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
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
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
De interès para
Entomologists, zoologists, insect biochemists, insect physiologists
Índice
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
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
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Volumen: 36
- Publicado: 13 de febrero de 2014
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre el editor
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, AustraliaVer libro en ScienceDirect
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