Description
| Product ID: | 9780199225958 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series |
| Title: | Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects |
| Authors: | Author: H. Arthur Woods, Stephen P. Roberts, Jon F. Harrison |
| Page Count: | 392 |
| Subjects: | Environmental factors, Environmental factors, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Insects (entomology), Animal physiology, Animal ecology, Insects (entomology) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. This book presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation. 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. Their dominant role among terrestrial heterotrophs arises from a number of key physiological traits, and in particular by the developmental and evolutionary plasticity of these traits. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation. It forges conceptual links from molecular biology through organismal function to population and community ecology. As with other books in the Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of the insects, but with applications to questions of broad relevance in physiological ecology. As an aid to new researchers on insects, it also includes introductory chapters on the basics and techniques of insect physiology ecology. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-01-26 |