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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198797508
• ISBN13: 9780198797500
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.8"