| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 376 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Anthropogenic climate change: Causes, consequences and a call to action and research -- 2 Evidence from the fossil record on insect response to climate change -- 3 Studying climate change effects in the era of omic sciences -- 4 Physiological mechanisms of heat tolerance in insects -- 5 Genetic and plastic responses of insects to climate change -- 6 Effects of climate change on insect phenology -- 7 Sexual selection in insects in times of climate change |
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8 Interspecific hybridization in insects in times of climate change -- 9 Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change -- 10 Evidence of climate change effects on insect diversity: The wind and the pinwheel -- 11 Effects of climate change on insect distributions and invasions -- 12 Insect communities adapting to climate change: Using species' trajectories along elevation gradients in tropical and temperate zones -- 13 Impacts of climate change on insect pollinators and consequences for their ecological function |
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14 Insect vectors of human pathogens in a warming world: Summarizing responses and consequences -- 15 Climate change disrupts insect biotic interactions: Cascading effects through the web of life -- 16 Refugia from climate change, and their influence on the diversity and conservation of insects -- 17 Improving our understanding of insect responses to climate change: Current knowledge and future perspectives |
| Summary |
An advanced textbook that reviews the conceptual approaches and the most important advances in our current understanding of insect physiology, ecology, evolution and conservation, in the ongoing and rapidly developing context of global anthropogenic climate change |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2024 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 12, 2024) |
| Subject |
Insects -- Climatic factors
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
González-Tokman, Daniel, editor
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Dáttilo, Wesley, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191954733 |
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019195473X |
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9780192679147 |
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0192679147 |
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