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Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. R. F. Chapman

    1. Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. Gerrit Boer

    1. Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Mechanics of Feeding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mechanics of Food Handling by Chewing Insects

      • R. F. Chapman
      Pages 3-31

    3. Mechanics of Food Handling by Fluid-Feeding Insects

      • J. G. Kingsolver, T. L. Daniel
      Pages 32-73

    4. Insect Saliva: Function, Biochemistry, and Physiology

      • J. M. C. Ribeiro
      Pages 74-97

  3. Regulation of a Meal

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Chemosensory Regulation of Feeding

      • R. F. Chapman
      Pages 101-136

    3. Regulation of a Meal: Chewing Insects

      • S. J. Simpson
      Pages 137-156

    4. Regulation of a Meal: Blood Feeders

      • E. E. Davis, W. G. Friend
      Pages 157-189

    5. Regulation of Phloem Sap Feeding by Aphids

      • W. F. Tjallingii
      Pages 190-209

    6. Regulation of a Carbohydrate Meal in the Adult Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera

      • J. G. Stoffolano Jr.
      Pages 210-247

  4. Long-Term Regulation of Feeding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. The Mechanisms of Nutritional Homeostasis

      • S. J. Simpson, D. Raubenheimer, P. G. Chambers
      Pages 251-278

    3. Effects of Experience on Feeding

      • E. A. Bernays
      Pages 279-306

    4. Ontogenic Changes in Feeding Behavior

      • L. Barton Browne
      Pages 307-342

  5. Methods of Controlling Insect Feeding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
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    2. Stimulation of Feeding: Insect Control Agents

      • D. A. Avé
      Pages 345-363

    3. Use of Feeding Inhibitors in Insect Control

      • J. L. Frazier, S. Chyb
      Pages 364-381

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 383-398
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About this book

The only book to deal comprehensively with insect feeding was published by C. T. Brues in 1946. His Insect Dietary was an account of insect feeding habits. Since that time there has been a revolution in biology, and almost all aspects of our understanding of insect feeding have expanded to an extent and into areas that would have been unthinkable in Brues' day. Yet, our book does not replace Insect Dietary but, instead, complements it, because our aim is to bring together information on the mechanisms by which food quality and quantity are regulated. We deliberately focus attention on the feeding process; to include food-finding would have required a much larger book and would have moved the focus away from more proximate mechanisms. This book is dedicated to the late Vincent G. Dethier. As a pioneer in studying the physiological basis of animal behavior, he focused on regulation of feeding in flies and caterpillars. His work on the blowfly, together with that by his many students andco-workers, still provides the most completely described mechanism of insect feeding. The citation of his work in almost every chapter in this book illustrates the importance of his findings and ideas to our current understanding of regulation of insect feeding. The authors in this book provide many innovative and stimulating ideas typifying Dethier's approach to the study of feeding be­ havior.

Reviews

` ...a very readable reference book that I will be recommending to students.'
Bulletin of Entomological Research
`This volume is a critical review of recent trends in food sciences and is a useful complement to the 1994 book ...'
European Journal of Entomology

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    R. F. Chapman

  • Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Gerrit Boer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding

  • Editors: R. F. Chapman, Gerrit Boer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1775-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-03141-0Published: 31 July 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5715-5Published: 21 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1775-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 398

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Animal Physiology, Plant Pathology

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