The Natural History of Blackflies

by Roger Ward Crosskey

The study of blackflies has come of age--the blackfly is now recognized as a carrier of major endemic diseases; its larval stages are seen to play a major role in the ecology of rivers and streams; and blackfly chromosomes have proved unusually amenable material for cytogenetical studies. The expanded interest in the blackfly has greatly increased the scientific literature about them--literature that is extremely technical, highly specialized, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471927554
• ISBN13: 9780471927556
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 722 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.