Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology

Book Overview

Chemical signals mediate all aspects of insects' lives and their ecological interactions. The discipline of chemical ecology seeks to unravel these interactions by identifying and defining the chemicals involved, and documenting how perception of these chemical mediators modifies behaviour and ultimately reproductive success. Chapters in this 2004 volume consider how plants use chemicals to defend themselves from insect herbivores; the complexity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521188938
• ISBN13: 9780521188937
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"