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Medical entomology for students
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ISBN: 9781107668188 1107668182 9781316179390 9781139002967 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Despite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, filariasis, Lyme disease and typhus, these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding the role of vectors in disease transmission, and the most appropriate control strategies, is therefore essential. This book provides information on the recognition, biology, ecology and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health. The fifth edition of this popular textbook is completely updated, and incorporates the latest strategies for controlling insects, ticks and mites. Numerous illustrations, with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors, aid recognition. A glossary of entomological and epidemiological terms is included, along with a list of commonly used insecticides and their trade names. Clearly presented in a concise style, this text is aimed at students of medical entomology, tropical medicine, parasitology and pest control. It is also essential reading for physicians, health officials and community health workers.


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Lyme disease : the ecology of a complex system
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ISBN: 9780195388121 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour : Life at a Microscale
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ISBN: 9400771630 9400771649 Year: 2013 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

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           What creatures live in the dark depths of the ocean, in the lungs of birds, in the canopies of rainforests and in the pillow beneath your head? MITES. Wherever biologists have peered, from forest floors to facial pores, they have found these tiny arachnids. More than 40,000 species have been described, and up to 1 million may grace our planet. Mites are predators, parasites, herbivores and detritivores. They are vectors of disease, vital players in soil formation and important agents of biological control. But despite the grand diversity of mites, even trained biologists are often unaware of their significance.             Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) aims to fill the gaps in our understanding of these intriguing creatures. It surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive biology and host-associations of mites without requiring prior knowledge of their morphology or taxonomy. Topics covered include evolution of mites and other arachnids, mites in soil and water, mites on plants and animals, sperm transfer and reproduction, mites and human disease, and mites as models for testing ecological and evolutionary theories.             Richly illustrated with 128 diagrams, pictures and scanning-electron micrographs, 31 of which are in colour, Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) combines the authors’ more than 50 years of experience as acarologists with reviews of more than 1600 journal articles and books (450 of these new since the first edition) to reveal the bizarre ingenuity and the importance of these fascinating animals.

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Ectoparasitic Infestations --- Acari --- Arthropod Vectors --- Skin Diseases, Parasitic --- Arachnida --- Disease Vectors --- Disease Transmission, Infectious --- Arthropods --- Parasitic Diseases --- Invertebrates --- Diseases --- Public Health --- Environment and Public Health --- Animals --- Health Care --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Arachnid Vectors --- Mites --- Mite Infestations --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Arachnid Vector --- Vector, Arachnid --- Vectors, Arachnid --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Acariasis --- Mange --- Infestation, Mite --- Infestations, Mite --- Mite Infestation --- Acarus --- Mite --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Ectoparasitic Infestation --- Infestation, Ectoparasitic --- Infestations, Ectoparasitic --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Public --- Brachiopoda --- Mesozoa --- Brachiopodas --- Invertebrate --- Mesozoas --- Parasite Infections --- Parasitic Infections --- Disease, Parasitic --- Diseases, Parasitic --- Infection, Parasite --- Infection, Parasitic --- Infections, Parasite --- Infections, Parasitic --- Parasite Infection --- Parasitic Disease --- Parasitic Infection --- Arthropoda --- Arthropod --- Autochthonous Transmission --- Communicable Disease Transmission --- Horizontal Transmission of Infection --- Horizontal Transmission of Infectious Disease --- Infection Transmission --- Infection Transmission, Horizontal --- Infectious Disease Transmission --- Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal --- Pathogen Transmission --- Pathogen Transmission, Horizontal --- Transmission of Infectious Disease --- Transmission, Infectious Disease --- Autochthonous Transmissions --- Disease Transmission, Communicable --- Infection Horizontal Transmission --- Transmission, Autochthonous --- Transmission, Communicable Disease --- Transmission, Infection --- Transmission, Pathogen --- Transmissions, Autochthonous --- Disease --- Infectious Disease Vectors --- Disease Vector --- Disease Vector, Infectious --- Disease Vectors, Infectious --- Infectious Disease Vector --- Vector, Disease --- Vector, Infectious Disease --- Vectors, Disease --- Vectors, Infectious Disease --- Arachnids --- Arachnid --- Arachnidas --- Parasitic Skin Diseases --- Disease, Parasitic Skin --- Diseases, Parasitic Skin --- Parasitic Skin Disease --- Skin Disease, Parasitic --- Arthropod Vector --- Vector, Arthropod --- Vectors, Arthropod --- transmission --- Life sciences. --- Parasitology. --- Ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Invertebrates. --- Entomology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Medical parasitology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Insects --- Invertebrata --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Human beings --- Human parasitology --- Medical sciences --- Parasitology --- Parasitic diseases --- Ecology --- Parasites --- Mites. --- Ecology .


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Phylogenomic, Biogeographic, and Evolutionary Research Trends in Arachnology
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book focuses on systematics, biogeography, and evolution of arachnids, a group of ancient chelicerate lineages that have taken on terrestrial lifestyles. The book opens with the questions of what arachnology represents, and where the field should go in the future. Twelve original contributions then dissect the current state-of-the-art in arachnological research. These papers provide innovative phylogenomic, evolutionary and biogeographic analyses and interpretations of new data and/or synthesize our knowledge to offer new directions for the future of arachnology.


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Phylogenomic, Biogeographic, and Evolutionary Research Trends in Arachnology
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This book focuses on systematics, biogeography, and evolution of arachnids, a group of ancient chelicerate lineages that have taken on terrestrial lifestyles. The book opens with the questions of what arachnology represents, and where the field should go in the future. Twelve original contributions then dissect the current state-of-the-art in arachnological research. These papers provide innovative phylogenomic, evolutionary and biogeographic analyses and interpretations of new data and/or synthesize our knowledge to offer new directions for the future of arachnology.

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Research. --- Biology. --- Microbiology. --- BioGeoBEARS --- Caatinga --- dispersal --- Galapagos --- Neotropical --- speciation --- spiders --- tropical dry forests --- vicariance --- coin spider --- Nephilidae --- phylogenomics --- biogeography --- dispersal probability --- Arthropoda --- circular reasoning --- investigator bias --- paleontology --- Arachnida --- tissue --- X-rays --- micro-CT --- cerebrum --- nervous system --- neuroanatomy --- imaging --- Araneae --- biodiversity --- community ecology --- elevation --- Pantepui --- species turnover --- Tetragnatha --- dynamic disperser --- intermediate dispersal model of biogeography --- GAARlandia --- Tetragnathidae --- taxonomy --- taxonomic crisis --- species concepts --- data management --- monographic research --- molecular phylogeny --- divergence time --- relict group --- Linyphiidae --- phylogeny --- Caribbean biogeography --- arachnid --- araneae --- Micrathena --- long distance dispersal --- distribution --- diversity --- Salticidae --- target sequencing --- reduced representation sequencing (RRS) --- spider phylogenomics --- deep phylogeny --- molecular dating --- ancestral range analysis --- endemics --- founder-event --- intermediate dispersal model --- BioGeoBEARS --- Caatinga --- dispersal --- Galapagos --- Neotropical --- speciation --- spiders --- tropical dry forests --- vicariance --- coin spider --- Nephilidae --- phylogenomics --- biogeography --- dispersal probability --- Arthropoda --- circular reasoning --- investigator bias --- paleontology --- Arachnida --- tissue --- X-rays --- micro-CT --- cerebrum --- nervous system --- neuroanatomy --- imaging --- Araneae --- biodiversity --- community ecology --- elevation --- Pantepui --- species turnover --- Tetragnatha --- dynamic disperser --- intermediate dispersal model of biogeography --- GAARlandia --- Tetragnathidae --- taxonomy --- taxonomic crisis --- species concepts --- data management --- monographic research --- molecular phylogeny --- divergence time --- relict group --- Linyphiidae --- phylogeny --- Caribbean biogeography --- arachnid --- araneae --- Micrathena --- long distance dispersal --- distribution --- diversity --- Salticidae --- target sequencing --- reduced representation sequencing (RRS) --- spider phylogenomics --- deep phylogeny --- molecular dating --- ancestral range analysis --- endemics --- founder-event --- intermediate dispersal model


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Phylogenomic, Biogeographic, and Evolutionary Research Trends in Arachnology
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book focuses on systematics, biogeography, and evolution of arachnids, a group of ancient chelicerate lineages that have taken on terrestrial lifestyles. The book opens with the questions of what arachnology represents, and where the field should go in the future. Twelve original contributions then dissect the current state-of-the-art in arachnological research. These papers provide innovative phylogenomic, evolutionary and biogeographic analyses and interpretations of new data and/or synthesize our knowledge to offer new directions for the future of arachnology.

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