The Biology of Social Insects: Proceedings Of The Ninth Congress Of The International Union For The Study Of Social Insects - Softcover

Breed, Michael D.; Michener, Charles D.; Evans, Howard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367305828 ISBN 13: 9780367305826

Publisher: CRC Press, 2024

Synopsis

In this book, first published in 1983, internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information. Particular emphasis is given to the relationships between social insects and humans; sections are devoted to economically important social insects, pollination, foraging, and the role of insects in ecosystems and agroecosystems. The authors also discuss communication, behavior and caste within insect colonies. A special section focuses on the neurobiology of social insects. A series of papers considers the presocial insects, which live in family groups but without caste differences. Also well represented are the fields of sociobiology and the origins and evolution of social behavior. The book will be valuable to agricultural scientists as well as to entomologists, sociobiologists, ecologists, ethologists, and natural historians. Endocrinologists and neurobiologists will also find important new material.

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About the Author

Michael D. Breed is assistant professor in the Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Charles D. Michener is Watkins Professor of Entomology and of Systematics and Ecology, the University of Kansas. Howard E. Evans is professor of entomology at Colorado State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367305828
• ISBN 13: 9780367305826
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432