Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Simmons, Leigh W.; Ridsdill-Smith, T. James

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444341973
• Artikelnr.: 41317480

Autorenporträt

Leigh Simmons was born and educated in the UK, and is currantly Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia. His research interests lie in all aspects of reproductive biology, from the evolution of sperm form and function, to mate searching and courtship behaviour. James Ridsdill-Smith was born and educated in the UK but carried out all his research in Australia working for CSIRO Entomology. He has been developing biological and ecological solutions to various pest problems and 15 years involved in the biological control of dung with scarabaeine dung beetles.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Reproductive competition and its impact on the evolution and ecology of
dung beetles (Leigh W Simmons and T James Ridsdill-Smith) 2 The
evolutionary history and diversification of dung beetles (T Keith Philips)
3 Male contest competition and the evolution of weapons (Robert Knell) 4
Sexual selection after mating: the evolutionary consequences of sperm
competition and cryptic female choice in onthophagines (Leigh W Simmons) 5
Olfactory ecology (GD Tribe and BV Burger) 6 Explaining phenotypic
diversity: The conditional strategy and threshold trait expression (Joseph
L Tomkins and Wade Hazel) 7 Evolution and development: Onthophagus beetles
and the evolutionary development genetics of innovation, allometry , and
plasticity (Armin Moczek) 8 The evolution of parental care in the
onthophagine dung beetles (John Hunt and Clarissa House) 9 The visual
ecology of dung beetles (Marcus Byrne and Marie Dacke) 10 The ecological
implications of physiological diversity in dung beetles (Steven L Chown and
C Jaco Klok) 11 Dung beetle populations: structure and consequences (Tomas
Roslin and Heidi Viljanen) 12 Biological control: ecosystem functions
provided by dung beetles (T James Ridsdill-Smith and Penny B Edwards) 13
Dung beetles as a candidate study taxon in applied biodiversity
conservation research (Elizabeth S Nichols and Toby A Gardner)