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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

flatworm --- nematodes --- genomics --- helminths --- neglected diseases

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Science: general issues --- Medical genetics --- flatworm --- nematodes --- genomics --- helminths --- neglected diseases

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Salamanders are relevant components of many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, despite the importance of salamanders in many resource–consumer networks, their functional role remains remarkably understudied. Therefore, this volume, entitled The Ecological Role of Salamanders as Prey and Predators, provides an opportunity for researchers to highlight the new research on the ecological role of salamanders and newts in prey–predator systems, their trophic behavior, and the variability of their trophic niche in space and time. Various innovative methods, such as COI metabarcoding and network analysis, are applied in the present study to test both the classical and new hypotheses concerning the trophic ecology of salamanders and their interactions with their prey. The present volume is composed of one review and seven research papers, all of which are published after undergoing a complete and impartial peer-review process.

Research & information: general --- artificial cave --- ecotone --- prey-predator system --- salamanders --- Speleomantes --- subterranean habitat --- amphibia --- energy flow --- habitat coupling --- predator–prey interactions --- top–down control --- trophic cascades --- trophic ecology --- Urodela --- cave biology --- prey --- hypogean --- underground --- stygofauna --- Monolistra --- Sphaeromatidae --- Niphargus --- flatworm --- aqueduct --- seepage --- individual diet specialization --- ecological opportunity --- diet --- plethodontid --- community ecology --- Triturus --- Lissotriton --- coexisting species --- trophic niche --- niche width --- niche variation hypothesis --- amphibians --- feeding ecology --- individual specialization --- resource selection --- Hydromantes --- body condition --- biospeleology --- parental species --- size --- capture-mark-recapture --- COI --- DNA metabarcoding --- n/a --- predator-prey interactions --- top-down control

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A beautifully illustrated look at the lives and mind-boggling behaviors of insects: What Insects Do, and Why. It takes you on an unforgettable tour of the insect world, presenting these amazing creatures as you have never seen them before. This stunningly illustrated guide explores how insects live, ranging from elegant displays of courtship to brutal acts of predation, and provides insights into the marvelous diversity of insects all around us. Along the way, Ross Piper discusses insect evolution, reproduction and life cycles, feeding strategies, defenses, sociality, parasite-host interactions, human impacts on insects, and more.

Animals. --- Animal kingdom --- Beasts --- Fauna --- Native animals --- Native fauna --- Wild animals --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Human-animal relationships --- Zoology --- Ant. --- Antlion. --- Aphid. --- Arachnocampa. --- Argentine ant. --- Army ant. --- Arthropod eye. --- Attelabidae. --- Bed bug. --- Bee. --- Beetle. --- Beewolf. --- Blister beetle. --- Bombardier beetle. --- Bombyliidae. --- Botfly. --- Braconidae. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Caddisfly. --- Calliphoridae. --- Caterpillar. --- Ceratopogonidae. --- Click beetle. --- Cuckoo bee. --- Cuckoo wasp. --- Damselfly. --- Dinocampus coccinellae. --- Dragonfly. --- Drosophila melanogaster. --- Dung beetle. --- Earthworm. --- Emerald cockroach wasp. --- Encyrtidae. --- Entomology. --- European beewolf. --- Fig wasp. --- Fire ant. --- Flatworm. --- Flea beetle. --- Froghopper. --- Fungus gnat. --- Fungus. --- Gall wasp. --- Glowworm. --- Ground beetle. --- Hemiptera. --- Honey bee. --- Hunting wasp. --- Hymenoptera. --- Ichneumonidae. --- Insect repellent. --- Insect trap. --- Insect wing. --- Insect. --- Larva. --- Leaf-mimic katydid. --- Leafcutter ant. --- Leafhopper. --- Lepidoptera. --- Longhorn beetle. --- Louse. --- Mayfly. --- Mealybug. --- Millipede. --- Mole cricket. --- Mutillidae. --- Myrmelachista schumanni. --- Nematode. --- Nematomorpha. --- Nemopteridae. --- Opiliones. --- Owlfly. --- Parasitism. --- Parasitoid wasp. --- Parasitoid. --- Pesticide. --- Phasmatodea. --- Pheromone. --- Phragmosis. --- Platygastridae. --- Plecoptera. --- Pupa. --- Pyrophorus nyctophanus. --- Rasberry crazy ant. --- Ricinulei. --- Rove beetle. --- Sapsucker. --- Scale insect. --- Scarabaeidae. --- Spermatophore. --- Spider. --- Stalk-eyed fly. --- Strepsiptera. --- Termite. --- Tiger beetle. --- Tsetse fly. --- Warble fly. --- Wasp. --- Weevil. --- Worker bee.