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UNINA9910827631703321 |
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Titolo |
Insect movement : mechanisms and consequences : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium / / edited by I. Woiwood, D.R. Reynolds, and C.D. Thomas |
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-82894-3 |
9786610828944 |
0-85199-781-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (468 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WoiwoodI (Ian) |
ReynoldsD. R <1947-> (Donald Russell) |
ThomasC. D |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Insects - Locomotion |
Insects - Flight |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 The Biomechanics and Functional Diversity of Flight; 3 How Insect Wings Evolved; 4 Physiology and Endocrine Control of Flight; 5 Insect Behaviours Associated with Resource Finding; 6 Host Location by Parasitoids; 7 Flight Trajectories of Foraging Insects: Observations Using Harmonic Radar; 8 The Evolution of Migratory Syndromes in Insects; 9 Orientation Mechanisms and Migration Strategies Within the Flight Boundary Layer; 10 Characterizing Insect Migration Systems in Inland Australia with Novel and Traditional Methodologies |
11 Significance of Habitat Persistence and Dimensionality in the Evolution of Insect Migration Strategies 12 Predation and the Evolution of Dispersal; 13 Evolution of Mass Transit Systems in Ants: a Tale of Two Societies; 14 Dispersal and Conservation in Heterogeneous Landscapes; 15 Scale, Dispersal and Population Structure; 16 Gene Flow; 17 Use of Genetic Diversity in Movement Studies of Flying Insects; 18 Coping with Modern Times? Insect Movement and Climate Change; 19 Analysing and Modelling Range Changes in UK Butterflies; Index |
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