Physiological systems in insects

✍ Scribed by Klowden M.J.

• Publisher: Elsevier AP
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 699
• Edition: 2ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As the largest living group on earth, insects can provide us with insight into adaptation, evolution, and survival. The 2nd edition of this standard text for insect physiology courses and entomologists provides the most comprehensive analysis of the systems that make insects important contributors to our environment. Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the role of insect molecular biology, nueroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. Organized according to insect physiological functions, this book is fully updated with the latest and foundational research that has influenced understanding of the patterns and processes of insects. * Full update of a widely used text for students and researchers in entomology and zoology Includes recent research that uses molecular techniques to uncover physiological mechanisms Includes a glossary of physiological terms New, extended section on locomotive systems Provides abundant figures derived from scientific reports

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
Physiological Systems in Insects......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: Endocrine Systems......Page 12
TYPES OF HORMONE RELEASE SITES IN INSECTS......Page 13
EARLY EXPERIMENTS THAT SET THE STAGE FOR OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING......Page 15
TYPE OF HORMONES IN INSECTS......Page 18
PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE......Page 24
ECDYSTEROIDS......Page 29
THE JUVENILE HORMONES......Page 43
OTHER NEUROPEPTIDES FOUND IN INSECTS......Page 58
VERTEBRATE-TYPE HORMONES IN INSECTS......Page 59
REFERENCES......Page 60
CHAPTER 2: Integumentary Systems......Page 86
STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH......Page 88
ORIGINS OF HOLOMETABOLY......Page 91
INSTARS, STADIA, AND HIDDEN PHASES......Page 92
STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT......Page 94
MODIFIED FEATURES OF THE INTEGUMENT......Page 99
CHEMISTRY OF THE CUTICLE......Page 101
THE MOLTING PROCESS......Page 113
ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF MOLTING......Page 116
ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF GROWTH......Page 117
ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF METAMORPHOSIS......Page 120
METAMORPHOSIS AND THE RADICALLY CHANGING CUTICLE......Page 124
REFERENCES......Page 132
INSECT EGGS......Page 148
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 158
REFERENCES......Page 175
CHAPTER 4: Reproductive Systems......Page 192
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS......Page 193
VITELLOGENESIS......Page 202
ENDOCRINOLOGY OF FEMALE REPRODUCTION......Page 206
OVULATION, FERTILIZATION, AND OVIPOSITION......Page 211
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS......Page 214
UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF INSECT REPRODUCTION......Page 225
MATING SYSTEMS......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 234
CHAPTER 5: Behavioral Systems......Page 250
WAYS OF LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR......Page 251
GENETIC BASIS OF INSECT BEHAVIOR......Page 252
PHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY......Page 256
HORMONAL REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR......Page 261
PHYSIOLOGY OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS......Page 264
PHYSIOLOGY OF SYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOR......Page 268
PHYSIOLOGY OF POLYPHENISMS......Page 269
PHYSIOLOGY OF TEMPORAL POLYETHISMS......Page 272
PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORS ACCOMPANYING METAMORPHOSIS......Page 273
PHYSIOLOGY OF ECLOSION BEHAVIORS......Page 276
PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS......Page 280
PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORAL MODULATION BY PARASITES......Page 282
REFERENCES......Page 283
CHAPTER 6: Metabolic Systems......Page 304
THE INSECT ALIMENTARY TRACT......Page 305
BASIC GUT STRUCTURE......Page 307
METABOLIC PROCESSES IN INSECTS......Page 324
DIAPAUSE AS A METABOLIC PROCESS......Page 346
REFERENCES......Page 349
CHAPTER 7: Circulatory Systems......Page 368
STRUCTURE OF THE INSECT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM......Page 369
IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN INSECTS......Page 383
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS......Page 394
REFERENCES......Page 399
CHAPTER 8: Excretory Systems......Page 414
MAJOR EXCRETORY PRODUCTS IN INSECTS......Page 415
MALPIGHIAN TUBULES......Page 420
MECHANISM OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULE SECRETION......Page 424
HINDGUT AND RECTUM......Page 426
CRYPTONEPHRIDIAL SYSTEM......Page 427
FILTER CHAMBER......Page 429
HORMONAL CONTROL OF EXCRETION AND OSMOREGULATION......Page 430
STORAGE EXCRETION......Page 433
REFERENCES......Page 434
BRINGING OXYGEN TO INSECT CELLS......Page 444
THE TRACHEAL SYSTEM......Page 448
MODIFICATIONS THAT INCREASE OXYGEN UPTAKE......Page 456
DISCONTINUOUS GAS EXCHANGE......Page 458
AQUATIC RESPIRATION......Page 460
REFERENCES......Page 466
CHAPTER 10: Locomotor Systems......Page 474
BASIC STRUCTURE OF INSECT MUSCLES......Page 475
TYPES OF INSECT MUSCLES......Page 485
EVOLUTION OF INSECT WINGS......Page 496
MUSCLES INVOLVED IN WING MOVEMENTS......Page 502
FLIGHT MUSCLE METABOLISM......Page 511
TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION......Page 516
REFERENCES......Page 523
CHAPTER 11: Nervous Systems......Page 534
BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 535
EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 544
THE VISCERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 548
SENSING THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 549
VISUAL RECEPTORS......Page 571
VISUAL PIGMENTS......Page 584
MAGNETIC SENSITIVITY......Page 589
REFERENCES......Page 590
CHAPTER 12: Communication Systems......Page 608
VISUAL COMMUNICATION......Page 609
ACOUSTICAL COMMUNICATION......Page 614
TACTILE COMMUNICATION......Page 622
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION......Page 623
PHEROMONES......Page 624
RELEASER PHEROMONES......Page 627
PHEROMONE SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE......Page 630
ALLELOCHEMICALS......Page 633
PRIMER PHEROMONES......Page 638
THE MULTICOMPONENT NATURE OF BEE COMMUNICATION......Page 639
REFERENCES......Page 641
Glossary......Page 654
Index......Page 672