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Apiservices - Apiculture - Taxonomy
On the taxonomy and biology of the genus, from the Apicultura website.
http://www.apicultura.com/goodies/taxonomy.htm

Extractions: Return to the "Virtual Beekeeping Gallery" Phylum Arthropoda Jointed Leg Class Insecta head thorax abdomen Order Hymenoptera membrane winged Superfamily Apoidea the bees Family Apidae honey and bumble bees, orchid bees, some stingless bees Subfamily Apinae perennial social colonies Tribe Apini only 1 Genus Apis hive bee Species mellifera "honey bearing", western world Subspecies of Apis mellifera Central Mediterranean and SW Europe: Western Mediterranean and NW Europe: Middle East: African: Asian species of Apis Apis cerana , subspecies: More Realization: Gilles RATIA
Courses; Entomology & Plant Pathology, The University Of Tennessee
E. 510 Plant Disease Fungi (4) Morphology, taxonomy, biology, and genetics of plantpathogenic fungi. Isolation and identification of plant pathogenic fungi.
http://eppserver.ag.utk.edu/courses.htm

Extractions: 410 Diseases and Insects of Ornamental Plants (3) Symptoms, identification and management of diseases and insect pests that affect plants in greenhouse, nursery, and landscape environments. Prereq: Plant Pathology or Economic Entomology or consent of instructor. Sp,A 500 Thesis (1-15) P/NP only. E 502 Registration for Use of Facilities (1-15) Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses University facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. S/NC only. E 510 Plant Disease Fungi (4) Morphology, taxonomy, biology, and genetics of plant pathogenic fungi. Isolation and identification of plant pathogenic fungi. Prereq: 313 or consent of instructor. 2 hrs and 2 labs. (Same as Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design 511.) F,A 512 Soilborne Plant Pathogens (3) Causal agents; host-parasite-soil environment interactions; epidemiology; and biological, cultural, and chemical control. Prereq: Plant Pathology or consent of instructor. F,A 514 Bacterial Plant Diseases (4) Morphology, taxonomy, ecology, physiology, and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens; infection and disease development, pathogenesis and resistance; diagnosis, detection, effect of environment, and management of bacterial plant diseases; beneficial plant-bacterial interactions. Prereq: Plant Pathology or consent of instructor. 3 hrs and 1 lab. Sp,A
Introduction To The Myriapoda
UCMP Berkeley's outline of myriapod history, biology and taxonomy.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/myriapoda.html

Extractions: Click on either of these images to view an enlarged version! Nearly 13,000 species of arthropod are classified in the Myriapoda, the "many-legged ones." All myriapods are terrestrial forms. Like insects and other uniramian arthropods, myriapods have appendages with only one branch, or ramus . Myriapods can have anywhere from fewer than ten to nearly 200 pairs of appendages; they range in size from nearly microscopic to 30 cm in length. Most myriapods live in humid environments, and can be found in soils, in leaf litters, or under stones and wood. Many species possess repugnatorial glands , specialized glands that secrete foul-tasing compunds and thus function in defense. There are four groups of myriapods; how they are related to each other is not yet well understood. Two of them, the Symphyla and Pauropoda , consist of tiny arthropods living in leaf litter and soil; both superficially resemble centipedes. The Chilopoda includes the true centipedes, like the one shown at the top left of this page. Chilopods have only one pair of legs per body segment. They are predators; the first pair of appendages on the trunk are modified into a pair of claws with poison glands, which centipedes use to capture prey (usually other arthropods). The bite of large centipedes can cause humans some pain and discomfort, although there are no authenticated cases of human fatalities from centipede bites.
Biology Of Insects
Spring 2000. biology of Insects. Home taxonomy.
http://icg.harvard.edu/~bio155/taxonomy/
Gastropoda
Overview of biology and taxonomy; species list for Montana.
http://www.esg.montana.edu/dlg/aim/mollusca/gastropd.html

Extractions: Snails. The largest and most diverse group of mollusks. The phylum Mollusca in a ancient group that is second in size only to the arthropods. There are over 50,000 living species and about as many fossil species known. Mollusks are unsegmented, coelomate protostomes with a ventral muscular foot, a shell-secreting mantle, and a radula as the feeding organ. They have a trochophore larval stage similar to the annelids and a later veliger larval stage. The circulatory system is open and excretion is by metanephridia. Gastropods make up 70% of all mollusks and they are well represented in marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. About 500 species, 350 prosobranchs and 150 pulmonates, in the freshwaters of North America, north of Mexico. Mollusks with increased cephalization and an asymmetrical, univalved, usually spiral shell serving as a retreat rather than a shield. The class is characterized by torsion, a 180 degree counterclockwise rotation of the body behind the head. Marine forms have a free-swimming veliger larva, freshwater forms usually pass that stage within the egg and miniature adults emerge. Pulmonates are monoecious, copulation usually involves mutual sperm transfer, but it can be one-way only or they can be self-fertile. Freshwater prosobranchs are dioecious, except for Valvatidae. Some are parthenogenetic, some are egg brooders, some are both. Mating and egg laying may be seasonal or occur throughout much of the year. The species may be semelparous or iteroparous. Individuals of some species may live for several years. The life cycle is non-emergent.
Taxonomy, Developmental Biology
Coming Soon! Two high school curriculum supplements, one on taxonomyand one on developmental biology are available as a set from BSCS.
http://www.bscs.org/cp_hs_mod_ctl.html

Extractions: Developmental Biology Price: $49.95 + tax and shipping Please an e-mail to info@bscs.org The CD-ROM contains six inquiry-oriented learning activities, each with a different theme: The activities are linked by a unifying story line but can be taught separately. Each activity immerses students in a virtual investigation that is complemented by off-computer tasks. The interactive software features videos, animations, database searches, simluated laboratory experiments, Web browsing, and printable reference materials.
Maryland Sea Grant Book Store - The Eastern Oyster: Crassostrea Virginica
Information about the taxonomy and biology of this species from the Maryland Sea Grant.
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/Oyster/

Extractions: and Albert F. Eble, Editors Book, 772 pages, hard cover, 8-1/2" x 11", 400 photographs, drawings and diagrams. UM-SG-TS-96-01. ISBN 0-943-676-61-4. Price, $95.00 + $3.50 shipping and handling. The Eastern Oyster is the most comprehensive synthesis about the biology of Crassotrea virginica since Paul Galtsoff published his landmark work, The American Oyster , in 1964. The Eastern Oyster extends Galtsoff's findings and adds considerably to details on such topics as anatomy, shell structure, and predators and pests. Its major thrust, however, is holistic, reflecting current approaches to biological processes and covering topics that could not have been studied in such detail thirty years ago. Thus, there are intensive treatments of recent work in the physiology of feeding, population genetics, reproduction and larval biology, pollution and environmental effects, and diseases and mechanisms of defense. Concluding with discussions of the eastern oyster as a valuable ecological and commercial resource, several chapters address public management issues, aquaculture, and the effects of transferring oysters among ecosystems.
Livre Bemisia 1995: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control And Management, Defense D
Translate this page Bemisia 1995 taxonomy, biology, damage, control and management. Auteur(s) GERLINGDate de parution 04-1996 Langue ANGLAIS Env. 684p. Etat Épuisé
http://www.lavoisier.fr/notice/fr1898298330.html

Extractions: Commentaire During the last 5 years damage caused by the whitefly has exceeded one billion US$, making their control of major economic and agricultural importance worldwide. Consequently, extensive research is being carried out in population dynamics, plant-pest relationships, virology and plant breeding, with international co-operation in information gathering and joint research growing in importance. This book summarizes the contributions presented at a workshop held in Israel in October 1994 to address the current problems, emphasize ongoing research projects and outline avenues of future research and control technology. Partial contents: Section 1 Basic Biology, Section 2 Population Dynamics, Section 3 Non-Viral Damage Expressions, Section 4 Whitefly-Borne Viruses, Section 5 Plant Resistance, Section 6 International Cooperation in Research and Control, Section 7 Biological Control, Section 8 Chemical Control, Section 9 Pest Management.
Entomology DepartmentHome Page
An international center for the study of insect and arachnid systematics, taxonomy, identification, and comparative biology.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/

Extractions: CONTENTS General information Creature features Staff Courses ... Site map The Department of Entomology is an international centre of excellence for the study of insect and arachnid systematics, taxonomy, identification and comparative biology. Our leading position in insect natural history, in both academic and applied fields, is based on the expertise of the staff, their use and development of the Museum's unrivalled collections of insects, mites and spiders, outstanding library resources, and modern laboratory facilities. The NHM collection of insects and other terrestrial arthropods, including spiders, mites and myriapods, comprises about 28 million specimens. It is the most comprehensive in the world and includes named representatives of about half of the more than one million described species. A bout 100 research, curatorial, support staff and postgraduate students work regularly in the Department. Our scientists use the collections and other resources, including the Museum's extensive libraries, in a wide range of research projects, covering many parts of the world.
TV:SCI FI Channel:Tremors: The Series:Tremors Biology, Part Three, Taxonomy
TV ». SCI FI Channel ». Tremors The Series ». Tremors biology, partthree, taxonomy. Post Reply for Tremors biology, part three, taxonomy.
http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/browse.cgi/1/5/3034/34

Extractions: Attention SCIFI.COM members. We are currently working on a new BBoard system. This change will be more than the upgrade of the past. We are building a whole new system from the ground up. If you have any suggestions or features you would like to see in the new BBoard, please e-mail them to, bboard@www.scifi.com Tremors Biology, part three, taxonomy The truth is that Graboids and their descendants dont appear to belong to any existing class of vertebrates. They are clearly not fish. They are not amphibians. They are not reptiles or birds or mammals. It is not clear that they are even vertebrates, although clearly they do have something resembling an internal rigid structure which may be a skeleton. They might be a completely new line of vertebrates, but in truth, they have too many radical differences from existing vertebrate lines. All vertebrates derive from notochords, which gave rise to fish. Fish gave rise to amphibians. Amphibians gave rise to reptiles, which in turn gave rise to birds and mammals. We can relate the different forms by their shared heritage of organs and anatomy. For instance, all vertebrates have eyes because they are descended from fish, who have eyes. Fish bequeathed gills to amphibians. Amphibians developed lungs, which they bequeathed to their descendants. Basic skeletal traits get carried through the lines, becoming more elaborate, but the rudiments are always there.
A:FAO Tick Web Site
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization site about tick biology, taxonomy, diseases; tick research, and vaccines.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoInfo/Agricult/AGA/AGAH/PD/pages/DEFAULT.HTM

Extractions: Ticks are... Tick Species Tick-borne Diseases Acaricide Resistance ... Home FAO Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Ticks and tick-borne diseases are an economical constraint in the development of the livestock sector, mainly in Africa, the Caribbean and South America. They cause production losses, illness or even death. FAO has been and is involved in field projects and programmes related to tick and tick-borne disease issues. The multi-donor programme for Integrated Tick and Tick-borne Diseases Control in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (thrird phase: 1993-1997) was one the largest and involved 9 countries. The Caribbean Amblyomma Eradication Programme (CAP) is another big programme, that is still ongoing. Photo by M.Moran:acaricide spraying in Uganda Farmers have long been treating their cattle, sheep and goats with acaricides to protect them from ticks, but many ticks have become resistant to these chemical compounds. FAO envisages to act as a forum of experts and industry to explore alternatives in order to come to an Intergrated Parasite Management approach. Through publications, like the
Evolutionary Biology Resources
Museums and Evolution, Natural Selection, Paleontology, taxonomy and EvolutionaryTrees, Zoos, Conservation and Evolutionary biology. Anthropology and Archaeology.
http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpitocch/resevol.html

Extractions: Evolutionary Biology Resources This is a list of cyberresources that I have found on the Internet that deal with intersting issues in Evolutionary Biology. I have assembled this with the aid of my students, Bob "Lou" Allard ('01), Gary Grilli ('97), Andrea Tortolano ('03) and others to provide supplemental materials to my course in Evolutionary Biology here at Saint Anselm College.
Flagellate Taxonomy, Morphology, And Biology
Flagellate taxonomy, morphology, and biology. The aim of the courseis to provide students with a theoretical and practical knowledge
http://www.bot.ku.dk/courses/flagel.htm
Elephant
Notes on taxonomy and biology of the African Elephant.
http://nature-wildlife.com/eletxt.htm

Extractions: Dwarfs inhabiting Lowland Rainforest would be considered a different species if the two forms didn't interbreed at the forest edge. Only 7 ft 10 in to 9 ft 2 in (2.4 2.8 m) tall, wt 3960 to 7040 lb (1800-3200 kg), with straight, downward pointing, parallel tusks, more oval ears, front feet with 5 nails, rear feet with 4. Amboseli NP, Masai Mara GR, Kenya; Tarangire and Ruaha NP (dry season), Tanzania; Kafue NP, Zambia; Mana Pools and Hwange NP, Zimbabwe; Chobe NP, Moremi GR, Botswana; Kruger NP, South Africa; Etosha NP, Namibia. Arguably the world's most versatile herbivore. Equipped with its unique nasal appendage an all in one grasping, smelling, drinking, squirting, broadcasting tool a big elephant feeds from ground up to 20 feet higher than a giraffe can reach. The trunk can coil around and pull up grass, pick up peas, and tear off tree limbs. Tusks are also tools for prying bark loose, digging pits and even caves in mineral earth to increase salt intake. Rasplike teeth grind up the toughest grasses, reeds, bark, and branches. Some bulls specialize in pushing over big trees. Elephant dung consists largely of fiber that passes undigested through its comparatively small system. To compensate, adults consume and quickly process vast amounts: c. 330 lb/day (150 kg/day). Grass and herbs are mainstays in rainy season when elephants wander widely over the savanna; foliage and other browse are important in dry season when they feed more in forests, near water. Elephant trails that once crisscrossed the continent were the roadways used by human travelers. Many of today's highways are simply widened and paved trails engineered by elephants.
Academic Info: Botany & Plant Biology - Taxonomy
Home Keyword Search Index Reference Desk Student Center. AcademicInfo Botany taxonomy. The Botany taxonomy page is sponsored by.
http://www.academicinfo.net/bottax.html
Introduction To Coralline Algae
Research reports, discussion forum, online bibliography, directory of researchers, and internet links on all aspects of the biology and taxonomy of living and fossil coralline algae.
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/clines

Extractions: Derek Keats, January 27, 2000 C oralline red algae are a poorly known group of marine organisms. Yet, a close examination reveals that they are simple and easily understood. They are also a group of marine plants of considerable ecological importance, especially in the construction of coral reefs. I would be very pleased to accept proposals for articles for this website. Please click the button and send me an email.
Contexts -- Science -- Biology -- Classification
Contexts Science biology Classification. by habitat and means of reproduction,but Andrea Cesalpino produced the first significant taxonomy of plants
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Frank/Contexts/class.html

Extractions: Much of the work of eighteenth-century biologists concerned arranging species into taxonomies. Part of the urgency of this project arose from the sheer number of species discovered: in antiquity, Theophrastus could identify five hundred plant species; by the late Renaissance, Bauhin could identify over six thousand; Linnaeus catalogued eighteen thousand; and Cuvier listed over fifty thousand separate species of plants. Although most earlier botanists had been content merely to describe individual species, natural philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries began to see a need to arrange them into meaningful categories. Sir Isaac Newton 's classification of the heavenly bodies in Principia Mathematica (1687) increased the taxonomic urge in biologists at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The classification of species, however, began well before the eighteenth century. Aristotle distinguished species by habitat and means of reproduction, but Andrea Cesalpino produced the first significant taxonomy of plants in 1583, arranging the species in a hierarchical, graded order. His work was developed by
Dragoo's Skunks
Detailed information about the biology and taxonomy of the skunk family, with a section on rabies in skunks.
http://www.dragoo.org/
BioLinks.org - Your Biology Resource!
Links. American Society of Plant Taxonomists Promotes research and teaching inthe taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of vascular and nonvascular plants.
http://www.biolinks.org/Biology/Taxonomy/

Extractions: Biodiversity and Biological Collection Databases - Information of interest to systematists and other organismic biologists such as biological collections, taxonomic files, directories and ListServ archives, computer programs, reports by standards bodies (IOPI, ASC, SA2000, etc.), and access to on-line journals. Biodiversity, Systematics, and Collections - Access to WWW sites that provide biological names and classification of organisms, showing the evolutionary relationship among species and taxonomic units included within the classification system - from the National Biological Information Infrastructure.
ScienceNet - Biology & Medical Science - I Have Heard About A Tropical Fish Whic
An answer to the question I have heard about a tropical fish which can detect traces of mammalian urine in the water and will enter the urinary tract of the mammal. Is this true? What is it's taxonomy?
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Biology/0003/b00768d.html

Extractions: The fish you are referring to is the Vandellia cirrhosa , common name candiru, a member of the family Trichomycteridae the pencil or parasitic catfishes. Vandellia is about an inch (2.5 cm) in length and when it has not fed is slender and almost transparent (except for the eyes). It lives in the rivers of tropical South America. This small catfish is a vampire - it feeds on the blood of other fish. It has been described as entering the gill chambers of larger fish to suck blood from their gills. Once in the gill chamber it anchors itself there, so as not to be flushed out as the fish pumps water over its gills, with spines on its gill covers. As it feeds the body becomes engorged and distended with blood. Once it has fed the candiru swims out of the gill chamber and burrows into the river-bed to digest its blood meal. You are correct in believing that the candiru poses a hazard to humans (and other mammals that might urinate in the water). It seems attracted to the flow of urine (possibly as it resembles the stream of water from the gills of a large fish). The candiru may swim up the stream of urine and enter the urethra of a bather urinating into the river.

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