Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198797500)

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.

Author: Alex Cordoba-Aguilar
ISBN-10: 0198797508
ISBN-13: 9780198797500
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2018
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.60w x 0.90d