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Chemical Ecology of Insects

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. William J. Bell

    1. Department of Entomology and Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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  2. Ring T. Cardé

    1. Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Perceptual Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Contact Chemoreception

      • Erich Städler
      Pages 3-35

    3. Olfaction

      • Hanna Mustaparta
      Pages 37-70

  3. Odor Dispersion and Chemo-orientation Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Odor Dispersion

      • Joseph S. Elkinton, Ring T. Cardé
      Pages 73-91

    3. Chemo-orientation in Walking Insects

      • William J. Bell
      Pages 93-109

    4. Chemo-orientation in Flying Insects

      • Ring T. Cardé
      Pages 111-124

  4. Plant-herbivore relationships

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Finding and Accepting Host Plants

      • James R. Miller, Karen L. Strickler
      Pages 127-157

    3. Host-Plant Suitability

      • J. Mark Scriber
      Pages 159-202

  5. Predators, Parasites and Prey

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Parasitoid—Host Relationship

      • S. Bradleigh Vinson
      Pages 205-233

  6. Chemical Protection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Alarm Pheromones and Sociality in Pre-Social Insects

      • L. R. Nault, P. L. Phelan
      Pages 237-256

    3. Warning Coloration and Mimicry

      • James E. Huheey
      Pages 257-297

  7. Chemical-mediated Spacing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
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    2. Resource Partitioning

      • Ronald J. Prokopy, Bernard D. Roitberg, Anne L. Averill
      Pages 301-330

    3. Aggregation in Bark Beetles

      • M. C. Birch
      Pages 331-353

    4. Sexual Communication with Pheromones

      • Ring T. Cardé, Thomas C. Baker
      Pages 355-383
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About this book

Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline. The fine line between presenting a few topics in great detail or many topics in veneer has been carefully drawn, such that the book contains sufficient diversity to cover the field and a few topics in some depth. After the reader has penetrated the crust of what has been learned about chemical ecology of insects, the deficiencies in our understanding of this field should become evident. These deficiencies, to which no chapter topic is immune, indicate the youthful state of chemical ecology and the need for further investigations, especially those with potential for integrating elements that are presently isolated from each other. At the outset of this volume it becomes evident that, although we are beginning to decipher how receptor cells work, virtually nothing is known of how sensory information is coded to become relevant to the insect and to control the behavior of the insect. This problem is exacerbated by the state of our knowledge of how chemicals are distributed in nature, especially in complex habitats. And finally, we have been unable to understand the significance of orientation pathways of insects, in part because of the two previous problems: orientation seems to depend on patterns of distri­ bution of chemicals, the coding of these patterns by the central nervous system, and the generation of motor output based on the resulting motor commands.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Entomology and Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    William J. Bell

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

    Ring T. Cardé

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chemical Ecology of Insects

  • Editors: William J. Bell, Ring T. Cardé

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3368-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: William J. Bell and Ring T. Card� 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-23260-2Published: 01 January 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3368-3Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 524

  • Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Animal Biochemistry

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