The Biology of Social Insects: Proceedings Of The Ninth Congress Of The International Union For The Study...

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Michael D. Breed Charles D. Michener

The Biology of Social Insects

Proceedings Of The Ninth Congress Of The International Union For The Study Of Social Insects...

Michael D. Breed, Charles D. Michener, Howard E. Evans

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CRC Press
31 October 2024

Insects (entomology); Agricultural science

In this book, first published in 1983, internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information. Particular emphasis is given to the relationships between social insects and humans; sections are devoted to economically important social insects, pollination, foraging, and the role of insects in ecosystems and agroecosystems. The authors also discuss communication, behavior and caste within insect colonies. A special section focuses on the neurobiology of social insects. A series of papers considers the presocial insects, which live in family groups but without caste differences. Also well represented are the fields of sociobiology and the origins and evolution of social behavior. The book will be valuable to agricultural scientists as well as to entomologists, sociobiologists, ecologists, ethologists, and natural historians. Endocrinologists and neurobiologists will also find important new material.

Edited by: Michael D. Breed, Charles D. Michener, Howard E. Evans
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9780367305826
ISBN 10: 0367305828
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Michael D. Breed is assistant professor in the Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Charles D. Michener is Watkins Professor of Entomology and of Systematics and Ecology, the University of Kansas. Howard E. Evans is professor of entomology at Colorado State University.