Research Catalog

Title

Insect migration : tracking resources through space and time / edited by V.A. Drake and A.G. Gatehouse.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Drake, V. A.
• Gatehouse, A. G.

Description

xvii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Migration is a key process in the population dynamics of many insects, including some of the most damaging pests. Multidisciplinary research over the last three decades has produced a series of important new insights. This book reviews current understanding of the ecological, behavioural, physiological and genetic bases of insect migration. The first part describes migration systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America, with an emphasis on the role of regional weather and climate. The second part considers how insects are adapted for migration; it covers aerodynamics and energetics, the integration of migration in insect life cycles, environmental and genetic regulation of migratory potential and the evolutionary implications of habitat heterogeneity and variability. The third part addresses the application of this knowledge to operational pest forecasting. The book concludes with a comprehensive overview of insect migration, written from an evolutionary perspective.

Subject

• Insects > Migration
• Insect pests > Migration
• Insekten
• Migration
• Tierphysiologie
• Tierwanderung
• Wanderinsekten
• Pflanzenschädling
• Migratie (biologie)
• Insecten
• Insect pests
• Insectes > Migration
• Insectes nuisibles > Migration
• Peking <1992>

Genre/Form

Konferenzschrift – 1992 – Peking.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Insect migration in relation to weather and climate. 1. Long-range insect migration in relation to climate and weather: Africa and Europe / D.E. Pedgley, D.R. Reynolds and G.M. Tatchell. 2. Insect migration in North America: synoptic-scale transport in a highly seasonal environment / S.J. Johnson. 3. Migration of the Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens and the White-backed Planthopper Sogatella furcifera in East Asia: the role of weather and climate / R. Kisimoto and K. Sogawa. 4. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. I. Northeastern China / R.-L. Chen, Y.J. Sun, S.-Y. Wang, B.-P. Zhai and X.-Y. Bao. 5. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. II. Korea / J.-H. Lee and K.-B. Uhm. 6. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. III. Japan / K. Hirai.

ISBN

• 0521440009
• 9780521440004
• 9780521018531
• 0521018536

LCCN

94049434

OCLC

• ocm31865204
• 31865204
• SCSB-9637391

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library