References
Selected References
Agrawal, A. A. 1998. Induced responses to herbivory and increased plant performance. Science 279:1201–1202. Grazing of plants by Pieris caterpillars induced resistance to later herbivory by other insects and increased later seed production.
Beckage, N. E. 1997. The parasitic wasp’s secret weapon. Sci. Am. 277:82–87 (Nov.) This parasitoid wasp carries a virus that invades the host insect when the wasp lays its eggs, then paralyzes the host.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. 1998. How cicadas make their noise. Sci. Am. 278:58–61 (May). Male cicadas are the loudest known insects.
Berenbaum, M. R. 1995. Bugs in the system. Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. How insects impact human affairs. Well written for a wide audience, highly recommended.
Blum, M. S. (ed). 1985. Fundamentals of insect physiology. New York, John Wiley & Sons. Good, multi-authored text on insect physiology. Recommended.
Borror, D. J., C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1997. Introduction to the study of insects, ed. 7. HBJ College and School Division. A good entmology text.
Chapman, R. F. 1982. The insects: structure and function, ed. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. Comprehensive text on morphology and physiology of insects.
Downs, A. M. R., K. A. Stafford, and G. C. Coles. 1999. Head lice: Prevalence in schoolchildren and insecticide resistance. Parasitol. Today 15:1–4. This report is mainly concerned with England, but head lice are one of the most common parasites of American schoolchildren.
Hayashi, A. M. 1999. Attack of the fire ants. Sci. Am. 280:26,28 (Feb.). Fire ants have invaded Galápagos, Melanesia, and West Africa, where they may be blinding elephants and otherwise disrupting the ecosystem.
Heinrich, B., and H. Esch. 1994. Thermoregulation in bees. Amer. Sci. 82:164–170. Fascinating behavioral and physiological adaptations for increasing and decreasing body temperature allow bees to function in a surprisingly wide range of environmental temperatures.
Hölldobler, B. H., and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. The fascinating story of social organization in ants.
Hubbell, S. 1997. Trouble with honey bees. Nat. Hist. 106:32–43. Infection of honey bees with Varroa mites is a big problem for beekeepers.
McMasters, J. H. 1989. The flight of the bumble bee and related myths of entomological engineering. Am. Sci. 77:164–169. There is a popular myth about an aerodynamicist who “proved” that a bumble bee cannot fly—but his assumptions were wildly wrong.
O’Brochta, D. A., and P. W. Atkinson. 1998. Building the better bug. Sci. Am. 279:90–95 (Dec.). Inserting new genes into certain insect species could render them incapable of being vectors for disease, help agriculture, and have other applications.
Tallamy, D. W. 1999. Child care among the insects. Sci. Am. 280:72–77 (Jan.). Most insects render no assistance to eggs or young, but females, and in a few cases, males, of a variety of species, care for and protect eggs and young.
Topoff, H. 1990. Slave-making ants. Am. Sci. 78:520–528. An amazing type of social parasitism in which certain species of ants raid the colonies of related species, abduct their pupae, then exploit them to do all the work in the host colony.
Wootton, R. J. 1990. The mechanical design of insect wings. Sci. Am. 263:114–120 (Nov.). The ingenious architecture of insect wings and how they are adapted to flight.
Agrawal, A. A. 1998. Induced responses to herbivory and increased plant performance. Science 279:1201–1202. Grazing of plants by Pieris caterpillars induced resistance to later herbivory by other insects and increased later seed production.
Beckage, N. E. 1997. The parasitic wasp’s secret weapon. Sci. Am. 277:82–87 (Nov.) This parasitoid wasp carries a virus that invades the host insect when the wasp lays its eggs, then paralyzes the host.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. 1998. How cicadas make their noise. Sci. Am. 278:58–61 (May). Male cicadas are the loudest known insects.
Berenbaum, M. R. 1995. Bugs in the system. Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. How insects impact human affairs. Well written for a wide audience, highly recommended.
Blum, M. S. (ed). 1985. Fundamentals of insect physiology. New York, John Wiley & Sons. Good, multi-authored text on insect physiology. Recommended.
Borror, D. J., C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1997. Introduction to the study of insects, ed. 7. HBJ College and School Division. A good entmology text.
Chapman, R. F. 1982. The insects: structure and function, ed. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. Comprehensive text on morphology and physiology of insects.
Downs, A. M. R., K. A. Stafford, and G. C. Coles. 1999. Head lice: Prevalence in schoolchildren and insecticide resistance. Parasitol. Today 15:1–4. This report is mainly concerned with England, but head lice are one of the most common parasites of American schoolchildren.
Hayashi, A. M. 1999. Attack of the fire ants. Sci. Am. 280:26,28 (Feb.). Fire ants have invaded Galápagos, Melanesia, and West Africa, where they may be blinding elephants and otherwise disrupting the ecosystem.
Heinrich, B., and H. Esch. 1994. Thermoregulation in bees. Amer. Sci. 82:164–170. Fascinating behavioral and physiological adaptations for increasing and decreasing body temperature allow bees to function in a surprisingly wide range of environmental temperatures.
Hölldobler, B. H., and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. The fascinating story of social organization in ants.
Hubbell, S. 1997. Trouble with honey bees. Nat. Hist. 106:32–43. Infection of honey bees with Varroa mites is a big problem for beekeepers.
McMasters, J. H. 1989. The flight of the bumble bee and related myths of entomological engineering. Am. Sci. 77:164–169. There is a popular myth about an aerodynamicist who “proved” that a bumble bee cannot fly—but his assumptions were wildly wrong.
O’Brochta, D. A., and P. W. Atkinson. 1998. Building the better bug. Sci. Am. 279:90–95 (Dec.). Inserting new genes into certain insect species could render them incapable of being vectors for disease, help agriculture, and have other applications.
Tallamy, D. W. 1999. Child care among the insects. Sci. Am. 280:72–77 (Jan.). Most insects render no assistance to eggs or young, but females, and in a few cases, males, of a variety of species, care for and protect eggs and young.
Topoff, H. 1990. Slave-making ants. Am. Sci. 78:520–528. An amazing type of social parasitism in which certain species of ants raid the colonies of related species, abduct their pupae, then exploit them to do all the work in the host colony.
Wootton, R. J. 1990. The mechanical design of insect wings. Sci. Am. 263:114–120 (Nov.). The ingenious architecture of insect wings and how they are adapted to flight.
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