Insect Behavior : from Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences / edited by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Daniel González-Tokman, CONACYT, Instituto de Ecología A.C., México, Isaac González-Santoyo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
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 acce...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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.-publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 397 pages : illustrations, charts ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198797508 9780198797500 0198797516 9780198797517 |