Chemical Ecology of Insects 2

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Chemoreception and Integration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Behavior and Integration

      • Marion O. Harris, Stephen P. Foster

      Pages 3-46

   3. Effects of Experience on Host-Plant Selection

      • E. A. Bernays

      Pages 47-64

   4. Parasitoid Foraging and Learning

      • Louise E. M. Vet, W. Joe Lewis, Ring T. Cardé

      Pages 65-101

3. Orientation Mechanisms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. The Role of Chemo-orientation in Search Behavior

      • William J. Bell, Larry R. Kipp, Robert D. Collins

      Pages 105-152

4. Plant-Insect Interactions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Host-Tree Chemistry Affecting Colonization in Bark Beetles

      • John A. Byers

      Pages 154-213

   3. Host Plant Choice in Pieris Butterflies

      • F. S. Chew, J. A. A. Renwick

      Pages 214-238

5. Insect-Insect Interactions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. Trail and Territorial Communication in Social Insects

      • James F. A. Traniello, Simon K. Robson

      Pages 241-286

   3. The Chemical Basis for Nestmate Recognition and Mate Discrimination in Social Insects

      • Brian H. Smith, Michael D. Breed

      Pages 287-317

   4. Chemical Communication in the True Bugs and Parasitoid Exploitation

      • Jeffrey R. Aldrich

      Pages 318-363

   5. Propaganda, Crypsis, and Slave-making

      • Ralph W. Howard, Roger D. Akre

      Pages 364-424

6. Back Matter

   Pages 425-433

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During the past decade, the study of the chemical structures used by insects has advanced from a subject that could be reviewed in a single volume to a vastly more advanced level. This important new volume brings together a focused group of reviews that offer perspective on the most interesting advances in insect chemical ecology.
Chemical Ecology of Insects 2 brings together an internationally respected group of experts covering such topics as chemoreception and integration, orientation mechanisms, plant-insect interactions and insect-insect interactions. An important benefit of these reviews lies in the identification of the boundaries of our current knowledge and the most profitable areas in which we should expect these areas to develop.
This important work will appeal to entomologists and ecologists working directly with insects. In addition, plant scientists interested in the interaction of plants and insects will find much valuable information. The book is intended to benefit both field and laboratory researchers as well as advanced students.

• chemical ecology
• chemistry
• ecology
• insect
• insects

`This book distinguishes itself in the last section, with four chapters devoted mostly to sociochemistry. These four chapters are particularly noteworthy-synthetic, well-integrated, provocative, and accompanied by eye-popping comprehensive bibliographies.'
Ecology
`This volume contains ten review chapters by international experts on the ways in which chemical cues modify ecological interactions. Topics covered include chemoreception and integration; orientation; and plant-insect interactions. Speculations on the ultimate selective factors maintaining the behaviours are also included.'
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• Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  Ring T. Cardé

• Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Amherst, USA

  William J. Bell

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