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Tilapias : biology and exploitation
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ISBN: 0792363914 041280090X 9401140081 9780412800900 9780792363910 Year: 2000 Volume: 25 Publisher: Dordrecht : Kluwer,

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Referred to in the Bible, pictured on the wall-friezes of ancient Egyptian tombs, and a subject of fascination for generations of scientists, the tilapias (Cichlidae: Tilapiini) have featured in the diet and culture of humankind for thousands of years. The present century has seen their spread from Africa throughout the tropics and sub-tropics, largely for food and fisheries purposes. This book attempts to pull together our knowledge of this important group - their biology and fisheries and aquaculture - in a single volume, something that has not been done comprehensively for nearly two decades. A succession of chapters by acknowledged authorities covers evolution, phylogenetic relationships and biogeography, reproductive biology, mating systems and parental care, diet, feeding and digestive physiology, environmental physiology and energetics, the role of tilapias in ecosystems, population dynamics and management, genetics, seed production, nutrition, farming, economics and marketing. The book is aimed at biologists, fisheries scientists, aquaculturists, and all interested in aquatic ecology.

Termites : evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology
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ISBN: 0792363612 9048154766 940173223X Year: 2000 Publisher: Dordrecht Boston London : Kluwer Academic Publishers,

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The book is a new compendium in which leading termite scientists review the advances of the last 30 years in our understanding of phylogeny, fossil records, relationships with cockroaches, social evolution, nesting, behaviour, mutualisms with archaea, protists, bacteria and fungi, nutrition, energy metabolism,population and community ecology, soil conditioning, greenhouse gas production and pest status.

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595.732 --- 591.55 --- 591.55 Communal life. Animal societies --- Communal life. Animal societies --- 595.732 Corrodentia. Termites. Woodlice. Booklouse --- Corrodentia. Termites. Woodlice. Booklouse --- Termitidae --- Structure de la population --- social behaviour --- Compétition biologique --- Comportement alimentaire --- Termites --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Identification --- identification --- population structure --- population dynamics --- Biological competition --- Feeding habits --- identification. --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Climate change. --- Microbial ecology. --- Invertebrates. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Climate Change. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Invertebrata --- Animals --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Microbiology --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy --- Zoology --- Environmental aspects --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation

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