عنوان

Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects /

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Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects /

[Book]

E.A. Bernays and R.F. Chapman.

New York :

Chapman & Hall,

1994.

xiii, 312 pages :

illustrations, maps ;

24 cm.

Contemporary topics in entomology ;

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Patterns of host-plant use. 1.1. Host-plant range. 1.2. Patterns of host-plant use. 1.3. Specialization on plant parts -- 2. Chemicals in plants. 2.1. The first chemicals detected: volatiles. 2.2. Surface waxes and other surface compounds. 2.3. Internal components: nutrients. 2.4. Internal components: secondary metabolites -- 3. Sensory systems -- 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The sense of taste. 3.3. The sense of smell. 3.4. The sense of touch. 3.5. The sense of sight -- 4. Behavior: the process of host-plant selection. 4.1. Host finding. 4.2. Acceptance of the plant. 4.3. What happens in the field? -- 5. Behavior: the impact of ecology and physiology. 5.1. The hosts and the habitat. 5.2. Interactions with conspecifics and other organisms. 5.3. Abiotic factors. 5.4. Interacting behaviors. 5.5. Life history constraints. 5.6. Physiological state variables -- 6. Effects of experience. 6.1. Definitions. 6.2. Habituation. 6.3. Sensitization. 6.4. Associative learning or conditioning.

6.5. Food aversion learning. 6.6. Induction of preference. 6.7. Compulsive requirement for novelty -- 7. Genetic variation in host selection. 7.1. Within population differences. 7.2. Between population differences. 7.3. Possible mechanisms of behavioral variability -- 8. Evolution of host range. 8.1. Factors relating to scale. 8.2. Interactions among insects. 8.3. Plant chemistry. 8.4. Insect characteristics.

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Focuses on the behaviour of host-plant selection by plant-feeding insects. This text covers the patterns found in nature and the chemical features of plants that determine host selection. The sensory systems involved in the selection are presented with relevant functional studies.

Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects.

Insect-plant relationships.

Phytophagous insects-- Behavior.

Phytophagous insects-- Host plants.

Phytophages (Insectes)-- Mœurs et comportement.

Phytophages (Insectes)-- Plantes-hôtes.

Relations insecte-plante.

42.97 ecology: other.

Auswahl

Insectes-- Moeurs et comportement.

Insectes nuisibles.

Insectes-- Plantes-hôtes.

Insect-plant relationships.

Insect-plant relationships.

Insekten

Pflanzen

Pflanzenfressende Insekten

Phytophagous insects-- Behavior.

Phytophagous insects-- Host plants.

Phytophagous insects.

Relations insecte-plante.

Wechselwirkung

Wirtspflanzen

J100

L001

L300

591.557

595.7:591.5:581.573.4

Bernays, E. A., (Elizabeth A.)

Chapman, R. F., (Reginald Frederick)

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