Opis: Food Exploitation by Social Insects - S Jarau

Integrating the immense, but scattered, published data with contributions from preeminent active researchers, this book presents the most up-to-date information on foraging ecology, individual search and social recruitment behaviors, and theoretical models of foraging and food exploitation among ants, bees, and wasps alike. It employs mathematical models to map coordinate processes and unites traditional studies with theoretical approaches. By cross referencing information between chapters and concluding with a final synthesis chapter, the authors ensure a complete understanding of the interrelationship between various disciplines regarding foraging and food exploitation in social insects.Measuring the Adaptiveness of Social Insect Foraging Strategies: An Empirical Approach, N.E. Raine and L. Chittka Social Cues and Adaptive Foraging Strategies in Ants, C. Detrain and J.-L. Deneubourg Individual and Social Foraging in Social Wasps, R.L. Jeanne and B.J. Taylor Season-Dependent Foraging Patterns: Case Study of a Neotropical Forest-Dwelling Ant (Pachycondyla striata; Ponerinae), F.N.S. Medeiros and P.S. Oliveira Foraging Range and the Spatial Distribution of Worker Bumble Bees, D. Goulson and J.L. Osborne How to Tell Your Mates: Costs and Benefits of Different Recruitment Mechanisms, M. Beekman and A. Dussutour Social Information Use in Foraging Insects, E. Leadbeater and L. Chittka Local Enhancement, Local Inhibition, Eavesdropping, and the Parasitism of Social Insect Communication, W.O.H. Hughes and E.J. Slaa The Role of Scents in Honey Bee Foraging and Recruitment, J. Reinhard and M.V. Srinivasan Trophallaxis: A Mechanism of Information Transfer, W.M. Farina and C. Gruter Mobilizing the Foraging Force: Mechanical Signals in Stingless Bee Recruitment, M. Hrncir Chemical Communication During Food Exploitation in Stingless Bees, S. Jarau The Use of Scent Marks by Foraging Bumble Bees, D. Goulson Information Transfer and the Organization of Foraging in Grass- and Leaf-Cutting Ants, F. Roces and M. Bollazzi An Evolutionary Simulation of the Origin of Pheromone Communication, Y. Nakamichi and T. Arita Mathematical and Neural Network Models of Medium-Range Navigation During Social Insect Foraging, A. Cheung Social Insects and the Exploitation of Food Sources: Concluding Thoughts, S. Jarau and M. Hrncir Index

Szczegóły: Food Exploitation by Social Insects - S Jarau

Tytuł: Food Exploitation by Social Insects
Autor: S Jarau
Producent: CRC Press Inc.
ISBN: 9781420075601
Rok produkcji: 2009
Ilość stron: 360
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.79 kg

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