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Advances in Insect Physiology

Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update

  • 1 Edición, Volumen 36 - 23 de septiembre de 2009
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Meir Pener, Stephen Simpson
  • Idioma: Inglés

Advances in Insect Physiology publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source… Leer más

Descripción

Advances in Insect Physiology publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steven Simpson and Jerome Casas to provide an international perspective. This volume is a thematic volume focusing on locust phase polyphenism.

Puntos claves

  • Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
  • Discusses the physiological diversity in insects
  • Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines

De interès para

Entomologists, zoologists, insect biochemists, insect physiologists

Índice

1. Introduction

2. Insect polyphenism

3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism

4. Locust phase characteristics

5. Morphology

6. Anatomy

7. Colouration and pigments

8. Reproduction

9. Endocrinology

10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

11. Behaviour

12. Volatiles and volatile phermones

13. Cuticular substances and contact phermones

14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics

15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics

16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny

17. Ecology and ecophysiology

18. Concluding remarks

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Volumen: 36
  • Publicado: 13 de febrero de 2014
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el editor

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Stephen Simpson

Afiliaciones y experiencia
ARC Federation Fellow; School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; New South Wales, Australia

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