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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI International, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.7176
• Soggetto topico: Aquatic insects
• Altri autori: LancasterJill BriersRob A
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aquatic insects
• ISBN: 1-281-76559-7; 9786611765590; 1-84593-433-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446321603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II