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FOREWORD

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

LIST OF FIGURES

THE BIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COCKROACHES [1]

I. INTRODUCTION

II. SPECIES OF COCKROACHES

III. ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS

IV. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

V. MUTUALISM BACTEROIDS

VI. VIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

VII. BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

VIII. FUNGI AND YEASTS

IX. HIGHER PLANTS

X. PROTOZOA ASSOCIATED WITH COCKROACHES

XI. HELMINTHS

XII. ARTHROPODA

XIII. VERTEBRATA

XIV. CHECKLIST OF COCKROACHES AND SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATES

XV. COCKROACHES AS COMMENSALS

XVI. COCKROACHES AS PREDATORS INTERSPECIES PREDATION

XVII. ASSOCIATIONS AMONG COCKROACHES

XVIII. DEFENSE OF COCKROACHES AGAINST PREDATORS

XIX. THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF COCKROACHES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

PLATES

INDEX

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