London ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1984.

Physical description

x, 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Author/Creator

Wigglesworth, Vincent B. (Vincent Brian), Sir, 1899-1994

 Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

The integument

respiration

the circulatory system and associated tissues

digestion

excretion

nutrition and metabolism

growth

reproduction

muscles and movement

the nervous system, sense organs and behaviour

the endocrine system.

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Publisher's summary

This book should be of interest to undergraduate students of biology, entomology and agriculture.

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Publisher's summary

This text provides an introductory account of the physiology of insects, intelligible to any reader with an elementary knowledge of biology. It should be of interest to undergraduate students of biology, entomology and agriculture.

Subjects

Insects > Physiology.

 Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1984

ISBN

0412259001 (Science paperback : pbk.)