Advances in Insect Physiology
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780080471174
Subjects: Natural history; Science
Description: Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steve Simpson (Oxford University, UK). * More than 300 pages with contributions from the leading researchers in entomology* Over 40 figures and illustrations combined* Includes an in-depth review of the genetics of the h.
Notes: Cover; Advances in Insect Physiology; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Behavioural Genetics of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera; Chapter 2. Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts; Chapter 3. Nest Thermoregulation in Social Insects; Chapter 4. The Organule Concept of Insect Sense Organs: Sensory Transduction and Organule Evolution; Index.

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Table of contents: title: Cover; Advances in Insect Physiology; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Behavioural Genetics of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera; Chapter 2. Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts; Chapter 3. Nest Thermoregulation in Social Insects; Chapter 4. The Organule Concept of Insect Sense Organs: Sensory Transduction and Organule Evolution; Index.