Advances in Insect Physiology

by Russell Jurenka

Overview

Advances in Insect Physiology provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists.

• Contains important, comprehensive, and in-depth reviews on insect physiology
• Provides an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect biochemists.
• First published in 1963, this serial is ranked second in the highly competitive ISI category of entomology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128025864
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/24/2015
Series:	Advances in Insect Physiology , #49
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Russell Jurenka is a professor in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University.

Table of Contents

1. Evolution of the Mechanisms Underlying Insect Respiratory Gas Exchange
   Philip G. D. Matthews and John S. Terblanche
2. Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Nutrition in Honey Bees
   Ying Wang and Hongmei Li-Byarlay
3. Antennal Mechanosensors and their Evolutionary Antecedents
   Anand Krishnan and Sanjay P. Sane
4. Comb Architecture of the Eusocial Bees Arises from Simple Rules Used During Cell Building
   Benjamin P. Oldroyd and Stephen C. Pratt
5. The Prxamide Neuropeptide Signaling System: Conserved in Animals
   Russell Jurenka
   

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From the Publisher

Edited by one of the best scientists in the field, this series presents the latest updates in the field of insect physiology

Editorial Reviews

"This volume provides an aptly timed interdisciplinary review on aspects of bark beetle physiology, especially how it relates to selecting, colonizing, and surviving in host trees. Overall, these reviews will be valuable to students and researchers seeking fundamental information about these devastating insects." —The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.92, No. 4

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