كتاب
Solitary wasps: behavior and natural history
| العنوان: | Solitary wasps: behavior and natural history |
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| المؤلفون: | O'Neill, Kevin M. |
| بيانات النشر: | Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2001. |
| سنة النشر: | 2001 |
| وصف مادي: | xiii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| سلاسل: | Cornell series in arthropod biology Cornell series in arthropod biology. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Solitary wasps -- Behavior., Solitary wasps. |
| الوصف: | "Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History is the first general survey of the subject in more than 25 years and is the best place to turn for information about the biology and compelling behavior of these common insects. Topics covered in Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History include: classification of the solitary wasps and their relation to other Hymenoptera; foraging and nesting behaviors; mating and parental strategies; thermoregulation; natural enemies; defensive strategies; and directions for future research."--BOOK JACKET. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Wasp diversity and classification. Order Hymenoptera ; Suborder Symphyta ; Suborder Apocrita -- Foraging bBehavior of Parasitoids. Characterizing wasp foraging strategies ; Dryinidae ; Bethylidae ; Chrysididae ; Other Chrysidoidea ; Mutillidae ; Tiphiidae and Scoliidae ; Pompilidae ; Other Vespoidea ; Sphecidae ; Impact of Parasitoid wasps on host populations ; Biological control of pests using aculeate wasp Parasitoids -- Foraging behavior of nest-provisioning predators. Comparative survey of prey ; Variation in diets within species ; Variation in the number of prey per cell ; Comparative survey of hunting and stinging behaviors ; Comparative survey of prey-carriage mechanisms ; Prey storage ; Homing and orientation ; Comparative survey of oviposition sites ; Feeding by adults ; Impact on prey populations -- Foraging behavior of Cleptoparasites. Intraspecific prey theft ; Brood parasitism -- Pollen foraging and pollination. Foraging behavior of pollen wasps ; The role of solitary wasps in plant pollination -- Nesting behavior. Ground-nesting wasps ; Pith- and wood-burrowing wasps ; Cavity-nesting wasps ; Mud-nesting wasps ; Nest dispersion ; Nest usurpation and supersedure -- Natural enemies and defensive strategies. A survey of the natural enemies of solitary wasps ; Impact of natural enemies on solitary wasp populations ; Defensive strategies: Personal defense ; Defensive strategies: Protecting offspring -- Male behavior and sexual interactions. Conceptual background : sexual selection theory ; Ecological background ; Mating at emergence sites ; Male defense of individual nests ; Mating at resources ; Mating at scent-marked territories ; Mating at landmarks : hilltopping ; Alternative male mating tactics ; Female choice and male courtship -- Thermoregulation, sleeping, and overwintering. Thermoregulation ; Sleeping ; Overwintering -- Parental strategies. Reproductive trade-offs ; Parental investment decisions ; The evolution of parental behavior ; Communal nesting : a brief survey -- Appendix A. Superfamilies, families, and subfamilies of solitary aculeate Hymenoptera -- Appendix B. Solitary wasp genera mentioned in this book. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm44516527 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-8014-3721-2 0-8014-3721-0 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-395) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.008714339.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780801437212 0801437210 |
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