Insect Movement, Mechanisms and Consequences

by Royal Entomological Society of London Symposium 1999; Reynolds, D. R.; Thomas, C. D.

• ISBN13: 9780851994567
• ISBN10: 0851994563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-09
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Knowledge of insect movement, particularly of flight, is crucial to our understanding of the great ecological and evolutionary success of insects. The last 20 years have seen many advances in this subject area. New fields have arisen, such as metapopulation theory, and dramatic developments have taken place in methods of studying movement, as a result of new techniques in molecular biology and radar monitoring. There have also been advances in our knowledge of flight-related physiology and behaviour. This book, which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999, brings us up to date with these developments.It contains chapters on:flight mechanismsforaging movementsmigrationthe evolution of movement strategiesthe interactions between dispersal rates, population structure and gene flow the effects of climate change on geographical distributionIt is essential reading for entomologists, and of interest to those researching animal behaviour, physiology, ecology and genetics.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction and Overview	1	(18)
I.P. Woiwod
D.R. Reynolds
C.D. Thomas
The Biomechanics and Functional Diversity of Flight	19	(24)
R. Dudley
How Insect Wings Evolved	43	(22)
R.J. Wootton
Physiology and Endocrine Control of Flight	65	(22)
G. Goldsworthy
M. Joyce
Insect Behaviours Associated with Resource Finding	87	(24)
J. Hardie
G. Gibson
T.D. Wyatt
Host Location by Parasitoids	111	(18)
W. Powell
G. Poppy
Flight Trajectories of Foraging Insects: Observations Using Harmonic Radar	129	(30)
J.R. Riley
J.L. Osborne
The Evolution of Migratory Syndromes in Insects	159	(24)
H. Dingle
Orientation Mechanisms and Migration Strategies Within the Flight Boundary Layer	183	(24)
R.B. Srygley
E.G. Oliveira
Characterizing Insect Migration Systems in Inland Australia with Novel and Traditional Methodologies	207	(28)
V.A. Drake
P.C. Gregg
I.T. Harman
H. -K. Wang
E.D. Deveson
D.M. Hunter
W.A. Rochester
Significance of Habitar Persistence and Dimensionality in the Evolution of Insect Migration Strategies	235	(26)
R.F. Denno
C. Gratton
G. A. Langellotto
Predation and the Evolution of Dispersal	261	(20)
W.W. Weisser
Evolution of Mass Transit Systems in Ants: a Tale of Two Societies	281	(18)
N. R. Franks
Dispersal and Conservation in Heterogeneous Landscapes	299	(22)
N.F. Britton
G.P. Boswell
N.R. Franks
Scale, Dispersal and Population Structure	321	(16)
C.D. Thomas
Gene Flow	337	(24)
J. Mallet
Use of Genetic Diversity in Movement Studies of Flying Insects	361	(26)
H.D. Loxdale
G. Lushai
Coping with Modern Times? Insect Movement and Climate Change	387	(28)
C. Parmesan
Analysing and Modelling Range Changes in UK Butterflies	415	(28)
J.K. Hill
C.D. Thomas
R. Fox
D. Moss
B. Huntley
Index	443