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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446321603321

Titolo

Aquatic insects : challenges to populations  : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 24th symposium / / edited by Jill Lancaster and Rob A. Briers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI International, c2008

ISBN

1-281-76559-7

9786611765590

1-84593-433-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LancasterJill

BriersRob A

Disciplina

595.7176

Soggetti

Aquatic insects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Aquatic Insect Adaptations to Winter Cold and Ice; 2 Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution; 3 Larval Cannibalism and Population Dynamics of Dragonflies; 4 The Ecology of Host-Parasite Interactions in Aquatic Insects; 5 Effects of Drought on Stream Insects and its Ecological Consequences; 6 The Effect of Floods on Aquatic Invertebrate Communities; 7 Life-history and Behavioural Adaptations to Flow Regime in Aquatic Insects; 8 Movement and Dispersion of Insects in Stream Channels: What Role does Flow Play?

9 Population Responses of Drifting Stream Invertebrates to Spatial Environmental Variability: an Emerging Conceptual Framework10 What is the Spatial Structure of Stream Insect Populations? Dispersal Behaviour at Different Life-history Stages; 11 Polarization Vision in Aquatic Insects and Ecological Traps for Polarotactic Insects; 12 Evolution and Physiology of Flight in Aquatic Insects; 13 Evolutionary Drivers and the Ecological Traits of Adult Aquatic Insects; 14 Population Genetic Structure in Stream Insects: What Have We Learned?

15 Habitat Constraints and the Generation of Diversity in Freshwater MacroinvertebratesIndex



Sommario/riassunto

Considers the challenges facing insect populations in aquatic environments and how they have adapted to achieve such prominence in virtually all habitats.