Insect Behavior : From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences Hardback
Edited by Alex (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) Cordoba-Aguilar, Daniel (Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico) Gonzalez-Tokman, Isaac (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) 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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:16/08/2018
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- ISBN:9780198797500
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:16/08/2018
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- ISBN:9780198797500