Insect Movement: Mechanisms and Consequences (Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London) (RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851994563 ISBN 13: 9780851994567

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Knowledge of insect movement, particularly of flight, is crucial to our understanding of the great ecological and evolutionary success of insects. The last 20 years have seen many advances in this subject area. New fields have arisen, such as metapopulation theory, and dramatic developments have taken place in methods of studying movement, as a result of new techniques in molecular biology and radar monitoring. There have also been advances in our knowledge of flight-related physiology and behaviour. This book, which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999, brings us up to date with these developments. It contains chapters on: - flight mechanisms - foraging movements - migration - the evolution of movement strategies - the interactions between dispersal rates, population structure and gene flow - the effects of climate change on geographical distribution It is essential reading for entomologists, and of interest to those researching animal behaviour, physiology, ecology and genetics.

About this title

About the Author

Don R. Reynolds is at the University of Greenwich, UK and Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851994563
• ISBN 13: 9780851994567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Woiwod Ian, Thomas Chris, Reynolds Don