Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms To Ecological And Evolutionary Consequences

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 Córdoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, Isaac González-Santoyo
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 16, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0198797516
• | ISBN-13: 9780198797517