Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae: 50 (Series Entomologica, 50) - hardcover

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780792321859
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0792321855
Hardcover
Publishing year: 1993
Publisher: Springer
612 Pages
Weight: 1,779 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 0792321855

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0-7923-2185-5, 978-0-7923-2185-9
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Book author: petitpierre, jolivet, pierre petit, cox
Book title: aspects the novel, biology chrysomelidae, series entomologica

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Author: Pierre H. Jolivet; M.L. Cox; E. Petitpierre
Title: Series Entomologica; Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae
Publisher: Springer; Springer Netherland
582 Pages
Publishing year: 1993-12-31
Dordrecht; NL
Language: English
320,99 € (DE)
329,99 € (AT)
354,00 CHF (CH)
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BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie; Evolution; Verstehen; ecology; fauna; morphology; phylogeny; predator; Evolutionary Theory; Ecology; Animal Anatomy; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften; BC

1. Palaeontology of leaf beetles.- 2. Eggs and oviposition in chrysomelid beetles.- 3. Egg bursters in the Chrysomelidae, with a review of their occurrence in the Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera).- 4. Origins of parental care in chrysomelid beetles.- 5. Larvae of Palaearctic Timarcha Latreille.- 6. Hypothesis on oligophagy: how far the case of the Colorado potato beetle supports them.- 7. The chemosensory basis of host-plant recognition in Chrysomelidae.- 8. Chemical ecology of Diabroticites.- 9. Entomophagy in Chrysomelidae: adult Aristobrotica angulicollis (Erichson) feeding on adult meloids (Coleoptera).- 10. Pollen consumption and digestion by leaf beetles.- 11. Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae.- 12. Review of the biology and host plants of Australian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) associated with Acacia (Mimosaceae).- 13. Host-plants of Neotropical Cassidinae.- 14. Genome size, chromosomes and egg-chorion ultrastructure in the evolution of Chrysomelinae.- 15. Cytogenetics of Cassidinae: Evolution of sex chromosome systems.- 16. Genetics of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say).- 17. Molecular techniques for studying systematics and phylogeny of Chrysomelidae.- 18. Genetic and phylogenetic aspects of host plant affiliation in Ophraella (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae).- 19. Sympatric speciation in Galerucella.- 20. Egg deposition and protection of eggs in Chrysomelidae.- 21. Antipredator devices in larvae of the Chrysomelidae: a unified synthesis for defensive eclecticism.- 22. Chemical defence of adult leaf beetles updated.- 23. Cycloalexy among chrysomelid larvae.- 24. Waste products as chrysomelid defenses.- 25. Stridulation in leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae).- 26. Chrysomelid behavioral counterploys tosecretive canals in plants.- 27. Physiological colour changes in tortoise beetles.- 28. Comparative morphology of the hindwing venation of the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).- 29. ‘Retournement’ of the aedeagus in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).- 30. The female organs of symbiont transmission in the Eumolpinae.- 31. Unusually large sperm cells in Alticinae: their formation and transportation in the male genital system, and their evolution.- 32. Comparative morphology and some evolutionary trends in flea beetles (Alticinae).- 33. Internal bacteria in the Chrysomelidae.- 34. Phoretic and ectoparasitic mites (Acari) of the Chrysomelidae.- 35. The Hymenoptera and Diptera parasitoids of Chrysomelidae.- 36. Diapause in Chrysomelidae.- 37. Chrysomelidae in the Arctic.- 38. Seasonal changes in leaf beetle fauna of a warm temperate lowland in Japan.- 39. Biological studies on Temnaspis nankinea (Pic) (Chrysomelidae: Megalopodinae).- 40. Food selection and life-cycle of the Old World Timarcha Latreille, 1829 (Col. Chrysomelinae).- 41. The biology of the imported willow leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting).- 42. Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat.- 43. The biology of the paropsine eucalyptus beetles of Australia.- 44. Biology and ecology of Mecistomela marginata (Thunberg, 1821) (Hispinae: Alurnini) in Brazil.- 45. Life table parameters of Indonesian tortoise beetles under laboratory conditions.- Authors index.- Taxonomic index.