UID:
edocfu_9958130850902883
Format:
1 online resource (274 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-31648-4
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0-323-15824-2
Content:
Herbivorous Insects
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Herbivorous Insects: Host-Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Neurophysiological Aspects; Chapter 1. The Behavioral and Neurophysiological Basis of Food-Plant Selection by Lepidopterous Larvae; I. Introduction; II. Behavioral Responses to Potential Food Plants; III. Chemical Basis of Host-Plant Selection; IV. Responses of the Chemosensory Cells to Plants and Plant Chemicals; V. Summary; References; Part II: The Diversity of Behavioral Cues
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Chapter 2. Chemical Aspects of Oviposition Behavior in ButterfliesI. Introduction; II. Host Relationship among Butterflies; III. Chemosensory Systems in Butterflies; IV. Studies of Swallowtail Butterflies; V. Discussion; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Individual Variation in Host Location by Phytophagous Insects; I. Introduction; II. Environmental Sources of Individual Variation in Host Location; III. Genetic Variation and Neurological Models of Host Selectivity; IV. Case Study: Individual Variation in Host Location; V. Summary; References
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Chapter 4. Spatial Patterns in the Plant Community and Their Effects upon Insect SearchI. Introduction; II. Insect Responses to Plant Community Texture; III. Factors Generating Nonrandom Herbivore Distributions; IV. Implications for Agricultural Systems; V. Summary; References; Part III: Host Search in Relation to the Breadth of Diet; Chapter 5. Integration of Visual Stimuli, Host Odorants, and Pheromones by Bark Beetles and Weevils in Locating and Colonizing Host Trees; I. Introduction; II. Host Selection by Three Species; III. Generalizations and Summary; References
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Chapter 6. Host Location in the Colorado Potato Beetle: Searching Mechanisms in Relation to OligophagyI. Introduction; II. The Colorado Potato Beetle and Its Host Plants; III. Host-Seeking Behavior of the Colorado Potato Beetle; IV. Comparison with Host Location in Other Oligophagous Insects; V. Summary; References; Chapter 7. Host-Seeking Behavior of the Gypsy Moth: The Influence of Polyphagy and Highly Apparent Host Plants; I. Introduction; II. Background Biology of the Gypsy Moth; III. Host Location in the Gypsy Moth; IV. Host Location in Other Generalist Herbivores; V. Concluding Remarks
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VI. SummaryReferences; Part IV: Evolutionary Aspects of Host Selection; Chapter 8. Selective Factors in the Evolution of Host Choice by Phytophagous Insects; I. Introduction; II. Alternative Physiological Mechanisms; III. Modes of Evolutionary Explanation; IV. Phylogenetic Considerations; V. Cost-Benefit Considerations; VI. Genetic Variation in Phytophagous Insects; VII. Evolution of Host-Seeking Behavior; VIII. Concluding Remarks; IX. Summary; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-045580-3
Language:
English
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