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Seasonal adaptations of insects / Maurice J. Tauber, Catherine A. Tauber, and Sinzo Masaki.

Title
Seasonal adaptations of insects / Maurice J. Tauber, Catherine A. Tauber, and Sinzo Masaki.
Author
Tauber, Maurice J.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

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  • Masaki, Shinzō, 1927-2017
  • Tauber, Catherine A.
Description
xv, 411 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
A comprehensive discussion of the broad range of insect responses to seasonality and a critical interpretation of the scientific literature.
Subject
  • Adaptation, Biological
  • Diapause
  • Insecta > physiology
  • Insects > Adaptation
  • Insects > Dormancy
  • Insects > Migration
  • Insects > Wintering
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 310-383.
Contents
Historical Perspective -- Insect Adaptations to Environmental Changes -- Adaptations to Aseasonal Exigencies -- Seasonal Adaptations -- The Course of Diapause -- Diapausing Stage -- Stages Sensitive to Diapause-Inducing Stimuli -- Diapause Induction Period -- Diapause Completion -- Postdiapause Transitional Period -- Postdormancy Effects of Diapause -- The Diapause Syndrome -- Endocrine Mediation of Diapause -- Behavioral Expression of Diapause -- Physiological Expression of Diapause -- Morphological Expression of Diapause -- Environmental Regulation of Seasonal Cycles -- Photoperiod -- Temperature -- Other Environmental Factors -- Seasonal Adaptations--Special Cases -- Parasitoids -- Social Insects -- Tropical Insects -- Arctic and Desert Insects -- Variability and Genetics of Seasonal Adaptations -- Variability in Seasonal Cycles -- Genetics of Seasonal Cycles -- Evolution of Seasonal Cycles -- Origin of Insect Diapause -- Evolutionary Changes in Seasonal Cycles -- Seasonality, the Evolution of Life History, and Speciation -- Seasonality as a Life-History Trait -- Seasonality in the Evolution of Life History -- Seasonal Cycles and Speciation -- Seasonality and Insect Pest Management -- Predictive Capability as the Key to Pest Management -- Seasonal Considerations in Implementing Management Tactics -- Biological Control and Seasonality.
ISBN
0195036352
LCCN
^^^85004917^
OCLC
11814392
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library