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Insect movement : mechanisms and consequences : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium / edited by I. Woiwood, D.R. Reynolds, and C.D. Thomas.

By: Royal Entomological Society of London. Symposium (20th : 1999)Contributor(s): Woiwood, I. (Ian) | Reynolds, D. R. (Donald Russell), 1947- | Thomas, C. DMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., c2001Description: ix, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0851994563 (alk. paper); 9780851994567 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Insects -- Locomotion -- Congresses | Insects -- Flight -- Congresses | Insetos (congressos) | Insects -- Flight -- Congresses | Insects -- Flight | Insects -- LocomotionGenre/Form: Conference proceedings.DDC classification: 595.7018 LOC classification: QL496.7 | .R68 1999Other classification: 42.75 Online resources: ebrary | Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
Introduction and overview / I.P. Woiwod, D.R. Reynolds and C.D. Thomas -- The biomechanics and functional diversity of flight / R. Dudley -- How insect wings evolved / R.I. Wootton -- Physiology and endocrine control of flight / G. Goldsworthy and M. Joyce -- Insect behaviours associated with resource finding / J. Hardie, G. Gibson and T.D. Wyatt -- Host location by parasitoids / W. Powell and G. Poppy -- Flight trajectories of foraging insects : observations using harmonic radar / J.R. Riley and J.L. Osborne -- The evolution of migratory syndromes in insects / H. Dingle -- Orientation mechanisms and migration strategies within the flight boundary layer / R.B. Srygley and E.G. Oliveira -- Characterizing insect migration systems in inland Australia with novel and traditional methodologies / V.A. Drake ... [et al.] -- Significance of habitat persistence and dimensionality in the evolution of insect migration strategies / R.F. Denno, C. Gratton and G.A. Langellotto -- Predation and the evolution of dispersal / W.W. Weisser -- Evolution of mass transit systems in ants : a tale of two societies / N.R. Franks -- Dispersal and conservation in heterogeneous landscapes / N.F. Britton, G.P. Boswell and N.R. Franks -- Scale, dispersal and population structure / C.D. Thomas -- Gene flow / J. Mallet -- Use of genetic diversity in movement studies of flying insects / H.D. Loxdale and G. Lushai -- Coping with modern times? Insect movement and climate change / C. Parmesan -- Analysing and modelling range changes in UK butterflies / J.K. Hill ... [et al.].
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Introduction and overview / I.P. Woiwod, D.R. Reynolds and C.D. Thomas -- The biomechanics and functional diversity of flight / R. Dudley -- How insect wings evolved / R.I. Wootton -- Physiology and endocrine control of flight / G. Goldsworthy and M. Joyce -- Insect behaviours associated with resource finding / J. Hardie, G. Gibson and T.D. Wyatt -- Host location by parasitoids / W. Powell and G. Poppy -- Flight trajectories of foraging insects : observations using harmonic radar / J.R. Riley and J.L. Osborne -- The evolution of migratory syndromes in insects / H. Dingle -- Orientation mechanisms and migration strategies within the flight boundary layer / R.B. Srygley and E.G. Oliveira -- Characterizing insect migration systems in inland Australia with novel and traditional methodologies / V.A. Drake ... [et al.] -- Significance of habitat persistence and dimensionality in the evolution of insect migration strategies / R.F. Denno, C. Gratton and G.A. Langellotto -- Predation and the evolution of dispersal / W.W. Weisser -- Evolution of mass transit systems in ants : a tale of two societies / N.R. Franks -- Dispersal and conservation in heterogeneous landscapes / N.F. Britton, G.P. Boswell and N.R. Franks -- Scale, dispersal and population structure / C.D. Thomas -- Gene flow / J. Mallet -- Use of genetic diversity in movement studies of flying insects / H.D. Loxdale and G. Lushai -- Coping with modern times? Insect movement and climate change / C. Parmesan -- Analysing and modelling range changes in UK butterflies / J.K. Hill ... [et al.].

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