Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences

✍ Scribed by Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, Isaac González-Santoyo

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 410
Edition: First edition, impression 1.
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

ForewordJohn Alcock: 1: Daniel Gonzalez-Tokman, Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo, and Alex Cordoba-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 Gonzalez-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 Roemer: 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, Andre 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. Gutierrez-Cabrera, Giovanni Benelli, Thomas Walker, Jose Antonio De Fuentes-Vicente, and Alex Cordoba-Aguilar: Behavior-based control of arthropod vectors: the case of mosquitoes, ticks and Chagasic bugs22: Tim R. New: Insect behavior in conservation

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