Ufens is known to parasitize primarily hemipteran eggs and is a cosmopolitan genus most common in temperate and semi-arid regions such as the southwestern United States and Australia. This book presents a worldwide revision of the wasp genus Ufens Girault, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae: Oligositinae).

Contains raw data on waterways including the prominent rivers of North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Oceania. This title evaluates the usefulness of the River Continuum Concept and ecosystem-level measurements for evaluating the structure and function of rivers and streams.

Investigates Japan's impact on Chinese art from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1930s. In this book, essays address a range of perspectives, including the work of individual Chinese and Japanese painters, calligraphers, and sculptors, as well as artistic associations, international exhibitions, and the emergence of a modern canon.

By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, this book questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis.

Collects the art criticism of a turn-of-the-century critic and depicts his role in the acceptance of modern art and photography as an art form in the United States.