Insect Behavior - From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2018
Editors:	Alex Cordoba-Aguilar • Daniel Gonzalez-Tokman • Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo
Dimensions:	246 x 190 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-879751-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology)
LSN:	0-19-879751-6
Barcode:	9780198797517

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