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" Insect behavior : "
edited by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, Isaac González-Santoyo.
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BL
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873878
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Insect behavior : : from mechanisms to ecological and evolutionary consequences /\ edited by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, Isaac González-Santoyo.
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First edition
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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1 online resource (xii, 397 pages) :: illustrations, charts
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0191838845
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: 0192518097
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: 9780191838842
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: 9780192518095
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0198797508
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0198797516
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9780198797500
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9780198797517
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The genetics of reproductive behavior -- Neurobiology -- The role of hormones -- Phenotypic plasticity -- Habitat selection and Territoriality -- Long-range migration and orientation behavior -- Feeding behavior -- Anti-predator behavior -- Chemical communication -- Visual Communication -- Acoustic communication -- Reproductive behavior -- Parental care -- Sociality -- Personality and behavioral Syndromes in insects and spiders -- Cognition and learning -- The influence of parasites -- Behavioral, plastic, and evolutionary responses to a changing world -- Behavior-based control of insect crop pests -- Behavior-based control of arthropod vectors: the case of mosquitoes, ticks, and Chagasic bugs -- Insect behavior in conservation
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| Abstract
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This edited volume offers a new approach that will provide readers with the theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior.
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Insects-- Behavior.
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Insects-- Behavior.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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595.7/051
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QL496.I57 2018
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Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex
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González-Santoyo, Isaac
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González-Tokman, Daniel
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