Pine bark beetles /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tittiger, Claus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Blomquist, Gary J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.
• Σειρά: Advances in insect physiology ; volume 50.
• Θέματα: Bark beetles.; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Electronic books.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Front Cover; Pine Bark Beetles; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Host Selection by Bark Beetles: Playing the Odds in a High-Stakes Game; 1. Challenges and Trade-offs Posed by the Resource: The House Usually Wins; 1.1. Ecological and Socioeconomic Importance, Diversity, and Life History of Bark Beetles; 1.2. The Lethal Barrier of Tree Defence; 1.3. Trade-offs in Host Selection Affecting Beetle Fitness; 1.4. Some General Solutions to Winning a Game of Chance in an Uncertain Environment; 2. Mechanisms: Making the Most of the Hand You are Dealt
• 2.1. Multiple Senses in the Host Selection Sequence2.2. Attraction to Hosts; 2.3. Modulation by Antiattractive Signals and the Semiochemical Diversity Hypothesis; 2.4. Odour Coding Mechanisms: Recent Advances; 2.4.1. Pioneering Studies: Pheromone Responses; 2.4.2. Responses to Host- and Non-Host Volatiles; 2.4.3. Responses to Volatiles from Weakened vs Vigorous Hosts; 2.4.4. OSN Frequency and Antennal Distribution; 2.5. Integration of Odour Blends by Co-Localized Neurons: Bark Beetle Research Revealed Novel Coding Mechanisms; 2.6. Bark Beetle Chemosensory Genes and Proteins
• 3. Plasticity: Hedging Your Bets3.1. A Highly Variable, Largely Unpredictable, and Density-Dependent Host Resource; 3.2. The Value of Making Sequential Rather than Absolute Decisions (Why Card-Counters Win); 3.3. Sources and Modalities of Plasticity; 3.4. Why Not Cheat?; 4. Choosing Among Host Species in a Changing Landscape: Thereś More than One Game in Town; 4.1. Historical Ranges: Regional Variation and Experience; 4.2. Ranges Expanding with Climate Change; 4.3. New Geographic Ranges and Host Associations Arising from Human Transport
• 5. Integrating Mechanistic Knowledge of Host Selection Behaviour with the Landscape Ecology and Management of Bark Beetles5.1. Integrating Ecology and Physiology, Pattern, and Process; 5.2. Management Implications; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Two: The Role of Population Genetic Structure in Understanding and Managing Pine Beetles; 1. Introduction; 1.1. What is Population Genetic Structure?; 1.2. Biological Influences on Population Genetic Structure; 2. The Age of DNA-Based Methods; 2.1. Molecular Marker Choice; 3. Common Methods of Assessment
• 3.1. F-Statistics: The Original Method3.1.1. Case Study: F-Statistics Assess the Influence of Increasing Host Specialization; 3.1.2. Case Study: Assessing the Effects of Geographic Isolation with F-Statistics; 3.1.3. Case Study: F-Statistics and the Shift Towards Landscape Community Genetics; 3.2. Relatedness: The Extreme Similarity Assessment; 3.2.1. Case Study: Using Paternity and Relatedness to Infer Population Genetic Structure; 3.3. Bayesian Clustering Methods: One of These Is Not Like the Others; 3.3.1. Case Study: Beware the Scale of Population Genetic Structure