Insect physiological ecology : mechanisms and patterns /
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| Author / Creator: | Chown, Steven. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
| Description: | ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5370943 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Physiological variation
- 1.2. How much variation?
- 1.3. Diversity at large scales: macrophysiology
- 1.4. Growing integration
- 1.5. This book
- 2. Nutritional physiology and ecology
- 2.1. Method and measurement
- 2.1.1. Artificial diets
- 2.1.2. Indices of food conversion efficiency
- 2.1.3. Use of a geometric framework
- 2.2. Physiological aspects of feeding behaviour
- 2.2.1. Optimal feeding in caterpillars
- 2.2.2. Regulation of meal size: volumetric or nutritional feedback
- 2.2.3. Regulation of protein and carbohydrate intake
- 2.3. Digestion and absorption of nutrients
- 2.3.1. Digestive enzymes and the organization of digestion
- 2.3.2. Gut physicochemistry of caterpillars
- 2.3.3. Absorption of nutrients
- 2.4. Overcoming problems with plant feeding
- 2.4.1. Cellulose digestion: endogenous or microbial?
- 2.4.2. Nitrogen as a limiting nutrient
- 2.4.3. Secondary plant compounds
- 2.5. Growth, development, and life history
- 2.5.1. Development time versus body size
- 2.5.2. Developmental trade-offs between body parts
- 2.6. Temperature and growth
- 2.6.1. Thermal effects on feeding and growth
- 2.6.2. Interactions with food quality
- 3. Metabolism and gas exchange
- 3.1. Method and measurement
- 3.2. Metabolism
- 3.2.1. Aerobic pathways
- 3.2.2. Anaerobic pathways and environmental hypoxia
- 3.3. Gas exchange structures and principles
- 3.3.1. Gas exchange and transport in insects
- 3.3.2. Gas exchange principles
- 3.4. Gas exchange and metabolic rate at rest
- 3.4.1. Gas exchange patterns
- 3.4.2. Discontinuous gas exchange cycles
- 3.4.3. Variation in discontinuous gas exchange cycles
- 3.4.4. Origin and adaptive value of the DGC
- 3.4.5. Metabolic rate variation: size
- 3.4.6. Metabolic rate variation: temperature and water availability
- 3.5. Gas exchange and metabolic rate during activity
- 3.5.1. Flight
- 3.5.2. Crawling, running, carrying
- 3.5.3. Feeding
- 3.6. Metabolic rate and ecology
- 4. Water balance physiology
- 4.1. Water loss
- 4.1.1. Cuticle
- 4.1.2. Respiration
- 4.1.3. Excretion
- 4.2. Water gain
- 4.2.1. Food
- 4.2.2. Drinking
- 4.2.3. Metabolism
- 4.2.4. Water vapour absorption
- 4.3. Osmoregulation
- 4.3.1. Haemolymph composition
- 4.3.2. Responses to osmotic stress
- 4.3.3. Salt intake
- 4.4. Desiccation resistance
- 4.4.1. Microclimates
- 4.4.2. Group effects
- 4.4.3. Dormancy, size, and phylogeny
- 4.5. The evidence for adaptation: Drosophila as a model
- 5. Lethal temperature limits
- 5.1. Method and measurement
- 5.1.1. Rates of change
- 5.1.2. Measures of thermal stress
- 5.1.3. Exposure and recovery time
- 5.2. Heat shock, cold shock, and rapid hardening
- 5.2.1. Acclimation
- 5.2.2. Heat shock
- 5.2.3. Cold shock
- 5.2.4. Relationships between heat and cold shock responses
- 5.3. Programmed responses to cold
- 5.3.1. Cold hardiness classifications
- 5.3.2. Freeze intolerance
- 5.3.3. Cryoprotective dehydration
- 5.3.4. Freezing tolerance
- 5.4. Large-scale patterns
- 5.4.1. Cold tolerance strategies: phylogeny, geography, benefits
- 5.4.2. The geography of upper and lower limits
- 6. Thermoregulation
- 6.1. Method and measurement
- 6.2. Power output and temperature
- 6.3. Behavioural regulation
- 6.3.1. Microhabitats and activity
- 6.3.2. Colour and body size
- 6.3.3. Evaporative cooling in ectothermic cicadas
- 6.4. Butterflies: interactions between levels
- 6.4.1. Variation at the phosphoglucose isomerase locus
- 6.4.2. Wing colour
- 6.4.3. The influence of predation
- 6.5. Regulation by endothermy
- 6.5.1. Preflight warm-up
- 6.5.2. Regulation of heat gain
- 6.5.3. Regulation of heat loss
- 6.6. Endothermy: ecological and evolutionary aspects
- 6.6.1. Bees: body size and foraging
- 6.6.2. Bees: food quality and body temperature
- 7. Conclusion
- 7.1. Spatial variation and its implications
- 7.1.1. Decoupling of upper and lower lethal limits
- 7.1.2. Latitudinal variation in species richness and generation time
- 7.1.3. Spatial extent of the data
- 7.2. Body size
- 7.3. Interactions: internal and external
- 7.3.1. Internal interactions
- 7.3.2. External interactions
- 7.3.3. Interactions: critical questions
- 7.4. Climate change
- 7.5. To conclude
- References
- Index
