Insect Behavior

by Robert W. Matthews, Janice R. Matthews, Janice R Matthews

Book Overview

Provides the first comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts of animal behavior as they relate to insects. Offers a comparative evolutionary approach that shows how major behavioral systems function. Covers the behavior of the individual insect-how it moves, orients, disperses, and feeds; also insect communication, and defensive, reproductive, and social behaviors. Case studies explore selected principles in relation to specific situations and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471576859
• ISBN13: 9780471576853
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.