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Insect Learning

Ecology and Evolutinary Perspectives

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Daniel R. Papaj

    1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. Alcinda C. Lewis

    1. Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Aversion Learning and Feeding

    • Elizabeth A. Bernays
    Pages 1-17

  3. Ethological and Comparative Perspectives on Honey Bee Learning

    • James L. Gould
    Pages 18-50

  4. Learning of Host-Finding Cues by Hymenopterous Parasitoids

    • Ted C. L. Turlings, Felix L. Wäckers, Louise E. M. Vet, W. Joseph Lewis, James H. Tumlinson
    Pages 51-78

  5. Functional Organization of Appetitive Learning and Memory in a Generalist Pollinator, the Honey Bee

    • Randolf Menzel, Uwe Greggers, Martin Hammer
    Pages 79-125

  6. Merging Mechanism and Adaptation: An Ethological Approach to Learning and Generalization

    • Brian H. Smith
    Pages 126-157

  7. Motivation, Learning, and Motivated Learning

    • Marc Mangel
    Pages 158-173

  8. Choosing Hosts and Mates: The Value of Learning

    • Bernard D. Roitberg, Mary L. Reid, Chao Li
    Pages 174-194

  9. Learning and Behavioral Ecology: Incomplete Information and Environmental Predictability

    • David W. Stephens
    Pages 195-218

  10. Learning and the Evolution of Resources: Pollinators and Flower Morphology

    • Alcinda C. Lewis
    Pages 219-242

  11. Automatic Behavior and the Evolution of Instinct: Lessons From Learning in Parasitoids

    • Daniel R. Papaj
    Pages 243-272

  12. Comparative and Experimental Approaches to Understanding Insect Learning

    • Jay A. Rosenheim
    Pages 273-307

  13. Application of Learning to Pest Management

    • Ronald J. Prokopy, W. Joseph Lewis
    Pages 308-342

  14. Cognition in Bees: From Stimulus Reception to Behavioral Change

    • Reuven Dukas, Leslie A. Real
    Pages 343-373

  15. Afterword: Learning, Adaptation, and the Lessons of O

    • Daniel R. Papaj
    Pages 374-386

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 387-398
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About this book

Insect Learning is a comprehensive review of a new field. Until recently, insects were viewed as rigidly programmed automatons; now, however, it is recognized that they can learn and that their behavior is plastic. This fundamental change in viewpoint is causing a re-examination of all aspects of the relationship between insects and their environment. This change in perspective is occurring at a time of heightened interest in brain function in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Insects potentially play a major role in this expanding area. Because of their experimental tractability and genetic diversity, they provide unique opportunities for testing hypotheses on the ecology and evolution of learning. As organisms of economic importance, they are perennial objects of research by both basic and applied scientists.
Insect Learning covers both social and non-social insects from multiple perspectives. The book covers mechanisms; syntheses of work on physiology, behavior, and ecology; and micro- and macroevolution. The concluding section discusses future directions for research, including applications to pest management.

Reviews

`Insect Learning is a collection of papers providing an extensive and indepth look at the functional ecology of insect learning. On the whole this book is a good balance of theory, models and empirical results which underline the significance of various types, and aspects of learning in insect decision-making. ... an original product that will undoubtedly stimulate fruitful discussion and create further avenues of research.... I recommend Insect Learning. It is a most stimulating book and a key reference. In my estimation it has no rival.'
Bulletin of Entomological Research
`This book reviews a broad range of ecological and evolutionary problems in insect learning, usually in the context of new data and original models.'
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology
`We can expect to see much progress in this field over the coming decade, and this book points the way.'
Ecology
`The excellent chapter by Rosenheim should be required reading for all who work in the area of insect learning... this book is a welcome addition to the literature on insect behaviour ...a well-organized and generally well-written book that should be read by anyone interested in insect behavior.'
Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Daniel R. Papaj

  • Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    Alcinda C. Lewis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Insect Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Ecology and Evolutinary Perspectives

  • Editors: Daniel R. Papaj, Alcinda C. Lewis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2814-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Routledge, Chapman & Hall Inc. 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-02561-7Published: 31 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6216-6Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2814-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 398

  • Topics: Agriculture, Entomology, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

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