Advances in Insect Physiology
Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update
- 1st Edition, Volume 36 - September 23, 2009
- Latest edition
- Editors: Meir Pener, Stephen Simpson
- Language: English
Advances in Insect Physiology publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source… Read more
Description
Description
Advances in Insect Physiology publishes volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steven Simpson and Jerome Casas to provide an international perspective. This volume is a thematic volume focusing on locust phase polyphenism.
Key features
Key features
- Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
- Discusses the physiological diversity in insects
- Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
Readership
Readership
Entomologists, zoologists, insect biochemists, insect physiologists
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Insect polyphenism
3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism
4. Locust phase characteristics
5. Morphology
6. Anatomy
7. Colouration and pigments
8. Reproduction
9. Endocrinology
10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
11. Behaviour
12. Volatiles and volatile phermones
13. Cuticular substances and contact phermones
14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics
15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics
16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny
17. Ecology and ecophysiology
18. Concluding remarks
2. Insect polyphenism
3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism
4. Locust phase characteristics
5. Morphology
6. Anatomy
7. Colouration and pigments
8. Reproduction
9. Endocrinology
10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
11. Behaviour
12. Volatiles and volatile phermones
13. Cuticular substances and contact phermones
14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics
15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics
16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny
17. Ecology and ecophysiology
18. Concluding remarks
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 36
- Published: February 13, 2014
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Stephen Simpson
Affiliations and expertise
ARC Federation Fellow; School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; New South Wales, AustraliaView book on ScienceDirect
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