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The Life History of the Parental Shield Bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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The Life History of the Parental Shield Bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Entomology Monographs
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This book presents the discoveries made during nearly three decades
of research on the parental shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis
inhabiting Kyushu Island, Japan. P. japonensis has evolved a unique
and fascinating life history, characterized by extreme behavioral
and physiological adaptations that have culminated in a singularly
dependent relationship with its lone host tree, Schoepfia
jasminodora (Olacaceae), which is a generally scarce and unreliable
resource. It is expected that the evolution of parental care
behaviors in the strictly semelparous P. japonensis was more
directly influenced by the benefit to females that arises from
enhanced survivorship of current offspring, rather than any
possible cost the females might incur in terms of reduced future
reproductive success, because no future reproduction is possible.
The authors explain how the different parental cares in this
species enhance offspring survivorship in the context of the
ecological conditions it has experienced over evolutionary time.
The book begins with a recap of the earliest studies, the reports
through 1991, and then introduces the many fascinating aspects of
the life history, neurobiology, physiology and behavior of P.
japonensis that have been newly discovered since, and those aspects
that have been confirmed through experimentation over the past
thirty years. This comprehensive review of information will be
useful for comparative studies of parental care in other
semelparous and iteroparous organisms experiencing both similar and
different ecological constraints. The book will be of academic
interest to undergraduate and graduate students of entomology,
zoology, behavior, and behavioral ecology.
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