Ebook: Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods

This book is intended as a textbook for 3rd year undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students. It comprises a review of the current opinion regarding the evolution and adaptation of terrestrial arthropods, beginning with the paleontological, embryological, morphological and physiological evidence. The implication of size is then considered in relation to life on land. A discussion of insect phylogeny and the origin of flight is followed by an account of evolutionary trends in reproduction. Further chapters cover adaptations to extreme environments, dispersal and migration, defensive mechanisms and, finally, present arguments for the success of the terrestrial arthropods in general.

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This book is intended as a textbook for 3rd year undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students. It comprises a review of the current opinion regarding the evolution and adaptation of terrestrial arthropods, beginning with the paleontological, embryological, morphological and physiological evidence. The implication of size is then considered in relation to life on land. A discussion of insect phylogeny and the origin of flight is followed by an account of evolutionary trends in reproduction. Further chapters cover adaptations to extreme environments, dispersal and migration, defensive mechanisms and, finally, present arguments for the success of the terrestrial arthropods in general.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Palaeontology and Phylogeny....Pages 1-9
Implications of Life on Land....Pages 10-25
The Conquest of the Land by Crustacea....Pages 26-36
Insect Phylogeny and the Origin of Flight....Pages 37-56
Evolutionary Trends in Reproduction....Pages 57-79
Adaptations to Extreme Environments....Pages 80-98
Dispersal and Migration....Pages 99-113
Defensive Mechanisms....Pages 114-129
The Success of Terrestrial Arthropods....Pages 130-135
Back Matter....Pages 137-141

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This book is intended as a textbook for 3rd year undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students. It comprises a review of the current opinion regarding the evolution and adaptation of terrestrial arthropods, beginning with the paleontological, embryological, morphological and physiological evidence. The implication of size is then considered in relation to life on land. A discussion of insect phylogeny and the origin of flight is followed by an account of evolutionary trends in reproduction. Further chapters cover adaptations to extreme environments, dispersal and migration, defensive mechanisms and, finally, present arguments for the success of the terrestrial arthropods in general.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Palaeontology and Phylogeny....Pages 1-9
Implications of Life on Land....Pages 10-25
The Conquest of the Land by Crustacea....Pages 26-36
Insect Phylogeny and the Origin of Flight....Pages 37-56
Evolutionary Trends in Reproduction....Pages 57-79
Adaptations to Extreme Environments....Pages 80-98
Dispersal and Migration....Pages 99-113
Defensive Mechanisms....Pages 114-129
The Success of Terrestrial Arthropods....Pages 130-135
Back Matter....Pages 137-141
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