Overview
Covers all aspects of natural history and systematics of diving beetles (Dytiscidae)
Appeals to those working on aquatic beetles, aquatic predators, and beetles and predation in general
Includes dozens of color photographs
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About this book
Chapters in this book summarize hitherto scattered topics, including their anatomy and habitats, chemical and community ecology, phylogenies and larval morphology including chaetotaxy, sexual systems, predation, dispersal, conservation, and cultural and historical aspects. The 2nd edition offers updates on the newest scientific findings on dytiscids and also includes a new chapter on the subterranean fauna from Australia. The information in this new edition is potentially beneficial to anyone working in aquatic systems where dytiscids are an important part of the food web. Moreover, readers will gain a greater appreciation of dytiscids as model organisms for investigations of fundamental principles derived from ecological and evolutionary theory. Contributed chapters are by authors who are actively engaged in studying dytiscids, and each chapter provides color photos and future directions for research.
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Book Title: Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Editors: Donald A. Yee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01245-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01244-0Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01247-1Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-01245-7Published: 01 January 2023
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 573
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Zoology, Animal Physiology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography