Insect Behavior

From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvAlex Córdoba-Aguilar,Daniel González-Tokman,Isaac González-Santoyo,Alex (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) Cordoba-Aguilar,Mexico) Gonzalez-Tokman, Daniel (Instituto de Ecologia,Isaac (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) Gonzalez-Santoyo,Alex Cordoba-Aguilar,Daniel Gonzalez-Tokman,Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-08-16
Mått195 x 248 x 24 mm
Vikt1 064 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198797500

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Alex Córdoba-Aguilar completed his PhD at Sheffield University and has been a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México since 2003.Daniel González-Tokman did his doctoral studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has been a researcher at the Instituto de Ecología, A. C. since 2015.Isaac González-Santoyo did his doctoral studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has been a lecturer in the same university since 2015.

ForewordJohn Alcock: 1: Daniel González-Tokman, Isaac González-Santoyo, and Alex Córdoba-Aguilar: Introduction2: John Hunt, James Rapkin, and Clarissa House: The genetics of reproductive behavior in insects3: Anne C. von Philipsborn: Neurobiology of insect behavior4: H. Frederik Nijhout and Emily Laub: The role of hormones in insect behavior5: Karen D. Williams and Marla B. Sokolowski: Phenotypic plasticity and insect behavior6: Darrell J. Kemp: Habitat selection and territoriality7: Don R. Reynolds and Jason W. Chapman: Long-range migration and orientation behavior8: Stephen J. Simpson, Carlos Ribeiro, and Daniel González-Tokman: Insect feeding behavior9: Thomas N. Sherratt and Changku Kang: Anti-predator behavior10: Bernard D. Roitberg: Chemical communication11: James C. O'Hanlon, Thomas E. White, and Kate D.L. Umbers: Visual communication12: Heiner Römer: Acoustic communication13: Rachel Olzer, Rebecca L. Ehrlich, Justa L. Heinen-Kay, Jessie Tanner, and Marlene Zuk: Reproductive behavior14: Glauco Machado and Stephen T. Trumbo: Parental care15: Jennifer Fewell and Patrick Abbot: Insect sociality16: Carl N. Keiser, James L.L. Lichtenstein, Colin M. Wright, Gregory T. Chism, and Jonathan N. Pruitt: Personality and behavioral syndromes in insects and spiders17: Reuven Dukas: Insect cognition and learning18: Pedro F. Vale, Jonathon A. Siva-Jothy, André Morrill, and Mark R. Forbes: The influence of parasites on insect behavior19: Wolf U. Blanckenhorn: Behavioral, plastic, and evolutionary responses to a changing world20: Sandra A. Allan: Behavior-based control of insect crop pests21: Ana E. Gutiérrez-Cabrera, Giovanni Benelli, Thomas Walker, José Antonio De Fuentes-Vicente, and Alex Córdoba-Aguilar: Behavior-based control of arthropod vectors: the case of mosquitoes, ticks and Chagasic bugs22: Tim R. New: Insect behavior in conservation