E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten
Pener / Simpson Advances in Insect Physiology
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-12-381428-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update
E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-12-381428-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Advances in Insect Physiology publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steven Simpson and Jerome Casas to provide an international perspective. This volume is a thematic volume focusing on locust phase polyphenism.
* Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology * Discusses the physiological diversity in insects * Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Front cover;1
2;Advances in Insect Physiology;4
3;Copyright page;5
4;Contents;6
5;Contributors;8
6;Chapter 1. Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update;10
6.1;1. Introduction;11
6.2;2. Insect polyphenism;14
6.3;3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism;16
6.4;4. Locust phase characteristics;21
6.5;5. Morphology;23
6.6;6. Anatomy;36
6.7;7. Colouration and pigments;36
6.8;8. Reproduction;76
6.9;9. Endocrinology;102
6.10;10. Biochemistry and molecular biology;159
6.11;11. Behaviour;173
6.12;12. Volatiles and volatile pheromones;184
6.13;13. Cuticular substances and contact pheromones;205
6.14;14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics;205
6.15;15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics;211
6.16;16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny;213
6.17;17. Ecology and ecophysiology;221
6.18;18. Concluding remarks;230
6.19;Notes added to the proofs;233
6.20;Acknowledgements;234
6.21;References;234
7;Index;282
