Bernard D. Roitberg / Murray B. Isman (Hgg.)

Insect Chemical Ecology

An Evolutionary Approach
Herausgegeben:Roitberg, Bernard D.; Isman, Murray B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Insect Chemical Ecology provides a comprehensive view of how natural selection acts upon interacting organisms and how particular physical and biological properties of chemical compounds act as constraints upon which natural selection may act. Individual chapters raise specific questions as to the nature of these interactions.
The first part contains reviews on antagonistic and mutualistic chemical interactions, the `raw materials' of chemical evolution, the economics of offensive and defensive chemicals, and neurobiology.
The second part discusses particular problems such as the evolution of resistance, insect pollination, learning, pheromones, sequestration of semiochemicals, the role of microorganisms, sex attractants, the evolution of host races and biotypes, and the role of semiochemicals and the evolution of sociality of insects. The last chapter discusses the role of chemical-based pest management programs in an ecological and evolutionary framework.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• 1992.
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780412018718
• ISBN-10: 0412018713
• Artikelnr.: 21174646

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Preface. Part I: General considerations: Why an evolutionary
perspective? B.D. Roitberg. Natural selection and the evolution of
plant-insect interactions; M.D. Rausher. Biochemicals: engineering problems
for natural selection; M. Berenbaum, D.S. Seigler. Costs and benefits of
chemical information conveyance: proximate and ultimate factors; M. Dicke,
Maurice Sabelis. A physiological perspective; M.B. Isman. Part II:
Specific problems: Evolution of resistance to plant defensive chemicals in
insects; M.A. Caprio, B.E. Tabashnik. The evolution of unpalatability and
the cost of chemical defense in insects; M.D. Bowers. Behavioral plasticity
and patterns of host use by insects; J. Jaenike, D.R. Papaj. Evolution of
sex pheromones and the role of asymmetric tracking; P.L. Phelan.
Semiochemicals and insect sociality; M.L. Winston. Evolutionary
perspectives and insect pest control: an attractive blend for the
deployment of semiochemicals in management programs; J.N. McNeil.
Taxonomic index. Subject index.

Rezensionen

`This book is a timely reminder of how productive an evolutionary perspective can be, providing explanations of otherwise baffling problems ... Chemical ecologists will find this book an invaluable stimulus, encouraging them to pose questions in a more evolutionary and ultimately a more productive way.'
Nature

`This book is a timely reminder of how productive an evolutionary perspective can be, providing explanations of otherwise baffling problems ... Chemical ecologists will find this book an invaluable stimulus, encouraging them to pose questions in a more evolutionary and ultimately a more productive way.'
Nature