Chemical ecology of insects

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Chemical ecology of insects

edited by William J. Bell and Ring T. Cardé

Chapman and Hall, 1984-1995

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  • 2 : HB
  • 2 : PB

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[Vol.] 2: published by: New York ; Tokyo : Chapman & Hall

Includes bibliographies and index

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Volume

2 : HB ISBN 9780412039515

Description

During the past decade, the study of the chemical structures used by insects has advanced from a subject that could be reviewed in a single volume to a vastly more advanced level. This important new volume brings together a focused group of reviews that offer perspective on the most interesting advances in insect chemical ecology. Chemical Ecology of Insects 2 brings together an internationally respected group of experts covering such topics as chemoreception and integration, orientation mechanisms, plant-insect interactions and insect-insect interactions. An important benefit of these reviews lies in the identification of the boundaries of our current knowledge and the most profitable areas in which we should expect these areas to develop. This important work will appeal to entomologists and ecologists working directly with insects. In addition, plant scientists interested in the interaction of plants and insects will find much valuable information. The book is intended to benefit both field and laboratory researchers as well as advanced students.

Table of Contents

  • Preface. Contributors. Chemoreception and integration. 1. Behavior and integration
  • M.O. Harris, S.P. Foster. 2. Effects of experience on host-plant selection
  • E.A. Bernays. 3. Parasitoid foraging and learning
  • L.E.M. Vet, W.J. Lewis, R.T. Carde. Orientation mechanisms. 4. The role of chemo-orientation in search behavior
  • W.J. Bell, L.R. Kipp, R.D. Collins. Plant-insect interactions. 5. Host-tree chemistry affecting colonization of bark beetles
  • J.A. Byers. 6. Host-plant choice in Pieris butterflies
  • F.S. Chew, J.A.A. Renwick. Insect-insect interactions. 7. Trail and territorial communication in social insects
  • J.F.A. Traniello, S.K. Robson. 8. The chemical basis for nest-mate recognition and mate discrimination in social insects
  • B.H. Smith, M.D. Breed. 9. Chemical communication in the true bugs and parasitoid exploitation
  • J.R. Aldrich. 10. Propaganda, crypsis and slave-making
  • R.W. Howard, R.D. Akre.
Volume

2 : PB ISBN 9780412039614

Description

During the past decade, the study of the chemical structures used by insects has advanced from a subject that could be reviewed in a single volume to a vastly more advanced level. This important new volume brings together a focused group of reviews that offer perspective on the most interesting advances in insect chemical ecology. Chemical Ecology of Insects 2 brings together an internationally respected group of experts covering such topics as chemoreception and integration, orientation mechanisms, plant-insect interactions and insect-insect interactions. An important benefit of these reviews lies in the identification of the boundaries of our current knowledge and the most profitable areas in which we should expect these areas to develop. This important work will appeal to entomologists and ecologists working directly with insects. In addition, plant scientists interested in the interaction of plants and insects will find much valuable information. The book is intended to benefit both field and laboratory researchers as well as advanced students.

Table of Contents

  • Preface. Contributors. Chemoreception and integration. 1. Behavior and integration
  • M.O. Harris, S.P. Foster. 2. Effects of experience on host-plant selection
  • E.A. Bernays. 3. Parasitoid foraging and learning
  • L.E.M. Vet, W.J. Lewis, R.T. Carde. Orientation mechanisms. 4. The role of chemo-orientation in search behavior
  • W.J. Bell, L.R. Kipp, R.D. Collins. Plant-insect interactions. 5. Host-tree chemistry affecting colonization of bark beetles
  • J.A. Byers. 6. Host-plant choice in Pieris butterflies
  • F.S. Chew, J.A.A. Renwick. Insect-insect interactions. 7. Trail and territorial communication in social insects
  • J.F.A. Traniello, S.K. Robson. 8. The chemical basis for nest-mate recognition and mate discrimination in social insects
  • B.H. Smith, M.D. Breed. 9. Chemical communication in the true bugs and parasitoid exploitation
  • J.R. Aldrich. 10. Propaganda, crypsis and slave-making
  • R.W. Howard, R.D. Akre.
Volume

[1] ISBN 9780412232602

Description

Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline. The fine line between presenting a few topics in great detail or many topics in veneer has been carefully drawn, such that the book contains sufficient diversity to cover the field and a few topics in some depth. After the reader has penetrated the crust of what has been learned about chemical ecology of insects, the deficiencies in our understanding of this field should become evident. These deficiencies, to which no chapter topic is immune, indicate the youthful state of chemical ecology and the need for further investigations, especially those with potential for integrating elements that are presently isolated from each other. At the outset of this volume it becomes evident that, although we are beginning to decipher how receptor cells work, virtually nothing is known of how sensory information is coded to become relevant to the insect and to control the behavior of the insect. This problem is exacerbated by the state of our knowledge of how chemicals are distributed in nature, especially in complex habitats. And finally, we have been unable to understand the significance of orientation pathways of insects, in part because of the two previous problems: orientation seems to depend on patterns of distri bution of chemicals, the coding of these patterns by the central nervous system, and the generation of motor output based on the resulting motor commands.

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