Insect Ecology

Tropical Insect Chemical Ecology

In this chapter we describe the current state of tropical insect chemical ecology in Latin America with the aim of stimulating the use of this important tool for future generations of technicians and professionals workers in insect pest management. Sex pheromones of tropical insects that have been identified to date are mainly used for detection and population monitoring. Another strategy terme...

Insect Immunity: An Evolutionary Ecology Perspective

We review recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of insect immune defence, but do so in a framework defined by the ecological and ADVANCES IN INSECT PHYSIOLOGY VOL. 32

The Behavioral Ecology of Insect Vibrational Communication

W our reliance on vision and hearing and our weak vibration sense, humans have only recently developed ways to mine the information provided by the soundless vibration of the surfaces around us (box 1). Nevertheless, the information is there: geophones show ongoing tremors of the earth’s surface, stethoscopes bring the rhythm of our heart and lungs to a doctor’s ears, and laser vibrometers let ...

The Ecology and Evolution of Insect Baculoviruses

■ Abstract Baculoviruses occur widely among Lepidoptera, and in some species of forest and agricultural insects, they cause epizootics in outbreak populations. Here we review recent developments in baculovirus ecology and evolution, in particular focusing on emerging areas of interest and studies relating to field populations. The expanding application of molecular techniques has started to rev...

Classification and Ecology of Major Tropical Insect Groups