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Insect chemical ecology : an evolutionary approach

Title
Insect chemical ecology : an evolutionary approach / edited by Bernard D. Roitberg & Murray B. Isman.
Publication
New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Roitberg, Bernard D., 1953-
  • Isman, Murray B.
Description
xii, 359 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Insects > Ecophysiology
  • Chemical ecology
  • Insects > Evolution
  • Insect-plant relationships
  • Insects Interactions With Plants
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Why an evolutionary perspective? / Bernard D. Roitberg -- Natural selection and the evolution of plant-insect interactions / Mark D. Rausher -- Biochemicals: engineering problems for natural selection / May Berenbaum, David S. Seigler -- Costs and benefits of chemical information conveyance: proximate and ultimate factors / Marcel Dicke, Maurice W. Sabelis -- A physiological perspective / Murray B. Isman -- Evolution of resistance to plant defensive chemicals in insects / Michael A. Caprio, Bruce E. Tabashnik -- The evolution of unpalatability and the cost of chemical defense in insects / M. Deane Bowers -- Behavioral plasticity and patterns of host use by insects / John Jaenike, Daniel R. Papaj -- Evolution of sex pheromones and the role of asymmetric tracking / P. L. Phelan -- Semiochemicals and insect sociality / Mark L. Winston -- Evolutionary perspectives and insect pest control: an attractive blend for the deployment of semiochemicals in management programs / Jeremy N. McNeil.
Call Number
JFE 96-1547
ISBN
  • 0412018713
  • 0412018810 (pbk.)
LCCN
92012249
OCLC
25631821
Title
Insect chemical ecology : an evolutionary approach / edited by Bernard D. Roitberg & Murray B. Isman.
Imprint
New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Indexed Term
Insects Interactions With Plants
Added Author
Roitberg, Bernard D., 1953-
Isman, Murray B.
Research Call Number
JFE 96-1547
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