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Entomology Abstracts

 
 
With millions of insect species already identified, and studies revealing more about them every day, Entomology Abstracts provides the only practical means for researchers whose work is affected by these findings to keep up with the field. All recent research reports of direct relevance to entomology are assembled here, with coverage including insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods. From the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species, Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species, for truly global coverage of the field.

Subject Coverage
    Major areas of coverage include:
    • Systematics
    • Phylogeny, Morphology, and Faunistics
    • Physiology, Anatomy, and Biochemistry
    • Reproduction and Development
    • Ecology, Behavior, and Biology
    • Genetics and Evolution
    • Fossil Forms and Faunas
Dates of Coverage
    1982 - current
Update Frequency
    Monthly
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    Over 0 records as of May 2013
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    Entomology Abstracts
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    Proquest
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Sample Record
    TI: Title
    Optimality modelling and quantitative genetics as alternatives to study the evolution of foraging behaviours in insect herbivores
    AU: Author
    Carriere, Y; Roitberg, BD
    AF: Author Affiliation
    Dep. Biol., McGill Univ., 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave., Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1, Canada
    SO: Source
    EVOL. ECOL., vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 289- 305, 1996
    IS: ISSN
    0269-7653
    AB: Abstract
    Although the evolution of large-scale dispersal has received considerable attention, we know very little about how natural selection influences foraging behaviours in herbivorous insects. Host-selection behaviours and within-habitat movements jointly determine foraging behaviours, since host selection affects the allocation of time spent on a particular host versus moving between these hosts. However, host selection is generally a labile trait, whose expression is influenced by the physiological state of the forager and hence, by characteristics of the habitat. We discuss how the quantitative genetic concepts can be used to study the evolution of such labile behaviours. Since host responses depend on the physiological state of the forager, it is argued that the state of the forager must be explicitly considered when estimating the additive genetic basis of host-selection behaviours. The lability of foraging behaviours increases the difficulty of measuring the fitness consequence of variation in the foraging phenotype in specific habitats. Therefore, it may be difficult to rely exclusively on quantitative genetic methods to test hypotheses about adaptive change in foraging behaviours across different habitats. We provide a novel approach based on optimality modelling to calculate the fitness consequence of variation in the foraging phenotype across different habitats. This method, in conjunction with quantitative genetics, can be used to test hypotheses concerning the evolution of foraging behaviours.
    LA: Language
    English
    SL: Summary Language
    English
    PY: Publication Year
    1996
    PT: Publication Type
    Journal Article
    DE: Descriptors
    Insecta; evolution; foraging behavior; herbivory; models
    CL: Classification
    D 04003 Modeling, mathematics, computer applications; Z 05156 Techniques; Y 25843 Insects
    SF: Subfile
    Ecology Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts; Animal Behavior Abstracts
    AN: Accession Number
    3939386
Field Codes
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    AB = abstract LA = Language
    AF = Author Affiliation NT = Notes
    AN = Accession Number NU = Other Numbers
    AU = Authors OT = Original Title
    CA = Corporate Author PB = Publisher
    CF = Conference PT = Publication Type
    CL = Classification PY = Publication Year
    DE = Descriptors SF = Subfile
    ED = Editor SL = Summary Language
    ER = Environmental Regime SO = Source
    IB = ISBN TI = Title
    ID = Identifiers TR = ASFA Input Center Number
    IS = ISSN UD = Update