Insect Behavior

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-2388-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 514 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1048 g

This book offers a comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts of animal behavior as they relate to insects. Considerably updated and expanded, this new edition includes 26 case studies, as well as 45 new color plates and 173 figures (over 40% of them new) with detailed legends that add richness to the well-written, accessible text.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthews, Janice R.

Matthews, Robert W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Imkerei (Bienenzucht)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The History and Scope of Insect Behavior.- Programming and Integrating Behavior.- Spatial Adjustment.- Foraging and Feeding.- Defense: A Survival Catalogue.- Chemical Communication.- Visual Communication.- Mechanocommunication.- Reproductive Behavior.- Parental Behaviors and Social Life.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert W. Matthews is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia. An insect behavior specialist, his scientific publications number over 165 research articles. Janice R. Matthews is a writer and educator with a broad background in the biological sciences. The two scientists have collaborated in entomological field studies in Australia, South and Central America, and the U.S.A. and have co-authored a number of technical and popular articles and books. They have six grown children and a Labradoodle.