Nutritional Ecology of Insects, Mites, Spiders, and Related Invertebrates

by J.G. Rodriguez

This work establishes a solid framework for the study of the nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates. With 32 chapters by 47 researchers, the book examines how the characteristics of a food influence evolution of consumer performance and how individual animals alter performance in response to changes in food characteristics and associated biotic and abiotic environmental factors. In addition, the book discusses the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047180617X
• ISBN13: 9780471806172
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 1016 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.8" x 9.5"