Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
NIELSEN, E. S.; EDWARDS, D. S.; RANGSI, T. V. (eds): Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera,
CALDER A A.: Click-beetles: genera of Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera). Monographs on invertebrate taxonomy
HARTL, B.; MARKOWSKI, (eds): Ecological genetics in mammals 11. Acta Theriologica
BAUER, K.; SCHREIBER, A.: Primate phylogeny from a human perspective.     

Reviews of Publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Parasitoids. Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
Oecophorine Genera of Australia, Vol. 1 The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 3
Predation and defence amongst reptiles by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson.
Tnlobites by H. B. Whittington.
Snakes of the World: A Checklist. Vol.1, Venomous Snakes; Vol.2, Boas, Pythons, Shield-tails and Worm snakes
Hedgehogs, by N. Reeve
Tettigoniidae of Australia. Vol. 2, The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae, by D. C. F. Rentz. Victoria, Australia
Antarctic Seals: Research Models and Techniques
The Freshwater Crustacea of Yorkshire. A Faunistic and Ecological Survey
Butterflies and Climate Change
Mammoths, Mastodonts and Elephants. Biology, Behaviour, and the Fossil Record
Beetle Larvae of the World     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The Biology of the Tardigrades, by Ian M. Kinchin
Oecophorine Genera of Australia, Vol 1 The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australia Lepidoptera 3, by Ian F. B. Common
Parasitoids. Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, by H. C. J. Godfray
Predation and Defence amongst Reptiles, by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson
The Hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic, by A. R. Pittaway
The Brackish Water Fauna of Northwestern Europe, by R. S. K. Barnes
Fishes of the World, by Joseph S. Nelson     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
H andbuch der B akteriellen I nfektionen bei T ieren Band IV (1982). Edited by H. Blobel & T. Schliesser.
P atenting in the B iological S ciences (1982). R.S. Crespi.
D evolopments in F ood M icrobiology —1 (1982). Edited by R. Davies.
A M anual of M ethods for the B acteriological E xamination of F rozen F oods (1982). L. P. Hall 3rd ed.
I mmunobiology of I nfection with H erpes S implex V irus (Monographs in Virology, Vol 13). (1982). H. Kirchner.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
East African Monographs in Biology Vol. 2: 'The Ruminant Stomach'. By R. R. Hoffmann.
East African Vegetation. By E. M. Lind and M. E. S. Morrison.
Mammals of East and Central Africa. By R. M. B ere
Wild Cats of the World. By C. A. W. G uggisberg
Elephants and Their Habitats; The Ecology of Elephants in North Bunyoro, Uganda. By R. M. L aws , I. S. C. P arker & R. C. B. J ohnstone
Hyaena. By H ans K ruuk
The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents. Edited by I. W. Rowlands & Barbara J. Weir
Handy Matrices. By C. J. P ennycuick     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article:
AUSTRALIAN WEEVILS. By E. C. Zimmerman. Vol. I: Primitive Weevils, Anthribidae to Attelabidae, pp. 1–741, with appendix, Nemonychidae of Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia by G. Kuschel, 1994 ISBN 0 643 05145 7. Vol. II: Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae, plus Introduction to Immature Stages of Australian Curculionoidea by Brenda M. May     

Reviews

Principles of General Physiology. Vol. 11: General Physiology. By L. E. B ayliss
Hackfruchtkrankheiten und Nematodenforschung. Editor H. G offart.
Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 1. Editor W. W. U mbreit
Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 11. Editor W. W. U mbreit
Der Vielfrass (Gulo gulo L. 1758). Zur Kenntnis seiner Naturgeschichte und seiner Bedeutung für den Menschen. By P. K rott
Control of Rats in Sewers. By E. W. B entley
Introduction to Probability and Statistics. By H. L. A lder and E. B. R oessler
Methods of Testing Chemicals on Insects. Vol. 11. Edited by H. H. S hepard
The Biology of Marine Animals. By J. A. C olin N icol
The Effects of Pollution on Living Material. Edited by W. B. Y app
Taxonomy of Flowering Plants. By C. L. P orter
Bananas. By N. W. S immonds
Atlas of Bacterial Flagellation. By E inar L eifson
Diagnostik der Bakterien und Actinomyceten. By N. A. K rassilnikov , M oscow , translated into German by R. W. W ittwer and R. D ickscheit
A Review of the Biological Control of Insects and Weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. By F rank W ilson
The Ecology of Soil Fungi. Edited by D. P arkinson and J. S. W aid . (An International Symposium)
Introduction to Plant Geography and Some Related Sciences. By N icholas P olunin     

Book Reviews

ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND PHOTOPHOS-PHORYLATION, TOPICS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS , VOL. 4. Edited by J. B arber
THE MATHEMATICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTIVITY . Experimental Botany. An International Series of Monographs, Vol. 16. By D. A. C harles -E dwards
DIFFERENTIATION IN VITRO . Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium of the British Society for Cell Biology. Edited by M. M. Y eoman & D. E. S. T ruman
PLASMALEMMA AND TONOPLAST: THEIR FUNCTIONS IN THE PLANT CELL . Edited by D. M armè , E. M arrè & R. H ertel
THE PLANT COMMUNITY AS A WORKING MECHANISM , Special Publications Series of the British Ecological Society 1. Edited by E. I. N ewman
THE NATURAL COUMARINS: OCCURRENCE, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY . By R D. H. M urray , J. M endez & S. A. B rown
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN CROP PRODUCTION . Edited by G. C. P apavizas     

Leaf miners: The hidden herbivores

Leaf mining is a form of endophagous herbivory in which insect larvae live and feed within leaf tissue. In this review we discuss aspects of leaf miner ecology, and the current evidence for three hypotheses relating to the evolution of this feeding guild. We also present a summary of the literature coverage relating to these herbivores, which have been relatively poorly studied compared with insects that feed externally such as sap suckers and leaf chewers. The majority of published studies concern leaf miners from the northern hemisphere, with a general focus on those species considered to be agricultural, forestry or horticultural pests. In a more detailed case study, we examine aspects of leaf miner ecology of Australian species. At least 114 species have been recorded as leaf miners in Australia in four orders: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. Lepidoptera and Diptera are the most speciose orders of Australian leaf miners; Hymenoptera are represented by a single endemic genus and half of all coleopteran miners are species introduced for biological control. Both the known number of leaf‐mining species in Australia and the known number of hosts have increased in recent years following new targeted surveys. Leaf miners in Australia occur in many habitats and feed on a wide variety of host plants in at least 60 families although most individual species are monophagous. Although much of the research on leaf miners in Australia has focused on species that are commercially important pests or biological control agents, studies on fundamental aspects of leaf miner ecology are increasing. We identify a number of research questions aimed at better understanding the ecology of leaf miners in Australia and elsewhere.     

Vector competence of the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, for the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Clinical and serologic evidence of Lyme disease in Australia, including the typical rash, erythema migrans, has been reported. The vector tick transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi in Australia, however, has not been determined. The Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, is a logical candidate vector of the Lyme disease spirochete in Australia; therefore, we tested the ability of I. holocyclus to acquire and maintain a North American isolate of B. burgdorferi. Larval I. holocyclus ingested spirochetes, but none of 84 derived nymphs were infected. These experiments should be repeated with Australian strains of spirochetes.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Atlas of the British Flora . Edited by F. H. P erring and S. M. W althrs .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology . Vol. XIV: Growth and Growth Substances. Edited by W. R uhland .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XVII: Compositae (3). By S tella R oss -C raig .
Apical Meristems . By F. A. L. C lowes . Botanical Monographs, vol. 2. Edited by W. O. J ames .
Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
Proceedings of the Summer School of Botany held June 2–15, 1960, at Darjeeling . Edited by P. M aheshwari , B. M. J ohri and I. K. V asil .
Exotic Forest Trees in the British Commonwealth . By R. J. S treets . Edited by Sir H arry C hampion .
A Flora of the Alaskan Arctic Slope . By I. L. W iggins and J. H. T homas
Grundzüge der Pflanzenanatomie . By B. H uber .
Taschenbuch der Botanik . By H. M iehe . Revised by W. M evius .
A Conspectus of Aphids as Vectors of Plant Viruses . By J. S. K ennedy , M. F. D ay and V. F. E astop .
Crop Adaptation and Distribution . By C arroll P. W ilsie .
Flora of Cultivated Plants of the U.S.S.R. Vol. XIII: Perennial Leguminous Plants: Medicago, Melilotus and Trigonella. Edited by E. N. S inskaya . Translated by N. L andau .
Der Federsee . Edited by W. Z immermann .
Carbohydrate Resources within the Perennial Plant . By C. A. P riestley .
Flora of the British Isles . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Mineral Salts Absorption in Plants . By J. F. S utcliffe .
The Development of British Heathlands and their Soils . By G. W. D imbleby .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , vol. 13. Edited by L. M achlis and W. R. B riggs .     

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Review in this article:
Active Transport and Secretion. Symposium of the Society of Experimental Biology. VIII. Edited by R. B rown add J. F. D anielli .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung. Hrsg. v. L. V. Heilbrunn u. F. Weber. Band 1/1: Die makromolekulare Chemie und ihre Bedeutung für die Protoplasmaforschung. By H. S taudinger and M. S taudinger .
Flora of Egypt. Vol. III. Angiospermae, part Monocotyledons: Liliaceae—Musaceae. By V ivi T ackholm and M ohammed D rar .
Australian and New Zealand Botany. By J. M c L uckie , M.A., B.Sc. (Glas.), D.Sc. (Syd.) and H. S. M c K ee , B.A., D.Phil. (Oxon).
South African Pollen grains and Spores, Part I. By E. M. van Z inderen B akker .     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Patterns of Injury and Illness in Great Apes, by N. C. Lovell
Moths of Australia, by I. F. B. Common
The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning, by A. Maitland Emmet
Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions, edited by P. W. Price, T. M. Lewinsohn, G. W. Fernandes and W. W. Benson
Searching Behaviour: The behavioural ecology of finding resources, by William J. Bell     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Plant Community History: Long-term Changes in Plant Distribution and Diversity
J. H. Tallis Global Forest Resources
A. S. Mather Species Dispersal in Agricultural Habitats
Edited by R. G. H. Bunce and D. C. Howards The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions, and Habitats of Australian Odonata
J. A. L. Watson, G. Theischinger and H. M. Abbey Monsoonal Australia: Landscape, Ecology and Man in the Northern Lowlands
Edited by C. D. Haynes, M. G. Ridpath and M. A. J. Williams, A. A. Balkema Ferns and Allied Plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
B. D. Duncan and G. Isaac Ferns of Queensland
S. B. Andrews Introduction to Vegetation Analysis
D. R. Causton, Unwin Hyman     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Electrophysiological Techniques (Current Methods in Cellular Neurobiology, Vol. 3) edited by J. L. Barker and J. F. McKelvy.
Measurement of Neurotransmitter Release In Vivo edited by C. A. Marsden.
Effects of Aging on Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (Monographs in Neural Sciences, Vol. 11) edited by C. Fieschi, G. L. Lenzi, and C. W. Loeb.
Glutamine, Glutamate, and GABA in the Central Nervous System (Neurology and Neurobiology, Vol. 7) edited by L. Hertz, E. Kvamme, E. G. McGeer, and A. Schousboe (General Editors: V. Chan-Palay and S. L. Palay).
Cyclic Necleotide Phosphodiesterases (Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide and Protein Phosphorylation Research, Vol. 16) edited by S. J. Strada and W. J. Thompson (General Editors: P. Greengard and G. A. Robison).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Buning, J.: The insect ovary. Ultrastructure, previtello-genic growth and evolution.
Robinson, G. S. Nielsen, E. S.: Tineid Genera of Australia.
Common, I. F. B.: Oecophorine genera of Australia I. The Wingia group.
REAL, L. A. (ed.): Ecological genetics. 95–195
KRIMBAS, C. B.: Drosophila subobscura. Biology, Genetics and Inversion Polymorphism.
BENECKE, N.: Der Mensch und seine Haustiere.     

Further Readings in Geomicrobiology

The Biology of Cyanobacteria. N. G. Carr and B. A. Whitton (eds.). Botanical Monographs, Vol. 19. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, U.K., 1982 (also University of California Press), xi + 688 pp., $75.00 (U.S.); £42.00 sterling, hardcover.

Earth's Earliest Biosphere: Its Origin and Evolution. J. William Schopf (ed.). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1983. With 67 tables, 97 figures, and 47 photographs, xxv + 543 pp. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $42.50.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Plant Quarantine Problem. By W. A. M c C ubbin .
The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. By D avid Lack
Animal Cytology and Evolution. By M. J. D. W hite
The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis (Cambridge Monographs on Experimental Biology, no. 1). By V. B. W igglesworth .
The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, no. 2). By G. H. B eale .
Microbes and Us. By H ugh N icol .
Weed Control in Farm and Garden. By S. J. W illis .