Biogeocoenoses. Biogeochemical cycles. Food chains --- Terrestrial biocoenoses and ecosystems. Biogeocoenoses. Biogeochemical cycles. Food chains --- 591.5 Animal habits. Animal behaviour. Ecology. Ethology. Animal and environment. Bionomy --- Animal habits. Animal behaviour. Ecology. Ethology. Animal and environment. Bionomy --- 595.7 Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- Insecta (Hexapoda). Insects. Entomology --- Invertebrata --- Animals --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Botany --- Plants --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Insectes --- Ecologie --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology --- Animal migration. --- Biotic communities. --- Population biology. --- Animal Migration. --- Experimental Organisms. --- Community and Population Ecology. --- Technique. --- Migration of animals --- Animal behavior --- Zoogeography --- Migratory animals --- Migration