Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences. Córdoba-Aguilar, A., González-Tokman, D., & González-Santoyo, I., editors Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, August, 2018.
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Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.
@book{cordoba-aguilar_insect_2018,
	address = {Oxford, New York},
	title = {Insect {Behavior}: {From} {Mechanisms} to {Ecological} and {Evolutionary} {Consequences}},
	isbn = {978-0-19-879751-7},
	shorttitle = {Insect {Behavior}},
	abstract = {Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.},
	publisher = {Oxford University Press},
	editor = {Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex and González-Tokman, Daniel and González-Santoyo, Isaac},
	month = aug,
	year = {2018}
}

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