Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 The Biomechanics and Functional Diversity of Flight; 3 How Insect Wings Evolved; 4 Physiology and Endocrine Control of Flight; 5 Insect Behaviours Associated with Resource Finding; 6 Host Location by Parasitoids; 7 Flight Trajectories of Foraging Insects: Observations Using Harmonic Radar; 8 The Evolution of Migratory Syndromes in Insects; 9 Orientation Mechanisms and Migration Strategies Within the Flight Boundary Layer; 10 Characterizing Insect Migration Systems in Inland Australia with Novel and Traditional Methodologies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book, which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999, reviews the developments in the study of insect movements, particularly of flight. It contains 19 chapters discussing flight mechanisms (e.g. flight biomechanics, physiology and behaviour), foraging movements, migration, evolution of movement strategies, interactions between dispersal rates, population structure and gene flow, and the effects of climate change on geographical distribution.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Insect movement.
International Standard Book Number
0851994563
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Insects-- Flight, Congresses.
Insects-- Locomotion, Congresses.
Animal behaviour.
Animal physiology.
Behaviour.
Climatic change.
Dispersal.
Evolution.
FICTION-- General.
Flight.
Foraging.
Gene flow.
Geographical distribution.
Insects-- Flight.
Insects-- Locomotion.
Insects.
Locomotion.
Migration.
Movement.
Population structure.
Reviews.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
FIC-- 000000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
573
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7/98157
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QL496
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7
Book number
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R68
1999
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
WD
430
Book Number
R888
1999
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Reynolds, D. R., (Donald Russell),1947-
Thomas, C. D.
Woiwood, I., (Ian)
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Royal Entomological Society of London., Symposium(20th :, 1999)