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This is the first book that focuses on the behavior of host-plant selection by plant-feeding insects. It describes the patterns of host use, the chemical features of plants that determine host selection, the physiology of insect sensory systems, and the insect behaviors, with an emphasis on mechanis...

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Main Author: Bernays, E. A. (Elizabeth A.)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Chapman, R. F. (Reginald Frederick)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Chapman & Hall, 1994.
Series:Contemporary topics in entomology ; 2.
Subjects:
Insect-plant relationships.
Phytophagous insects > Host plants.
Phytophagous insects > Behavior.
Relations insecte-plante.
Phytophages (Insectes) > Plantes-hôtes.
Phytophages (Insectes) > Mœurs et comportement.
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
Auswahl.
Insekten.
Pflanzen.
Pflanzenfressende Insekten.
Wechselwirkung.
Wirtspflanzen.
Insects > Behaviour
Electronic books.
Pflanzenbefall.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Patterns of host-plant use. 1.1. Host-plant range. 1.2. Patterns of host-plant use. 1.3. Specialization on plant parts
  • 2. Chemicals in plants. 2.1. The first chemicals detected: volatiles. 2.2. Surface waxes and other surface compounds. 2.3. Internal components: nutrients. 2.4. Internal components: secondary metabolites
  • 3. Sensory systems
  • 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The sense of taste. 3.3. The sense of smell. 3.4. The sense of touch. 3.5. The sense of sight
  • 4. Behavior: the process of host-plant selection. 4.1. Host finding. 4.2. Acceptance of the plant. 4.3. What happens in the field?
  • 5. Behavior: the impact of ecology and physiology. 5.1. The hosts and the habitat. 5.2. Interactions with conspecifics and other organisms. 5.3. Abiotic factors. 5.4. Interacting behaviors. 5.5. Life history constraints. 5.6. Physiological state variables
  • 6. Effects of experience. 6.1. Definitions. 6.2. Habituation. 6.3. Sensitization. 6.4. Associative learning or conditioning.
  • 6.5. Food aversion learning. 6.6. Induction of preference. 6.7. Compulsive requirement for novelty
  • 7. Genetic variation in host selection. 7.1. Within population differences. 7.2. Between population differences. 7.3. Possible mechanisms of behavioral variability
  • 8. Evolution of host range. 8.1. Factors relating to scale. 8.2. Interactions among insects. 8.3. Plant chemistry. 8.4. Insect characteristics.