Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution
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desertcart.com: Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution: 9780195166521: Vega, Fernando E., Blackwell, Meredith: Books Review: excellent overview of the subject - The book gives an excellent overview of parasitic and synergistic relations between insects and fungi. I was looking very long for a treatment of the subject in total, very happy now, that I found it. Review: Scintillating Symbiosis - Biology often reveals worlds within worlds, and this book does an excellent job of describing the extraordinarily complex relationships between insects and fungi. Yeast-eating beetles! Fungi hiding in the leaves of plants! Ants that tend fungus gardens - like tiny mushroom farmers! This scholarly volume will open your eyes to some of the more subtle wonders of nature.
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,430,409 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #432 in Zoology (Books) #554 in Entomology (Books) #820 in Microbiology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars (2) |
| Dimensions | 6.26 x 0.84 x 9.56 inches |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN-10 | 0195166523 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0195166521 |
| Item Weight | 1.4 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 352 pages |
| Publication date | February 3, 2005 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
F**H
excellent overview of the subject
The book gives an excellent overview of parasitic and synergistic relations between insects and fungi. I was looking very long for a treatment of the subject in total, very happy now, that I found it.
B**Y
Scintillating Symbiosis
Biology often reveals worlds within worlds, and this book does an excellent job of describing the extraordinarily complex relationships between insects and fungi. Yeast-eating beetles! Fungi hiding in the leaves of plants! Ants that tend fungus gardens - like tiny mushroom farmers! This scholarly volume will open your eyes to some of the more subtle wonders of nature.
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