Pine Bark Beetles

An interdisciplinary review of the latest available data and research relating to insect physiology, with a comprehensive review of pine bark beetles highlighting this latest release

Claus Tittiger (Volume editor), Gary J. Blomquist (Volume editor)

9780128027233

Hardback, published 6 May 2016

316 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.47 kg

Pine Bark Beetles, the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists.

1. Host Selection by Bark Beetles: Playing the Odds in a High-Stakes Game Kenneth F. Raffa, Martin N. Andersson and Fredrik Schlyter 2. The Role of Population Genetic Structure in Understanding and Managing Pine Beetles Jasmine K. Janes and Philip Batista 3. The Proteomics and Transcriptomics of Early Host Colonization and Overwintering Physiology in the Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Dezene P. W. Huber and Jeanne A. Robert 4. Semiochemicals in the Natural History of Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann and Role in Management Brian T. Sullivan 5. The Evolution of Aggregation Pheromone Diversity in Bark Beetles Matthew R.E. Symonds and Catherine W. Gitau-Clarke 6. Pheromone Production in Pine Bark Beetles Claus Tittiger and Gary Blomquist 7. Bark Beetle Research in the Post-Genomic Era Christopher I. Keeling

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Biochemistry [PSB], Genetics [non-medical PSAK]