Insect Flight Dispersal and Migration

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Danthanarayana, Wijesiri (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
Series:Proceedings in Life Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introductory Chapter
  • 2 Evolution and Genetics of Insect Migration
  • 3 The Oogenesis-Flight Syndrome Revisited
  • 4 The Endocrine Control of Flight Metabolism in Locusts
  • 5 Sounds of Insects in Flight
  • 6 Orientation at Night by High-Flying Insects
  • 7 Lunar Periodicity of Insect Flight and Migration
  • 8 Response of Some Night-Flying Insects to Polarized Light
  • 9 Migration in the African Armyworm Spodoptera exempta: Genetic Determination of Migratory Capacity and a New Synthesis
  • 10 Dispersal in Aphids, A Problem in Resource Allocation
  • 11 Direction of Insect Migrations in Relation to the Wind
  • 12 Flight Strategies of Migrating Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) in Southern Ontario
  • 13 Interactions Between Synoptic Scale and Boundary-Layer Meteorology on Micro-Insect Migration
  • 14 Derelicts of Dispersal: Arthropod Fallout on Pacific Northwest Volcanoes
  • 15 Ecological Studies Indicating the Migration of Helothis zea, Spodoptera frugiperda, and Heliothis virescens from Northeastern Mexico and Texas
  • 16 Radar Observations and Collections of Insects in the Gulf of Mexico
  • 17 Modeling of Agricultural Pest Displacement
  • 18 Dispersal of Insects of Public Health Importance
  • 19 Night-Vision Equipment, Reproductive Biology, and Nocturnal Behavior: Importance to Studies of Insect Flight, Dispersal, and Migration
  • 20 The Four Kinds of Migration
  • Species Index