• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids : from theoretical approaches to field applications
  • Beteiligte: Bernstein, Carlos [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft] ; Wajnberg, E. [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft] ; Alphen, Jacques van [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
  • Erschienen: Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Pub, 2008
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 445 pages); illustrations
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200
  • ISBN: 0470696206; 0470695455; 140516347X; 9780470695456; 9780470696200; 9781405163477
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  • Schlagwörter: Parasitoids Ecology ; Insect pests Biological control ; Parasitoids Behavior ; Parasitic insects Behavior ; Parasitic insects Ecology ; Parasitic insects ; Behavior ; Parasitic insects ; Ecology ; Parasitoids ; Behavior ; NATURE ; Animals ; Insects & Spiders ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Zoology ; Entomology ; Insect pests ; Biological control ; Insectes nuisibles - Lutte biologique contre ; Parasitoïdes - Écologie ; Insectes parasites - Mœurs et comportement ; Parasitoïdes - Mœurs et comportement ; Insectes parasites - Écologie
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index
    English
  • Beschreibung: Contributors --Preface --Part I:Current issues in behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids --1.Optimal foraging behavior and efficient biological control methods /Nick J. Mills and Éric Wajnberg --2.Parasitoid fitness: from a simple idea to an intricate concept /Minus van Baalen and Lia Hemerik --3.Parasitoid foraging and oviposition behavior in the field /George E. Heimpel and Jérôme Casas --4.Behavior influences whether intra-guild predation disrupts herbivore suppression by parasitoids /William E. Snyder and Anthony R. Ives --5.Chemical and behavioral ecology in insect parasitoids: how to behave optimally in a complex odorous environment? /Monika Hilker and Jeremy McNeil --6.Parasitoid and host nutritional physiology in behavioral ecology /Michael R. Strand and Jérôme Casas --7.Food-searching in parasitoids: the dilemma of choosing between?immediate? or future fitness gains /Carlos Bernstein and Mark Jervis --8.Information acquisition, information processing, and patch time allocation in insect parasitoids /Jacques J.M. van Alphen and Carlos Bernstein --9.Competition and asymmetric wars of attrition in insect parasitoids /Patsy Haccou and Jacques J.M. van Alphen --10.Risk assessment and host exploitation strategies in insect parasitoids /Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Guy Boivin --Part 2.Extension of behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids to other fields --11.Multitrophic interactions and parasitoid behavioral ecology /Louise E.M. Vet and H. Charles J. Godfray --12.Parasitoid sex ratios and biological control /Paul J. Ode and Ian C.W. Hardy --13.Linking foraging and dynamics /Michael B. Bonsall and Carlos Bernstein --14.Linking behavioral ecology to the study of host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance /Alex R. Kraaijeveld and H. Charles J. Godfray --Part 3.Methodological issues in behavioral ecology --15.State-dependent problems for parasitoids: case studies and solutions /Bernard Roitberg and Pierre Bernhard --16.A Bayesian approach to optimal foraging in parasitoids /Jean-Sébastien Pierre and Richard F. Green --17. dt Finding optimal behaviors with genetic algorithms /Thomas S. Hoffmeister and Éric Wajnberg --Statistical tools for analyzing data on behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids /Éric Wajnberg and Patsy Haccou --Index.