Ecological and environmental physiology of insects / Jon F. Harrison, H. Arthur Woods, Stephen P. Roberts.
Material type: TextSeries: Ecological and environmental physiology series: v. 3.; Oxford biology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: ix, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199225958 (pbk.); 9780199225941 (hbk.); 019922594X (hbk.); 0199225958 (pbk.)Subject(s): Insects -- Ecophysiology | Insects -- Climatic factors | Insects -- Molecular aspects | Insects -- Ecology | Autokologie | InsektenDDC classification: 595.705 LOC classification: QL496.4 | .H37 2012Other classification: WQ 3000 | WW 1601Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Basic insect functional anatomy and physiological principles -- 3. Temperature -- 4. Water -- 5. Nutrition, growth, and size -- 6. Oxygen -- 7. Techniques and applications -- 8. Conclusions and future directions.
Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical pests, and represent the most diverse group of eukaryotes in terms of species numbers. This volume presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variations. It forges conceptual links from molecular biology through organismal function to population and community ecology.
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