The Biology of Millipedes

Millipedes are common components of the leaf-litter fauna of most terrestrial environments. The Biology of Millipedes is the first single-volume review of this important group and covers their ecology behaviour physiology and evolution. This book is essential reading for terrestrial ecologists zoologists and students taking courses in invertebrate biologytroductory chapters consider millipede taxonomy and phylogeny basic anatomy locomotion and ecomorphology. Later chapters review feeding and digestion metabolism nerves and neurosecretion together with all aspects of millipedes in decomposition processes and their role as pests. The authors provide an extremely comprehensive bibliography of research papers and literature.