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Chemical Ecology of Insects by William J. Bell and Ring T. Cardé is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chemical Ecology of Insects about?
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 un
Who reads Chemical Ecology of Insects?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William J. Bell and Ring T. Cardé
- Publisher
- Springer US : Imprint : Springer
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780878930692
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Biology, Stem