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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.
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, caterpillars, beetles, cockroaches, dragonflies, and fruit flies, with primary emphases on the metabolic, respiratory, and nutritional physiology of insects. Art Woods is an Associate Professor at The University of Montana. He earned his PhD from The University of Washington in 1998 and has been studying insects ever since. He is interested in diverse aspects of insect physiology and ecology, and more recently in how insects interact with their host plants. His current work focuses on interactions between Manduca sphinx moths and their host plants in the American Southwest. Stephen Roberts is Professor and Chair of Biology at Central Michigan University. He has been studying insect physiology since 1990, earning his PhD from Arizona State Univ. He has studied grasshoppers, bees, and fruit flies to address basic questions about thermoregulation, thermotolerance, flight energetics, biomechanics, and aging in insects.
Show moreInsects 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.
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, caterpillars, beetles, cockroaches, dragonflies, and fruit flies, with primary emphases on the metabolic, respiratory, and nutritional physiology of insects. Art Woods is an Associate Professor at The University of Montana. He earned his PhD from The University of Washington in 1998 and has been studying insects ever since. He is interested in diverse aspects of insect physiology and ecology, and more recently in how insects interact with their host plants. His current work focuses on interactions between Manduca sphinx moths and their host plants in the American Southwest. Stephen Roberts is Professor and Chair of Biology at Central Michigan University. He has been studying insect physiology since 1990, earning his PhD from Arizona State Univ. He has studied grasshoppers, bees, and fruit flies to address basic questions about thermoregulation, thermotolerance, flight energetics, biomechanics, and aging in insects.
Show more1: Introduction
2: Basic insect functional anatomy and physiological principles
3: Temperature
4: Water
5: Nutrition, growth, and size
6: Oxygen
7: Techniques and applications
8: Conclusions and future directions
References
Index
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, caterpillars, beetles, cockroaches,
dragonflies, and fruit flies, with
primary emphases on the metabolic, respiratory, and nutritional
physiology of insects.
Art Woods is an Associate Professor at The University of Montana.
He earned his PhD from The University of Washington in 1998 and has
been studying insects ever since. He is interested in diverse
aspects of insect physiology and ecology, and more recently in how
insects interact with their host plants. His current work focuses
on interactions between Manduca sphinx moths and their host plants
in the American Southwest. Stephen Roberts is Professor and Chair
of Biology at Central Michigan
University. He has been studying insect physiology since 1990,
earning his PhD from Arizona State Univ. He has studied
grasshoppers, bees, and fruit flies to address basic questions
about thermoregulation,
thermotolerance, flight energetics, biomechanics, and aging in
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*
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