Insect Learning Ecology and Evolutinary Perspectives

Insect Learning Ecology and Evolutinary Perspectives / edited by Daniel R. Papaj, Alcinda C. Lewis.

Insect Learning is a comprehensive review of a new field. Until recently, insects were viewed as rigidly programmed automatons; now, however, it is recognized that they can learn and that their behavior is plastic. This fundamental change in viewpoint is causing a re-examination of all aspects of th...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Papaj, Daniel R. (Editor), Lewis, Alcinda C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993.
Edition:1st ed. 1993.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Entomology.
Animal ecology.
Evolutionary biology.
Ecology .
Animal systematics.
Animal taxonomy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Aversion Learning and Feeding
  • 2. Ethological and Comparative Perspectives on Honey Bee Learning
  • 3. Learning of Host-Finding Cues by Hymenopterous Parasitoids
  • 4. Functional Organization of Appetitive Learning and Memory in a Generalist Pollinator, the Honey Bee
  • 5. Merging Mechanism and Adaptation: An Ethological Approach to Learning and Generalization
  • 6. Motivation, Learning, and Motivated Learning
  • 7. Choosing Hosts and Mates: The Value of Learning
  • 8. Learning and Behavioral Ecology: Incomplete Information and Environmental Predictability
  • 9. Learning and the Evolution of Resources: Pollinators and Flower Morphology
  • 10. Automatic Behavior and the Evolution of Instinct: Lessons from Learning in Parasitoids
  • 11. Comparative and Experimental Approaches to Understanding Insect Learning
  • 12. Application of Learning to Pest Management
  • 13. Cognition in Bees: From Stimulus Reception to Behavioral Change
  • 14. Afterword: Learning, Adaptation, and the Lessons of 0 374.

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