Insect Ecomorphology (eBook, ePUB)

Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution
Redaktion: Betz, Oliver

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Insect Ecomorphology: Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution offers the most up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the morphology of insects and the functional basis of their diversity. This book covers the form and function of insect body structures synthesized with their physiological performance capabilities, biological roles, and evolutionary histories. Written by international experts, this book provides a modern outline of the topic, exploring the ecomorphology of functional systems such as insect feeding, locomotion, sensing, and reproduction. The combination of conceptual and review chapters, methodological approaches, and case studies enables readers to delve into active research fields and attain a general idea of the explanatory power of the form-function-performance paradigm. The book uncovers key structures of the different regions of the insect body, elucidates how they function, and investigates their ecological and evolutionary implications. Insect Ecomorphology: Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution is a vital resource for entomologists, biologists, and zoologists, especially those seeking to better understand the morphology and physiological impacts tying insects to environments and evolution. - Integrates traditionally separate fields of research with the aim of understanding insect morphology, ecology, and evolution - Considers the impacts of insect ecomorphology on biomimetic applications - Includes conceptual and methodological chapters to help readers appreciate the ways in which ecomorphological studies are performed

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443185458
• Artikelnr.: 73471848

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Conceptual Issues 1. Introduction 2. Conceptual and methodological
issues in insect ecomorphology Part II: Ecomorphology of the Insect Body
3. Ecomorphology of the insect head with a focus on the mouthparts of
adults 4. Reflections of an insect's lifestyle and habitat: Morphological
and ultrastructural adaptations involving the eyes of insects 5.
Ecomorphology of insect flight 6. Ecomorphology of polypedal locomotion 7.
Ecomorphology and evolution of tarsal and pretarsal attachment organs in
insects 8. Ecomorphology of insect ovipositors 9. Insect antennae and
olfactory sensilla - aspects of odorant capture and water conservation 10.
Ecomorphology of insect mechanosensilla Part III: Methodological Approaches
11. Methods for biomechanical characterization of insect cuticle 12.
Shaping up: morphometric approaches to understanding insect behavioral
ecology and ecomorphology Part IV: Case Studies 13. Morphological
adaptations of beetles to changing living conditions in the Permian and the
Mesozoic 14. Ecomorphology of microinsects 15. Nectar-feeding ecology,
ecomorphological adaptations, and variation of proboscis length in a
long-proboscid fly (Diptera: Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca) 16. Ecomorphology of
ants Part V: Biomimetics 17. Ways in which insect biomimetics can benefit
from ecomorphological research and vice versa