Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects

Harrison, Jon F., Roberts, Stephen P., Woods, H. Arthur

ISBN 10: 0199225958 / ISBN 13: 9780199225958

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199225958
• ISBN 13: 9780199225958
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.51 pounds

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Synopsis

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems. This book presents a current and comprehensive overview of how the key physiological traits of insects respond to environmental variation.

About the Author

Jon Harrison is a Professor of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, where he is also Director of Research Infrastructure and Facilities and an AAS Fellow. He has been studying the ecological and evolutionary physiology of insects since 1982, earning his PhD from the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder. His ecophysiological research interests have included lizards, grasshoppers, bees, caterpillars, beetles, cockroaches, dragonflies, and fruit flies, with primary emphases on the metabolic, respiratory, and nutritional physiology of insects.


Art Woods is an Associate Professor at The University of Montana. He earned his PhD from The University of Washington in 1998 and has been studying insects ever since. He is interested in diverse aspects of insect physiology and ecology, and more recently in how insects interact with their host plants. His current work focuses on interactions between Manduca sphinx moths and their host plants in the American Southwest.

Stephen Roberts is Professor and Chair of Biology at Central Michigan University. He has been studying insect physiology since 1990, earning his PhD from Arizona State Univ. He has studied grasshoppers, bees, and fruit flies to address basic questions about thermoregulation, thermotolerance, flight energetics, biomechanics, and aging in insects.