Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks

Insect Ecology

Behavior, Populations and Communities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with empirical examples and practical applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 828
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1965g
• ISBN-13: 9780521834889
• ISBN-10: 0521834880
• Artikelnr.: 32716847

Autorenporträt

Peter W. Price is Regents' Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. The scope of insect ecology
Part II. Behavioral Ecology: 2. Behavior, mating systems, and sexual selection
3. Social insects: the evolution and ecological consequences of sociality
Part III. Species Interactions: 4. Plant and herbivore interactions
5. Lateral interactions: competition, amensalism, and facilitation
6. Mutualisms
7. Prey and predator interactions
8. Host and parasite interactions
Part IV. Population Ecology: 9. Demography, population growth and life tables
10. Life histories
11. Population dynamics
Part V. Food Webs and Communities: 12. Community structure
13. Multi-trophic interactions
Part VI. Broad Patterns in Nature: 14. Biological diversity
15. Planet Earth: patterns and processes
Glossary
References
Taxonomic index
Author index
Subject index.