Ebook: Insect Behavior: 2nd Edition
- Tags: Entomology, Behavioural Sciences, Neurobiology, Animal Ecology, Zoology
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
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For thirty years, Insect Behavior served as students’ sole overview of a field of study that is growing exponentially. Considerably updated and expanded, this second edition still retains its constructive balance between modern developments and historical insights, between new examples and old, between empirical work and theory, and between pertinent conclusions and the dynamic field and laboratory experiences from which such discoveries arise. Twenty-six case studies, 45 new color plates and 173 figures (over 40% of them new) add richness to the well-written, accessible text.
For thirty years, Insect Behavior served as students’ sole overview of a field of study that is growing exponentially. Considerably updated and expanded, this second edition still retains its constructive balance between modern developments and historical insights, between new examples and old, between empirical work and theory, and between pertinent conclusions and the dynamic field and laboratory experiences from which such discoveries arise. Twenty-six case studies, 45 new color plates and 173 figures (over 40% of them new) add richness to the well-written, accessible text.
For thirty years, Insect Behavior served as students’ sole overview of a field of study that is growing exponentially. Considerably updated and expanded, this second edition still retains its constructive balance between modern developments and historical insights, between new examples and old, between empirical work and theory, and between pertinent conclusions and the dynamic field and laboratory experiences from which such discoveries arise. Twenty-six case studies, 45 new color plates and 173 figures (over 40% of them new) add richness to the well-written, accessible text.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The History and Scope of Insect Behavior....Pages 1-44
Programming and Integrating Behavior....Pages 45-91
Spatial Adjustment....Pages 93-129
Foraging and Feeding....Pages 131-184
Defense: A Survival Catalogue....Pages 185-215
Chemical Communication....Pages 217-259
Visual Communication....Pages 261-290
Mechanocommunication....Pages 291-339
Reproductive Behavior....Pages 341-388
Parental Behaviors and Social Life....Pages 389-443
Back Matter....Pages 445-514
For thirty years, Insect Behavior served as students’ sole overview of a field of study that is growing exponentially. Considerably updated and expanded, this second edition still retains its constructive balance between modern developments and historical insights, between new examples and old, between empirical work and theory, and between pertinent conclusions and the dynamic field and laboratory experiences from which such discoveries arise. Twenty-six case studies, 45 new color plates and 173 figures (over 40% of them new) add richness to the well-written, accessible text.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The History and Scope of Insect Behavior....Pages 1-44
Programming and Integrating Behavior....Pages 45-91
Spatial Adjustment....Pages 93-129
Foraging and Feeding....Pages 131-184
Defense: A Survival Catalogue....Pages 185-215
Chemical Communication....Pages 217-259
Visual Communication....Pages 261-290
Mechanocommunication....Pages 291-339
Reproductive Behavior....Pages 341-388
Parental Behaviors and Social Life....Pages 389-443
Back Matter....Pages 445-514
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