| Description |
x, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bert Holldobler -- Pt. 1. Introduction: Sources and Secretions. 1. Pheromone Communication in Social Insects: Sources and Secretions / Johan Billen and E. David Morgan. 2. The Cuticle and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Insects: Structure, Function, and Biochemistry / Gary J. Blomquist, Julie A. Tillman and Shuping Mpuru [et al.] -- Pt. 2. Nestmate Recognition in Social Insects. 3. Chemical Cues in Kin Recognition: Criteria for Identification, Experimental Approaches, and the Honey Bee as an Example / Michael D. Breed. 4. Nestmate Recognition in Ants / Robert K. Vander Meer and Laurence Morel. 5. Nest and Nestmate Discrimination in Independent-Founding Paper Wasps / Theresa L. Singer, Karl E. Espelie and George J. Gamboa. 6. Nestmate Recognition in Termites / Jean-Luc Clement and Anne-Genieve Bagneres -- Pt. 3. Social Insect Releaser Pheromones. 7. Pheromone Directed Behavior in Ants / Robert K. Vander Meer and Leeanne E. Alonso |
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8. Releaser Pheromones in Termites / Jacques M. Pasteels and Christian Bordereau. 9. Chemical Communication in Social Wasps / Peter J. Landolt, Robert L. Jeanne and Hal C. Reed. 10. Exocrine Glands and Their Products in Non-Apis Bees: Chemical, Functional and Evolutionary Perspectives / Abraham Hefetz. 11. Mass Action in Honey Bees: Alarm, Swarming and the Role of Releaser Pheromones / Justin O. Schmidt -- Pt. 4. Social Insect Primer Pheromones. 12. Primer Pheromones in Ants / Edward L. Vargo. 13. Primer Pheromones and Possible Soldier Caste Influence on the Evolution of Sociality in Lower Termites / Gregg Henderson. 14. Royal Flavours: Honey Bee Queen Pheromones / Keith N. Slessor, Leonard J. Foster and Mark L. Winston |
| Summary |
Characteristically, social insects rely heavily on behavioral mechanisms and associated pheromonal chemistry to maintain their sociality and to successfully function as a colony unit. Bringing together for the first time prominent researchers in social insect pheromone communication, including nestmate recognition, this book looks at ants, wasps, bees, and termites, highlighting areas of convergence and divergence among these groups and identifying areas that need further investigation. Presenting broad synthetic overviews as well as species-specific studies, the volume will be useful to natural scientists, ecologists, and those interested in pest management, as well as to anyone interested in the fascinating chemically mediated behavioral interactions of social insects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Animal communication.
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Pheromones.
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Insect societies.
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| Author |
Vander Meer, Robert K.
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| LC no. |
97029921 |
| ISBN |
0813389763 hardcover alkaline paper |
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