Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects
Jon F. Harrison
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Description for Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects
Paperback. Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. This book presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation. Series: Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, Numerous illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVD; PSVS; PSVT7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical pests, and represent the most diverse group of eukaryotes in terms of species numbers. Their dominant role among terrestrial heterotrophs arises from a number of key physiological traits, and in particular by the developmental and evolutionary plasticity of these traits. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation. It forges conceptual links from molecular biology through organismal function ... Read more
Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical pests, and represent the most diverse group of eukaryotes in terms of species numbers. Their dominant role among terrestrial heterotrophs arises from a number of key physiological traits, and in particular by the developmental and evolutionary plasticity of these traits. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation. It forges conceptual links from molecular biology through organismal function ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199225958
SKU
V9780199225958
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About Jon F. Harrison
Jon Harrison is a Professor of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, where he is also Director of Research Infrastructure and Facilities and is also a Fellow of AAAS. He has been studying the ecological and evolutionary physiology of insects since 1982, earning his PhD from the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder. His ecophysiological research interests have included lizards, grasshoppers, bees, ... Read more
Reviews for Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects
If you are seriously interested in how the environment affects insects, and want to understand this process at a mechanistic level, you should own this book.
Spencer T. Behmer, Ecology
Spencer T. Behmer, Ecology