Chemical ecology of vertebrates / Dietland Müller-Schwarze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller-Schwarze, Dietland, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 563 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in 2006, Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates was the first book to focus exclusively on the chemically-mediated interactions between vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and other animals and plants. Reviewing research in three core areas - pheromones (where the interactions are between members of the same species), interspecific interactions involving allomones (where the sender benefits) and kairomones (where the receiver benefits), it pulls together information from widely scattered technical literature in many different disciplines into a coherent whole. Chapters on the environment, properties of odour signals, and production and release of chemosignals set the stage for discussion of more complex behavioural topics. While the main focus is ecological, dealing with behaviour and interactions in the field, it also covers chemoreception, orientation and navigation, the development of behaviour and the practical applications of chemosignals.

Contents:

COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 The odorsphere: the environment for transmission of chemical signals; 2 Properties of vertebrate semiochemicals; 3 Odor production and release; 4 Chemical cues in orientation and navigation; 5 Chemoreception; 6 Signaling pheromones I: discrimination and recognition; 7 Signaling pheromones II: sex and alarm pheromones and evolutionary considerations; 8 Intraspecific signals: priming pheromones; 9 Development of intra- and interspecific chemical communication; 10 Allomones I: chemical defense by animals

11 Allomones II: plant chemical defenses against herbivores12 Kairomones and synomones; 13 Practical applications of semiochemicals; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15705-6

1-280-56777-5

9786610567775

0-511-24192-5

0-511-24205-0

0-511-24090-2

0-511-31812-X

0-511-60723-7

0-511-24142-9

OCLC:

647579738