A world of insects : the Harvard University Press reader /

A world of insects : the Harvard University Press reader / edited by Ring T. Cardé and Vincent H. Resh.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cardé, Ring T., Resh, Vincent H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Insects > Ecology.
Entomology.
Entomologists > Literary collections.
Table of Contents:
  • The fascination of studying insects. For the love of ants, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
  • Insects and the human food supply. The worm in the apple, from Nature wars / Mark L. Winston
  • Population and pests. Gypsy moth, from Nature wars / Mark L. Winston
  • Insect societies. The origin of cooperation, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
  • Location is everything. The foraging abilities of a colony, from The wisdom of the hive / Thomas Seeley
  • Insects and the human condition. People and insect plagues, from Millions of monarchs, bunches of beetles / Gilbert Waldbauer
  • War and insects. Army ants, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
  • Insect terror. The creation of a pop insect, from Killer bees / Mark Winston
  • The birds and the mosquitoes. Bugs that eat birds, from The birder's bug book / Gilbert Waldbauer
  • Water babies, risky behavior, and sex. The next generation, from, A walk around the pond / Gilbert Waldbauer
  • How insects "work." The search : appetitive behavior, from The hungry fly / Vincent G. Dethier
  • Hot and cold insects. Night-flying moths, from The hot-blooded insects / Bernd Heinrich
  • Insect defenses. The love potion, from For love of insects / Thomas Eisner
  • Love at first smell. The sweet smell of success, from For love of insects / Thomas Eisner
  • Night creatures. Evasive behavior in the cockroach, from Nerve cells and insect behavior / Kenneth D. Roeder
  • More than just jewelry. What is amber?, from Amber / Andrew Ross
  • Crime scene bugs. Prologue : Honolulu, 1984, from A fly for the prosecution / M. Lee Goff
  • Monarchs and movement. Millions of monarchs, from Millions of monarchs, bunches of beetles / Gilbert Waldbauer
  • Insects and the dismal science. The bumblebee colony cycle, from Bumblebee economics / Bernd Heinrich
  • Questions of paternity, reversal of sexual roles, and sex addiction. Hemiptera : Heteroptera II, from The other insect societies / James T. Costa.

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