Foraging: Behavior and Ecology. David W. Stephens, Joel S. Brown, and Ronald C. Ydenberg, editors.
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before the completion of the book and did not have an opportunity to see the end product. This book is much needed to educate biologists about the fascinating biology and diversity of cockroaches. It is perhaps a little too technical for the general public, but anyone with a background in science is likely to comprehend most of the information here. My one criticism is that a number of recent and relevant references have been left out. Beyond that I think this book should be read by anyone interested in cockroach diversity and evolution. I especially recommend this book to graduate students so they can perhaps realize the myriad opportunities and unanswered questions that exist in the study of cockroach biology and evolution. Srini Kambhampati Department of Entomology Kansas State University E-mail: srini@ksu.edu Advance Access publication July 19, 2008 doi:10.1093/icb/icn074 Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 576 pp. ISBN 0-226-77263-2 (cloth), $99.00 and 0-226-77264-0 (paper), $45.00. Naturalists and scientists have for centuries observed and recorded many details of what, when, and where species eat, but the first conceptual framework for a theory of foraging by wild animals did not begin to emerge until the late 1960s with