Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences

by Alex Cordoba-Aguilar (Editor), Daniel Gonzalez-Tokman (Editor), Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo (Editor)

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and
methodological foundations of each topic.

416 pages, Hardcover

Published October 16, 2018