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昆虫百科全书
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RT 拿来和虫子们分享！ http://d.namipan.com/d/0afda9358 ... bec31277b7b63331403 这本书以专题形式对昆虫的形态学、生理生化、行为、生态等内容进行了较为详尽的介绍，个人认为可以作为专业教材使用。个人特别推荐的是本书中有大量精美的插图。个人不太会写东西。一下是本书的前言。 Insects are ever present in human lives. They are at once awe inspiring, fascinating, beautiful, and, at the same time, a scourge of humans because of food loss and disease. Yet despite their negative effects, we depend on insects for pollination and for their products. As insects are the largest living group on earth (75% of all animal species), any understanding of ecological interactions at local or global scales depends on our knowledge about them. Given the current interest in biodiversity, and its loss, it must be remembered that insects represent the major part of existing biodiversity. Aesthetically, insect images are often with us as well: early images include Egyptian amulets of sacred scarabs; modern images include dragonfly jewelry, butterfly stationery, and children’s puppets. The idea of an Encyclopedia of Insects is new, but the concept of an encyclopedia is quite old. In 1745, Diderot and D’Alembert asked the best minds of their era—including Voltaire and Montesquieu—to prepare entries that would compile existing human knowledge in one place: the world’s first encyclopedia. It took over 20 years to finish the first edition, which became one of the world’s first best-selling books and a triumph of the Enlightenment. What do we intend this encyclopedia to be? Our goal is to convey the exciting, dynamic story of what entomology is today. It is intended to be a concise, integrated summary of current knowledge and historical background on each of the nearly 300 entries presented. Our intention has been to make the encyclopedia scientifically uncompromising; it is to be comprehensive but not exhaustive. Cross-references point the reader to related topics, and further reading lists at the end of each article allow readers to go into topics in more detail. The presence of a certain degree of overlap is intentional, because each article is meant to be self-contained. The Encyclopedia of Insects also includes organisms that are related to insects and often included in the purview of entomology. Therefore, besides the members of the class Insecta—the true insects—the biology of spiders, mites, and related arthropods is included. The core of this encyclopedia consists of the articles on the taxonomic groups—the 30 or so generally accepted orders of insects, the processes that insects depend on for their survival and success, and the range of habitats they occupy. The fact that entomology is a dynamic field is emphasized by the discovery of a new order of insects, the Mantophasmatodea, just as this encyclopedia was being completed. This is the first order of insects to be described in over 80 years, and we are pleased to be able to include it as an entry, further underscoring that there is much left to learn about insects. Some topics, especially the “poster insects”—those well-known taxa below the level of orders for which entries are presented—may not cover all that are desired by some readers. Given insect biodiversity, your indulgence is requested. We have gathered over 260 experts worldwide to write on the entries that we have selected for inclusion. These specialists, of course, have depended on the contributions of thousands of their entomological predecessors. Because the modern study of entomology is interdisciplinary, we enlisted experts ranging from arachnologists to specialists in zoonotic diseases. Given that the two of us have spent over 25 combined years as editors of the Annual Review of Entomology, many of our contributors were also writers for that periodical. We thank our contributors for putting up with our compulsive editing, requests for rewrites, and seemingly endless questions. Our intended audience is not entomological specialists but entomological generalists, whether they be students, teachers, hobbyists, or interested nonscientists. Therefore, to cover the diverse interests of this readership, we have included not just purely scientific aspects of the study of insects, but cultural (and pop-cultural) aspects as well. PREFACE We thank the staff of Academic Press for their encouragement and assistance on this project. Chuck Crumly had the original concept for this encyclopedia, convinced us of its merit, and helped us greatly in defining the format. Chris Morris provided suggestions about its development. Jocelyn Lofstrom and Joanna Dinsmore guided the book through printing. Gail Rice managed the flow of manuscripts and revisions with skill and grace, and made many valuable suggestions. Julie Todd of Iowa State University provided a crucial final edit of the completed articles. All these professionals have helped make this a rewarding and fascinating endeavor. We dedicate our efforts in editing the Encyclopedia of Insects to our wives, Cheryl and Anja; their contributions to our entomological and personal lives have been indescribable. —Vincent H. Resh and Ring T. Cardé [ Last edited by 梧桐眼 on 2009-10-17 at 12:25 ] |
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