Reproductive behaviour of insects : individuals and populations
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Reproductive behaviour of insects : individuals and populations
Chapman and Hall, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book, contributors focus on the reproductive behaviour of insects. The topics they discuss range from mate finding, host selection and oviposition behaviour to the competition for resources and the behaviour of feeding larvae. The papers reflect both a diversity of approach and differing degrees of conviction as to the relevance of evolutionary theory to the study of insect population. The aim of the book is to encourage the reader to think more critically about the evolution of behaviour, and in particular about the importance of small differences in individual behaviour within natural populations.
Table of Contents
- Individual perspectives on insect reproductive behaviour, Winston J.Bailey and James Ridsdill-Smith
- evolution of insect mating systems - the impact of individual selectionist thinking, John Alcock and Darryl T.Gwynne
- mate finding - selection on sensory cues, Winston J.Bailey
- host location and oviposition on animals, Paul W.Wellings
- host location and oviposition on plants, Rhondda E.Jones
- host location and oviposition in tephritid fruit flies, Brian Fletcher and Ron Prokopy
- host selection in the Heliothinae, Gary P.Fitt
- reproduction and host selection by aphids - the importance of "rendez-vous" hosts, Seamus A.Ward
- oviposition and the defence of brood in social wasps, J.Philip Spradbery
- competition in dung-breeding insects, James Ridsdill-Smith
- larval contribution to fitness in leaf-eating insects, Duncan Reavey and John H.Lawton.
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