Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations (Adaptations of Desert Organisms)
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This book is a basic account of the life cycles and life history strategies of the major groups of desert arthropods. It covers a wide variety of topics including an overview of major adaptations in desert arthropods, characteristic features of deserts, a comprehensive review of life history theory, and a detailed description of embryonic and postembryonic development. The book also provides an in-depth discussion of the life history traits in these animals including development time, growth rates and patterns, age and size at maturity, size and number of offspring, sex ratios, costs associated with reproduction and longevity, and explains how these traits are inextricably connected by various trade-offs including those between current reproduction and survival, current and future reproduction, and between number, size and sex of offspring. Finally, the relationship between behavioral ecology and life history traits is discussed.
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Provides a basic account of the life cycles and life history strategies of the major groups of desert arthropods. Covers a wide variety of topics including an overview of major adaptations in desert arthropods, characteristic features of deserts, a comprehensive review of life history theory, and a detailed description of embryonic and postembryonic development.
Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations (Adaptations of Desert Organisms),Fred Punzo,Springer,3540660410,Adaptation,Arthropoda,Desert Ecology,Desert animals,Ecology,Life Sciences - Ecology,Life Sciences - Zoology - General,Life cycles,Nature/Ecology,Science,Arthropoden,Entwicklung,Gliederfüßer,Insekten,Lebensgeschichte,Lebenszyklen,Life history,Science / Zoology,Wüste,arthropods,desert,development,insects,life cycle
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