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1 online resource (330 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; 1: Chemical ecology of insect parasitoids: towards a new era; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Integrating behavioural ecology and chemical ecology in insect parasitoids; 1.3 The use of chemical ecology to improve the efficacy of insect parasitoids in biological control programmes; 1.4 Overview; 1.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part 1: Basic concepts; 2: Plant defences and parasitoid chemical ecology; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Plant defences against a diversity of attackers; 2.2.1 Plant defence signalling pathways |
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2.2.2 Plant volatiles and parasitoids2.2.3 Plant toxins and parasitoids; 2.2.4 Cross-talk between plant defence pathways; 2.3 Above-ground-below-ground interactions and parasitoids; 2.4 Climate change and parasitoid chemical ecology; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3: Foraging strategies of parasitoids in complex chemical environments; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Chemical complexity; 3.2.1 Plant species diversity and habitat location; 3.2.2 Variability in host plant traits and their effects on parasitoid host location |
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3.3 Foraging strategies of parasitoids in chemically complex environments3.3.1 Behavioural responses to chemical complexity; 3.3.2 Learning, sensory filters and neural constraints affecting strategies for dealing with complexity; 3.3.3 Influences of life history traits on foraging strategy; 3.4 Conclusions; References; 4: Chemical ecology of insect parasitoids in a multitrophic above- and below-ground context; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Influence of root feeders on above-ground insect herbivores; 4.3 Influence of soil-borne symbionts on above-ground insect herbivores |
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4.4 Plant-mediated effects of root feeders and soil-borne symbionts on growth and development of parasitoids4.5 Effects of root-feeding insects on HIPVs and host location of parasitoids; 4.6 Expanding an above-below-ground bitrophic reductionist perspective; Acknowledgement; References; 5: A hitch-hiker's guide to parasitism: the chemical ecology of phoretic insect parasitoids; 5.1 Phoresy; 5.2 Prevalence of phoretic parasitoids; 5.3 Important parasitoid and host traits; 5.3.1 Parasitoid traits; 5.3.2 Host traits; 5.4 Chemical espionage on host pheromones |
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5.4.1 Espionage on male aggregation pheromone5.4.2 Espionage on sex pheromones; 5.4.3 Espionage on anti-sex pheromones; 5.5 Coevolution between phoretic spies and hosts; 5.6 Biological control; 5.7 Future perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; 6: Novel insights into pheromone-mediated communication in parasitic hymenopterans; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Pheromones and sexual behaviour; 6.2.1 Volatile sex attractants; 6.2.2 Female-derived courtship pheromones; 6.2.3 Male-derived courtship pheromones; 6.3 Other pheromones; 6.3.1 Marking pheromones; 6.3.2 Putative alarm and appeasement pheromones |
| Summary |
Insect parasitoids are a fascinating group of animals in many respects. Perhaps the most fascinating point is that these insects, in the course of the evolutionary time, have developed an impressive way to use chemical compounds to dialogue with the different protagonists of their environment (i.e., conspecifics, their hosts and the plants on which their hosts are living). Unravelling the evolutionary meaning of such chemical communication networks can give new insights into the ecology of these insects and especially on how to improve their use for the control of noxious pests in bi |
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6.3.3 Aggregation pheromones |
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Semiochemicals.
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Plant chemical ecology.
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Parasitoids.
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Plant parasites.
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Insect-plant relationships.
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Insect-plant relationships
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Parasitoids
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Plant chemical ecology
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Plant parasites
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Semiochemicals
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Colazza, Stefano
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| ISBN |
9781118409602 |
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1118409604 |
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