Insect movement : mechanisms and consequences : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
• Subjects: Insects > Congresses. > Locomotion; Insects > Congresses. > Flight; Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (Animal); Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Animal Ecology.; Insects.; Animal behaviour.; Animal physiology.; Behaviour.; Climatic change.; Dispersal.; Evolution.; Flight.; Foraging.; Gene flow.; Geographical distribution.; Locomotion.; Migration.; Movement.; Population structure.; Reviews.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999, reviews the developments in the study of insect movements, particularly of flight. It contains 19 chapters discussing flight mechanisms (e.g. flight biomechanics, physiology and behaviour), foraging movements, migration, evolution of movement strategies, interactions between dispersal rates, population structure and gene flow, and the effects of climate change on geographical distribution.