Overview
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Marcos Kogan
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Illinois Natural History Survey and Agricultural Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Donald C. Herzog
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Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Quincy, USA
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XXIII
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Concepts and Techniques
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- Marcos Kogan, Sam G. Turnipseed
Pages 3-29
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- Marcos Kogan, Henry N. Pitre Jr.
Pages 30-60
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Lepidopterous Defoliators
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Front Matter
Pages 105-105
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- Donald C. Herzog, James W. Todd
Pages 107-140
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Coleopterous Defoliators
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Front Matter
Pages 187-187
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- Sam G. Turnipseed, Merle Shepard
Pages 189-200
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- Marcos Kogan, Gilbert P. Waldbauer, Gilles Boiteau, Cathy E. Eastman
Pages 201-236
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Other Foliage Feeders
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Front Matter
Pages 237-237
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- Charles G. Helm, Marcos Kogan, Bob G. Hill
Pages 260-282
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- Michael E. Irwin, Kenneth V. Yeargan
Pages 283-304
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- Sharad M. Vaishampayan, Marcos Kogan
Pages 305-311
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About this book
Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bacteria and viruses at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. The size and gen eral nature of insects present special problems to the student of entomology. For example, many commercially available instruments are geared to measure in grams, while the forces commonly encountered in studying insects are in the mil ligram range. Therefore, techniques developed in the study of insects or in those fields concerned with the control of insect pests are often unique. Methods for measuring things are common to all sciences. Advances sometimes depend more on how something was done than on what was measured; indeed a given field often progresses from one technique to another as new methods are discovered, developed, and modified. Just as often, some of these techniques fmd their way into the classroom when the problems involved have been suffici ently ironed out to permit students to master the manipulations in a few labo ratory periods. Many specialized techniques are confined to one specific research laboratory. Although methods may be considered commonplace where they are used, in another context even the simplest procedures may save considerable time. It is the purpose of this series (1) to report new developments in methodology, (2) to reveal sources of groups who have dealt with and solved particular entomological problems, and (3) to describe experiments which might be applicable for use in biology laboratory courses.
Editors and Affiliations
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Illinois Natural History Survey and Agricultural Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Marcos Kogan
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Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Quincy, USA
Donald C. Herzog
