1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557260703321

Autore

Guccione Julius

Titolo

Mathematical Modeling of Cardiovascular Systems: From Physiology to the Clinic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Soggetti

Physiology

Science: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484803203321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of Social Insects / / edited by Christopher K. Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

1-80316-129-9

3-030-28102-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : 491 ill., 416 ill. in color

Disciplina

595.71782

Soggetti

Invertebrates

Biology - Technique

Conservation biology

Ecology

Animal migration

Invertebrate Zoology

Experimental Organisms

Conservation Biology

Animal Migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Aculeata: phylogeny and classification -- african honey bees -- Allodapini -- Allomones -- Aneuretus simoni -- bees: ecological roles -- bees: phylogeny and classification -- brood care -- brood-stimulation theory [in army ants] -- bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) and Dinoponera -- cape honey bee -- carpenter ants (Camponotus) -- caste -- caste differentiation: ants -- caste differentiation: genetic and epigenetic factors -- dacetine ants -- dampwood termites (Archotermopsidae) -- defensive strategies -- Diacamma -- Dolichoderinae -- drywood termites (Kalotermitidae) -- Ectatomma -- eastern hive bee (Apis cerana) -- eusociality -- exocrine glands -- extra-floral nectaries -- fire ants (Solenopsis in part -- Foraminini -- Formicinae -- fossil social insects -- fungus-gardening ants.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the



world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of the world. This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects. .