Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology
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- Ring T. Cardé, University of California, Riverside
- Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside
- Date Published: April 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521188937
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Chemical signals mediate all aspects of insects' lives and their ecological interactions. The discipline of chemical ecology seeks to unravel these interactions by identifying and defining the chemicals involved, and documenting how perception of these chemical mediators modifies behaviour and ultimately reproductive success. Chapters in this 2004 volume consider how plants use chemicals to defend themselves from insect herbivores; the complexity of floral odors that mediate insect pollination; tritrophic interactions of plants, herbivores, and parasitoids and the chemical cues that parasitoids use to find their herbivore hosts; the semiochemically mediated behaviours of mites; pheromone communication in spiders and cockroaches; the ecological dependency of tiger moths on the chemistry of their host-plants; and the selective forces that shape the pheromone communication channel of moths. The volume presents descriptions of the chemicals involved, the effects of semiochemically mediated interactions on reproductive success, and the evolutionary pathways that have shaped the chemical ecology of arthropods.
Read more- Edited by two of the foremost authorities in this area
- A synthesis of the major topics in insect chemical ecology
- Presented at a level appropriate for advanced researchers and graduate students
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Review of the hardback: 'This volume presents an excellent collection of reviews that should be useful to those working within and outside this study area.' Bulletin of the World Health Organization
See more reviewsReview of the hardback: 'The wide scope, systematic approach and technical language all make this an excellent reference text.' Biologist
Review of the hardback: '… an interesting book, summarizing not only a great amount of detailed knowledge, but addressing also general evolutionary issues such as the role of pheromones for speciation processes. … provides a fascinating complexity of plant-insect and insect-insect interactions and communication that enthrals even the experienced reader and thus encourages every effort to preserve the future of these interactions and their further evolution. … provides fascinating topics for the generally interested reader and student, as well as detailed accounts for professionals working in specific areas. Thus, I recommend this book to all persons aiming to 'look behind the curtain' of plant-insect interactions as well as interactions between insects - these readers will be impressed.' Journal of Insect Conservation
' … informative and detailed …' American Entomologist
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- Date Published: April 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521188937
- length: 352 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.56kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Phytochemical diversity of insect defenses in tropical and temperate plant families John T. Arason, Gabriel Guillet and Tony Durst
2. Recruitment of predators and parasitoids by herbivore-injured plants Ted C. J. Turlings and Felix Wäckers
3. Chemical ecology of astigmatid mites Yasumasa Kuwahara
4. Semiochemistry of spiders Stefan Schulz
5. Why do flowers smell? The chemical ecology of fragrance-driven pollination Robert A. Raguso
6. Sex pheromones of cockroaches César Gemeno and Coby Schal
7. A quest for alkaloids: curious relationship between tiger moths and plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids William E. Conner and Susan J. Weller
8. Structure of the pheromone communication channel in moths Ring T. Cardé and Kenneth F. Haynes
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