Insect Behavior

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological evolutionary and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior phenotypic plasticity chemical communication and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations at different hierarchical levels to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms ecological and evolutionary consequences and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change disease and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise authoritative review of the conceptual theoretical and methodological foundations of each topic.<br>