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William J. Bell
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Department of Entomology and Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
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Ring T. Cardé
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Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
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Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline. The fine line between presenting a few topics in great detail or many topics in veneer has been carefully drawn, such that the book contains sufficient diversity to cover the field and a few topics in some depth. After the reader has penetrated the crust of what has been learned about chemical ecology of insects, the deficiencies in our understanding of this field should become evident. These deficiencies, to which no chapter topic is immune, indicate the youthful state of chemical ecology and the need for further investigations, especially those with potential for integrating elements that are presently isolated from each other. At the outset of this volume it becomes evident that, although we are beginning to decipher how receptor cells work, virtually nothing is known of how sensory information is coded to become relevant to the insect and to control the behavior of the insect. This problem is exacerbated by the state of our knowledge of how chemicals are distributed in nature, especially in complex habitats. And finally, we have been unable to understand the significance of orientation pathways of insects, in part because of the two previous problems: orientation seems to depend on patterns of distri bution of chemicals, the coding of these patterns by the central nervous system, and the generation of motor output based on the resulting motor commands.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Odor Dispersion and Chemo-orientation Mechanisms
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- Joseph S. Elkinton, Ring T. Cardé
Pages 73-91
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Plant-herbivore relationships
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Front Matter
Pages 125-125
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- James R. Miller, Karen L. Strickler
Pages 127-157
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Predators, Parasites and Prey
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Front Matter
Pages 203-203
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Chemical Protection
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Front Matter
Pages 235-235
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- L. R. Nault, P. L. Phelan
Pages 237-256
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Chemical-mediated Spacing
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Front Matter
Pages 299-299
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- Ronald J. Prokopy, Bernard D. Roitberg, Anne L. Averill
Pages 301-330
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- Ring T. Cardé, Thomas C. Baker
Pages 355-383
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Entomology and Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
William J. Bell
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Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Ring T. Cardé