The Strong Adaptability of Insects Shaped by Plasticity
Author: Jia Fan
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2023-11-06
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 2832538312
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Author: Jia Fan
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2023-11-06
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 2832538312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel González-Tokman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2024-03-05
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0192864165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn advanced textbook that reviews the conceptual approaches and the most important advances in our current understanding of insect physiology, ecology, evolution and conservation, in the ongoing and rapidly developing context of global anthropogenic climate change.
Author: Douglas Whitman
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 914
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the profound importance of phenotypic plasticity as a central organizing theme for understanding biology. Chapters take a broad, integrative approach to explain how physical and biological environmental stimuli (temperature, photoperiod, nutrition, population density, predator presence, etc.), influence insect biochemical, physiological, learning, and developmental processes, altering phenotype, which then influences performance, ecology, life-history, survival, fitness, and subsequent evolution. Topics include endocrinology, development, body size, allometry, polyphenism, reproduction, reproductive and life-history tradeoffs, alternative mating and life-history strategies, density-dependent prophylaxis, physiological adaptation, acclimation, homeostasis, heat-shock proteins, learning, adaptive anti-predator behavior, and evolution of phenotypic plasticity.
Author: Christer Bjorkman
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2015-10-01
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1780643780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses. It is anticipated that the damage by insects will increase as a consequence of climate change, i.e. increasing temperatures primarily. However, the evidence in support of this common “belief” is sparse. Climate Change and Insect Pests sums up present knowledge regarding both agricultural and forest insect pests and climate change in order to identify future research directions.
Author: Wei Guo
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2022-02-10
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 2889743551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Petros T. Damos
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 2889454894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe current eBook collection includes substantial scientific work in describing how insect species are responding to abiotic factors and recent climatic trends on the basis of insect physiology and population dynamics. The contributions can be broadly split into four chapters: the first chapter focuses on the function of environmental and mostly temperature driven models, to identify the seasonal emergence and population dynamics of insects, including some important pests. The second chapter provides additional examples on how such models can be used to simulate the effect of climate change on insect phenology and population dynamics. The third chapter focuses on describing the effects of nutrition, gene expression and phototaxis in relation to insect demography, growth and development, whilst the fourth chapter provides a short description on the functioning of circadian systems as well as on the evolutionary dynamics of circadian clocks.
Author: Jimena A. Sierralta
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2021-09-14
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 2889713202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gary K. Meffe
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy D. Paine
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-05-24
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 140205162X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the plantations that are being grown around the globe are non-native species that have characteristics of rapid growth and good commercial qualities. In some cases, the high rates of production are a result of the absence of native herbivore and diseases. This limited pest status is threatened as pest species move around the globe. At the same time there is concern about threats of these non-native plantation species on native communities and the impact of changing climates on forest productivity. This volume explores many of these issues for the first time.
Author: Olivia Roth
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2022-01-13
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 2889740587
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