Insect Behavior

From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences

410 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften Wirbellose Insekten (Entomologie)
• ISBN: 9780198797517
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.2018
• Größe: 246 x 189 mm
• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Herausgegeben von: Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, Daniel Gonzalez-Tokman, Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo