Chemical ecology of vertebrates
著者
書誌事項
Chemical ecology of vertebrates
Cambridge University Press, 2006
- : hardback
大学図書館所蔵 全4件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Published in 2006, Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates was the first book to focus exclusively on the chemically-mediated interactions between vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and other animals and plants. Reviewing research in three core areas - pheromones (where the interactions are between members of the same species), interspecific interactions involving allomones (where the sender benefits) and kairomones (where the receiver benefits), it pulls together information from widely scattered technical literature in many different disciplines into a coherent whole. Chapters on the environment, properties of odour signals, and production and release of chemosignals set the stage for discussion of more complex behavioural topics. While the main focus is ecological, dealing with behaviour and interactions in the field, it also covers chemoreception, orientation and navigation, the development of behaviour and the practical applications of chemosignals.
目次
- 1. The odorsphere: the environment for transmission of chemical signals
- 2. Properties of vertebrate semiochemicals
- 3. Odor production and release
- 4. Chemical cues in orientation and navigation
- 5. Chemoreception
- 6. Signaling pheromones
- 7. Priming pheromones
- 8. Development of intra- and interspecific chemical interactions
- 9. Chemical defense by animals
- 10. Herbivores' exposure to chemical defenses of plants
- 11. Kairomones and synomones
- 12. Practical applications of semiochemicals
- Glossary
- References.
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