LEADER 05169nam 22006254a 450 001 9910827536003321 005 20230120005031.0 010 $a1-281-22724-2 010 $a9786611227241 010 $a0-08-050881-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000384245 035 $a(EBL)343606 035 $a(OCoLC)476158805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179705 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179705 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157941 035 $a(PQKB)11220855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC343606 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL343606 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL122724 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000384245 100 $a20050929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInsect ecology $ean ecosystem approach /$fTimothy D. Schowalter 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aBurlington, MA $cAcademic Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (575 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-088772-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 483-536) and indexes. 327 $aCover; Preface; chapter 1 - Overview; Scope of insect ecology; Ecosystem ecology; Ecosystem complexity; The hierarchy of subsystems; Regulation; Environmental change and disturbance; Ecosystem approach to insect ecology; Scope of this book; Section - I; chapter 2 - Responses to Abiotic Conditions; The physical template; Biomes; Environmental variation; Disturbances; Surviving variable abiotic conditions; Thermoregulation; Water balance; Air and water chemistry; Other abiotic factors; Factors affecting dispersal behavior; Life history strategy; Crowding; Nutritional status 327 $aHabitat and resource conditionsMechanism of dispersal; Responses to anthropogenic changes; Summary; chapter 3 - Resource Acquisition; Resource quality; Resource requirements; Variation in food quality; Plant chemical defenses; Nonnitrogenous defenses; Nitrogenous defenses; Elemental defenses; Arthropod defenses; Antipredator defenses; Antimicrobial defenses; Factors affecting expression of defenses; Mechanisms for exploiting variable resources; Resource acceptability; Resource availability; Foraging strategies; Orientation; Information processing; Responses to cues 327 $aAttraction of conspecific insectsLearning; Summary; chapter 4 - Resource Allocation; Resource budget; Allocation of assimilated resources; Resource acquisition; Mating activity; Attraction; Courtship behavior; Reproductive and social behavior; Oviposition behavior; Nesting and brood care; Competitive, defensive, and mutualistic behavior; Competitive behavior; Defensive behavior; Mutualistic behavior; Efficiency of resource use; Factors affecting efficiency; Food quality; Size and physiological condition; Learning; Tradeoffs; Summary; Section- II; chapter 5 - Population Systems 327 $aPopulation structureDensity; Dispersion; Metapopulation structure; Age structure; Sex ratio; Genetic composition; Social insects; Population processes; Natality; Mortality; Dispersal; Life history characteristics; Parameter estimation; Summary; chapter 6 - Population dynamics; Population fluctuation; Factors affecting population size; Density-independent factors; Density-dependent factors; Regulatory mechanisms; Models of population change; Exponential and geometric models; Logistic model; Complex models; Computerized models; Model evaluation; Summary; chapter 7 - Biogeography 327 $aGeographic distributionGlobal patterns; Regional patterns; Island biogeography; Landscape and stream continuum patterns; Spatial dynamics of populations; Expanding populations; Metapopulation dynamics; Anthropogenic effects on spatial dynamics; Fragmentation; Disturbances to aquatic ecosystems; Species introductions; Conservation biology; Models of spatial dynamics; Summary; Section - III; chapter 8 - Species Interactions; Classes of interactions; Competition; Predation; Symbiosis; Parasitism; Commensalism; Mutualism; Factors affecting interactions; Abiotic conditions 327 $aResource availability and distribution 330 $aDr. Timothy Schowalter has succeeded in creating a unique, updated treatment of insect ecology. This revised and expanded text looks at how insects adapt to environmental conditions while maintaining the ability to substantially alter their environment. It covers a range of topics- from individual insects that respond to local changes in the environment and affect resource distribution, to entire insect communities that have the capacity to modify ecosystem conditions.Insect Ecology, Second Edition, synthesizes the latest research in the field and has been produced in full color 606 $aInsects$xEcology 615 0$aInsects$xEcology. 676 $a595.717 676 $a595.717 700 $aSchowalter$b Timothy Duane$f1952-$0990648 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827536003321 996 $aInsect ecology$93983616 997 $aUNINA