Overview

In this book, contributors focus on the reproductive behaviour of insects. The topics they discuss range from mate finding, host selection and oviposition behaviour to the competition for resources and the behaviour of feeding larvae. The papers reflect both a diversity of approach and differing degrees of conviction as to the relevance of evolutionary theory to the study of insect population. The aim of the book is to encourage the reader to think more critically about the evolution of behaviour, and in particular about the importance of small differences in individual behaviour within natural populations.

Full Product Details

Author:   W. Bailey ,  T.J. Ridsdill-Smith
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   and ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.490kg
ISBN:  

9780412312809

ISBN 10:   0412312808
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   28 February 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Individual perspectives on insect reproductive behaviour, Winston J.Bailey and James Ridsdill-Smith; evolution of insect mating systems - the impact of individual selectionist thinking, John Alcock and Darryl T.Gwynne; mate finding - selection on sensory cues, Winston J.Bailey; host location and oviposition on animals, Paul W.Wellings; host location and oviposition on plants, Rhondda E.Jones; host location and oviposition in tephritid fruit flies, Brian Fletcher and Ron Prokopy; host selection in the Heliothinae, Gary P.Fitt; reproduction and host selection by aphids - the importance of ""rendez-vous"" hosts, Seamus A.Ward; oviposition and the defence of brood in social wasps, J.Philip Spradbery; competition in dung-breeding insects, James Ridsdill-Smith; larval contribution to fitness in leaf-eating insects, Duncan Reavey and John H.Lawton."

Reviews

...an exciting and critical review of current thinking on reproductive behaviour in insects: I think it works very well - Martin C Birch, The Biologist; This book is well written and presents and up-to-date overview of current international research on the subject and may be well recommended to students of insect behaviour and those interested in modern biological thought. Entomologist's Gazette

...an exciting and critical review of current thinking on reproductive behaviour in insects: I think it works very well - Martin C Birch, The Biologist; This book is well written and presents and up-to-date overview of current international research on the subject and may be well recommended to students of insect behaviour and those interested in modern biological thought. Entomologist's Gazette

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