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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Ecology and evolution of dung beetles [Texte électronique] / edited by Leigh W. Simmons and T. James Ridsdill-Smith
Publication : Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-339) and indexes
"This book describes the evolutionary and ecological consequences of reproductive
competition for scarabaeine dung beetles. As well as giving us insight into the private
lives of these fascinating creatures, this book shows how dung beetles can be used
as model systems for improving our general understanding of broad evolutionary and
ecological processes, and how they generate biological diversity. Over the last few
decades we have begun to see further than ever before, with our research efforts yielding
new information at all levels of analysis, from whole organism biology to genomics.
This book brings together leading researchers who contribute chapters that integrate
our current knowledge of phylogenetics and evolution, developmental biology, comparative
morphology, physiology, behaviour, and population and community ecology. Dung beetle
research is shedding light on the ultimate question of how best to document and conserve
the world's biodiversity. The book will be of interest to established researchers,
university teachers, research students, conservation biologists, and those wanting
to know more about the dung beetle taxon"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Simmons, Leigh W. (1960-....). Éditeur scientifique
Ridsdill-Smith, J. (1942-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Bousiers -- Écologie
Bousiers -- Évolution
Indice(s) Dewey :
595.764 9 (23e éd.) = Scaraboïdées
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781444342000
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44662682m
Notice n° :
FRBNF44662682
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of dung beetles
/ Leigh W. Simmons and T. James Ridsdill-Smith ; The evolutionary history and diversification
of dung beetles / T. Keith Philips ; Male contest competition and the evolution of
weapons / Robert Knell ; Sexual selection after mating : the evolutionary consequences
of sperm competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines / Leigh W. Simmons
; Olfactory ecology / G.D. Tribe and B.V. Burger ; Explaining phenotypic diversity
: the conditional strategy and threshold trait expression / Joseph Tomkins and Wade
Hazel ; Evolution and development : Onthophagus beetles and the evolutionary development
genetics of innovation, allometry, and plasticity / Armin Moczek ; The evolution
of parental care in the onthophagine dung beetles / John Hunt and Clarissa House ;
The visual ecology of dung beetles / Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke ; The ecological
implications of physiological diversity in dung beetl
