Insect Ecology - Behavior, Populations and Communities

Informationen zum Autor Peter W. Price is Regents' Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Robert F. Denno (1945–2008) was Professor in the Entomology Department at the University of Maryland for more than twenty years. Micky D. Eubanks is Associate Professor of Insect Ecology in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. Deborah L. Finke is Assistant Professor of Entomology in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. Ian Kaplan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology at Purdue University, Indiana. Klappentext Combining breadth of coverage with detail! this cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with empirical examples and practical applications. Zusammenfassung Combining breadth of coverage with detail! this cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with examples and practical applications. The sections are structured around a series of key topics! including behavioral ecology; species interactions; population ecology; food webs! communities and ecosystems; and broad patterns in nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....

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• Authors: Robert F. Denno, Robert F. (University of Maryland Denno, Denno Robert F., Micky D. Eubanks, Micky D. (Texas A & M University) Eubanks, Eubanks Micky D., Deborah L. (University of Missouri Finke, Finke Deborah L., Ian (Purdue University Kaplan, Kaplan Ian, Peter W Price, Peter W. Price, Peter W. (Northern Arizona University) Price, Peter W. (Northern Arizona University) Denn Price, Peter W. Denno Price, Price Peter W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521834889
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83488-9
• No. of pages: 828
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Insects (entomology), Biology, life sciences, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Animal Ecology, Zoology: invertebrates