Insect Ecology - An Ecosystem Approach

Insect Ecology - An Ecosystem Approach

von: Timothy D. Schowalter

Elsevier Trade Monographs, 2006

ISBN: 9780080508818 , 1169 Seiten

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Insect Ecology - An Ecosystem Approach


 

FRONT COVER

1

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSECTS

4

COPYRIGHT PAGE

5

CONTENTS

6

CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA

18

CONTRIBUTORS

22

GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

31

FOREWORD

33

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

35

PREFACE

36

ABOUT THE EDITORS

37

A

38

Acari

38

Accessory Glands

38

Acoustic Behavior

39

Aedes Mosquito

39

Aestivation

39

Africanized Bees

41

Agricultural Entomology

41

Alderfly

45

Amber

45

Anatomy: Head, Thorax, Abdomen, and Genitalia

48

Anopheles Mosquito

58

Anoplura

58

Antennae

58

Ants

61

Aphids

64

Apis Species

68

Aposematic Coloration

70

Apterygota

75

Aquatic Habitats

75

Arachnida

85

Archaeognatha

85

Arthropoda and Related Groups

87

Auchenorrhyncha

93

Autohemorrhage

101

Autotomy

101

B

102

Bedbugs

102

Bee

103

Beekeeping

103

Bee Products

108

Beetle

112

Biodiversity

112

Biogenic Amines

117

Biogeographical Patterns

119

Biological Control of Insect Pests

128

Bioluminescence

138

Biotechnology and Insects

142

Blattodea

145

Blood

149

Blood Sucking

149

Body Size

151

Boll Weevil

153

Bombyx mori

154

Book Louse

156

Borers

156

Brain and Optic Lobes

158

Bristletail

167

Bubonic Plague

167

C

170

Caddisfly

170

Caste

170

Caterpillars

172

Cat Fleas

175

Cave Insects

176

Cell Culture

181

Chemical Defense

182

Chemoreception

185

Chiggers and Other Disease-Causing Mites

189

Chitin

193

Chromosomes

195

Chrysalis

199

Cicadas

200

Circadian Rhythms

202

Circulatory System

206

Classification

210

Cockroach

210

Cocoon

210

Codling Moth

211

Coevolution

212

Cold/Heat Protection

216

Coleoptera

220

Collection and Preservation

238

Collembola

243

Colonies

247

Colorado Potato Beetle

249

Coloration

250

Commercialization of Insects and Their Products

257

Conservation

264

Crickets

269

Crypsis

273

Cultural Entomology

276

Cuticle

282

D

284

Daddy-Long-Legs

284

Damselfly

285

Dance Language

285

DDT

288

Defensive Behavior

289

Delusory Parasitosis

294

Dengue

294

Dermaptera

296

Development, Hormonal Control of

298

Diapause

304

Digestion

308

Digestive System

310

Diplura

318

Diptera

321

Diversity

334

Division of Labor in Insect Societies

334

Dobsonfly

336

Dog Heartworm

336

Dormancy

337

Dragonfly

338

Drosophila melanogaster

338

Dung Beetles

341

E

345

Earwig

345

Ecdysis

345

Ecdysteroids

345

Eggs

348

Egg Coverings

349

Ekbom Syndrome

350

Embiidina

352

Embryogenesis

353

Endangered Insects

357

Endopterygota

361

Entomological Societies

361

Ephemeroptera

365

Estivation

371

Evolution

371

Excretion

371

Exopterygota

376

Exoskeleton

376

Extension Entomology

379

Eyes and Vision

382

F

393

Fat Body

393

Feeding Behavior

394

Fire Ants

399

Flea

401

Flight

401

Fly

409

Folk Beliefs and Superstitions

409

Food, Insects as

413

Forensic Entomology

418

Forest Habitats

423

Fossil Record

433

Freshwater Habitats

440

Fruit Fly

440

G

441

Gallmaking and Insects

441

Genetically Modified Plants

443

Genetic Engineering

447

Genetic Variation

453

Grasshopper

456

Genomics

456

Grassland Habitats

461

Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, and Insects

465

Growth, Individual

468

Grylloblattodea

471

Gypsy Moth

472

H

477

Hearing

477

Hemiptera

483

Hemolymph

483

Heteroptera

486

Hibernation

486

History of Entomology

486

Homeostasis, Behavioral

495

Homoptera

496

Honey

496

Honey Bee

498

Honeydew

498

Hornet

500

Host Seeking, by Parasitoids

500

Host Seeking, for Plants

503

House Fly

506

Human History, Insects Effect on

508

Hymenoptera

510

Hypermetamorphosis

521

Hyperparasitism

523

I

526

Imaginal Discs

526

Immunology

529

Industrial Melanism

533

Insecta, Overview

538

Insecticides

539

Insecticide and Acaricide Resistance

542

Insectivorous Plants

548

Insectivorous Vertebrates

551

Insect Zoos

553

Integrated Pest Management

560

Integument

565

Introduced Insects

566

Island Biogeography

570

Isoptera

572

J

576

Japanese Beetle

576

June Beetles

577

Juvenile Hormones

578

K

583

Katydid

583

Killer Bees

583

L

584

Lacewing

584

Ladybugs

584

Larva

588

Learning

589

Legs

592

Lepidoptera

596

Lice

624

Lice, Human

624

Locusts

626

M

629

Magnetic Sense

629

Malaria

631

Mantodea

634

Mantophasmatodea

636

Marine Insects

637

Mating Behaviors

641

Mechanoreception

647

Mecoptera

648

Medical Entomology

651

Medicine, Insects in

655

Megaloptera

657

Metabolism

660

Metamorphosis

664

Migration

665

Mimicry

670

Mites

680

Molting

686

Monarchs

691

Mosquitoes

695

Moth

700

Mouthparts

700

Movies, Insects in

705

Muscle System

712

Museums and Display Collections

717

N

722

Neosomy

722

Neotropical African Bees

723

Nervous System

725

Nest Building

725

Neuropeptides

728

Neuroptera

732

Nomenclature and Classification, Principles of

744

Nutrition

752

O

758

Ocelli and Stemmata

758

Odonata

758

Orientation

766

Orthoptera

769

Ovarioles

780

Oviposition Behavior

782

P

785

Parasitoids

785

Parental Care

788

Parthenogenesis in Insects and Mites

790

Pathogens of Insects

794

Phasmida

802

Pheromones

803

Phoresy

809

Photography of Insects

811

Phthiraptera

814

Phylogeny of Insects

817

Physical Control of Insect Pests

831

Phytophagous Insects

835

Phytotoxicity

837

Plant Diseases and Insects

839

Plant–Insect Interactions

843

Plecoptera

847

Pollination and Pollinators

850

Pollution, Insect Response to

856

Polyembryony

858

Population Ecology

863

Praying Mantid

874

Predation/Predatory Insects

874

Prosorrhyncha

876

Protura

892

Psocoptera

895

Pterygota

897

Puddling Behavior

897

Pupa and Puparium

899

Q

900

Queen

900

R

901

Raphidioptera

901

Rearing of Insects

903

Recruitment Communication

906

Regulatory Entomology

914

Reproduction, Female

917

Reproduction, Female: Hormonal Control of

919

Reproduction, Male

922

Reproduction, Male: Hormonal Control of

924

Research Tools, Insects as

925

Respiratory System

926

River Blindness

932

S

934

Salivary Glands

934

Scale Insect

938

Scales and Setae

938

Scorpions

941

Segmentation

946

Sericulture

949

Sex Determination

951

Sexual Selection

954

Silk Moth

958

Silk Production

958

Silverfish

961

Siphonaptera

961

Snakefly

965

Sociality

965

Soil Habitats

972

Sound Production

976

Spermatheca

976

Spermatophore

977

Spiders

978

Springtail

988

Stamps, Insects and

988

Sterile Insect Technique

990

Sternorrhyncha

994

Stonefly

1004

Stored Products as Habitats

1004

Strepsiptera

1008

Swimming, Lake Insects

1009

Swimming and Other Movements, Stream Insects

1012

Symbionts Aiding Digestion

1015

Symbionts, Bacterial

1020

Systematics

1024

T

1025

Taste

1025

Taxonomy

1025

Teaching Resources

1025

Temperature, Effects on Development and Growth

1027

Termite

1030

Terrestrial Insects

1030

Thermoregulation

1030

Thrips

1036

Thysanoptera

1036

Thysanura

1040

Ticks

1040

Touch

1048

Tracheal System

1048

Trichoptera (Caddisfiies)

1052

Tsetse Fly

1057

U

1062

Urban Habitats

1062

V

1065

Venom

1065

Veterinary Entomology

1068

Vibrational Communication

1071

Vinegaroons

1075

Vision

1078

Vitellogenesis

1078

W

1081

Walking and Jumping

1081

Wasps

1086

Water and Ion Balance, Hormonal Control of

1089

Wings

1092

Wolbachia

1098

Worker

1100

Y

1101

Yellow Fever

1101

Yellowjacket

1102

Z

1102

Zoonotic Agents, Arthropod-Borne

1102

Zoraptera

1106

Zygentoma

1107

GLOSSARY

1110

A

1110

B

1111

C

1112

D

1114

E

1114

F

1115

G

1116

H

1117

I

1118

J

1118

K

1118

L

1119

M

1119

N

1120

O

1121

P

1121

Q

1124

R

1124

S

1124

T

1126

U

1127

V

1127

W

1127

X

1128

Y

1128

Z

1128

SUBJECT INDEX

1130

A

1130

B

1133

C

1135

D

1139

E

1141

F

1143

G

1144

H

1145

I

1148

J

1149

K

1149

L

1149

M

1151

N

1154

O

1155

P

1156

Q

1160

R

1161

S

1162

T

1165

U

1167

V

1167

W

1168

X

1168

Y

1168

Z

1168