Insect Behavior

A Sourcebook Of Laboratory And Field Exercises
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-16927-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

This sourcebook is a comprehensive, concept-oriented collection of 34 laboratory and field behavioral exercises using insects. The exercises fill a void that exists for college and university teachers and students, high school teachers and naturalists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Janice R.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part A: Observation, Description, and Analysis of Behavior 1. Conducting a Personal Project on Insect Behavior in the Field 2. Observation, Description, and Quantification of Behavior: A Study of Praying Mantids 3. Sampling Methods and Interobserver Reliability: Cockroach Grooming Part B: Spatial Adjustment and Orientation 4. Orientation: I Thermokinesis in Tribolium Beetles 5. Orientation: II Optomotor Responses of Dragonfly Naiads 6. Patterns of Spatial Distribution in Field Crickets 7. Object Orientation in Mealworm Beetles 8. The Locomotion of Grasshoppers Part C: Food Location 9. Optimal Foraging Strategy: I. Flower Choice by Bumble Bees 10. Optimal Foraging Strategy: II. Foraging Movements of Bumble Bees 11. Foraging Behavior of Subterranean Termites 12. Foraging Orientation of Honey Bees Part D: Food Recognition, Acceptance, and Regulation 13. Host Acceptance by Aphids: Effect of Sinigrin 14. Blow Fly Feeding Behavior Part E: Communication 15. Communication in Mealworm Beetles 16. Chemical Recruitment in the Fire Ant 17. Exploratory and Recruitment Trail Marking by Eastern Tent Caterpillars 18. Dominance in a Cockroach (Nauphoeta) 19. Cricket Phonotaxis: Experimental Analysis of an Acoustic Response Part F: Defense 20. Defensive Behavior in Beetles Part G: Sexual Behavior 21. Reproductive Behavior of Giant Water Bugs: I. Male Brooding 22. Reproductive Behavior of Giant Water Bugs: II. Courtship, Role Reversal, and Paternity Assurance 23. Sexual Behavior of Damselflies 24. Courtship of Melittobia Wasps 25. Food-based Territoriality and Sex Discrimination in the Water Strider Gerris Part H: Brood Care, Nesting, and Social Life 26. Foundress Interactions in Paper Wasps (Polistes) 27. Sound Production and Communication in Subsocial Beetles Part I: Integration and Organization of Behavior 28. Comparative Anatomy of the Insect Neuroendocrine System 29. Grooming in the Fly Phormia 30. Laterality in Drosophila 31. Candles, Moths, and Ants: The Dielectric Waveguide Theory of Insect Olfaction Part J: Non-Traditional Behavioral Study Methods 32. Modeling of Random Search Paths and Foraging Paths 33. Sound Communication in Aedes Mosquitoes: A "Dry Lab" Exercise in Data Interpretation 34. Developing Observational Abilities and Generating Hypotheses: Non-traditional Training Exercises for Behavioral Scientists Part K: Aids to the Instructor

Über Autor(innen)

Janice R. Matthews, biomedical editor for the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. Robert W. Matthews, professor in the University of Georgia Department of Entomology, have collaborated for many years in research on parasitic, solitary, and social wasps and have coauthored a widely used textbook, Insect Behavior.