Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
A World of Insects showcases classic works on insect behavior, physiology, and ecology published over half a century by Harvard University Press authors Costa, Dethier, Eisner, Goff, Heinrich, Hölldobler, Roeder, Ross, Seeley, von Frisch, Waldbauer, Wilson, and Winston.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (413 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780674261044
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6567119
DDC:
595.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Fascination of Studying Insects -- For the Love of Ants -- Chapter 2. Insects and the Human Food Supply -- The Worm in the Apple -- Nature's Perfume -- Chapter 3. Population and Pests -- Gypsy Moth -- Chapter 4. Insect Societies -- The Origin of Cooperation -- The Superorganism -- Chapter 5. Location is Everything -- The Foraging Abilities of a Colony -- Chapter 6. Insects and the Human Condition -- People and Insect Plagues -- Chapter 7. War and Insects -- Army Ants -- Chapter 8. Insect Terror -- The Creation of a Pop Insect -- Temperate and Tropical Honey Bees -- The Process of Africanization -- Chapter 9. The Birds and the Mosquitoes -- Bugs That Eat Birds -- Chapter 10. Water Babies, Risky Behavior, and Sex -- The Next Generation -- Chapter 11. How Insects "Work -- The Search: Appetitive Behavior, 201 -- Chapter 12. Hot and Cold Insects -- Night-Flying Moths -- Chapter 13. Insect Defenses -- The Love Potion -- Chapter 14. Love at First Smell -- The Sweet Smell of Success -- Chapter 15. Night Creatures -- Evasive Behavior in the Cockroach -- Chapter 16. More Than Just Jewelry -- What is Amber -- Chapter 17. Crime Scene Bugs -- Prologue: Honolulu 1984 -- Chapter 18. Monarchs and Movement -- Millions of Monarchs -- Chapter 19. Insects and The Dismal Science -- The Bumblebee Colony Cycle -- Economy of the Colony -- Chapter 20. Questions of Paternity, Reversal of Sexual Roles, and Sex Addiction -- Hemiptera: Heteroptera II -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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