Social Insects : Structure, Function, and Behavior.
Stewart, Emily M.
Social Insects : Structure, Function, and Behavior. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (254 pages) - Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods: Biology, Chemistry and Behavior . - Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods: Biology, Chemistry and Behavior .
Intro -- SOCIAL INSECTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR -- SOCIAL INSECTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ROLE OF FOOD STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF PERENNIAL SOCIAL HYMENOPTERAN COLONIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMS OF FOOD STORAGE -- FOOD STORAGE AND WORKER ALLOCATION -- INFORMATION FLOW IN A HYMENOPTERAN COLONY -- PERENNIAL COLONIES IN FLUCTUATING AND NON-FLUCTUATING CLIMATES -- Bees -- Wasps -- Ants -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PROBOSCIS CONDITIONING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- II. THEORETICAL ISSUES -- A. Inconsistencies in Definitions -- A.1. Classical conditioning -- A.2. Instrumental and operant conditioning -- B. Taxonomies of Learning -- C. The Reporting of Individual Data -- D. Cognitive Explanations of Learning -- III. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- A. Suggestions -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES AND CONTROL OF SEX OF EGGS BY REPRODUCTIVE FEMALES IN EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS -- (a) Reproductive Tract -- Oviduct -- Vagina -- (b) Spermatheca and Spermathecal Glands -- Receptacle -- Spermathecal Gland -- Spermathecal Pump -- CONTROL OF EGG FERTILIZATION -- (a) Neural Loops for Sperm Discharge -- (b) Regulation of Spermathecal Action by Biogenic Amines -- (c) Cleansing of Spermatozoa Left in the Vagina -- (d) Initiation of Development in Unfertilized Eggs -- BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF SEX RATIO OF EGGS -- (a) Short-Term Switches of Sex of Eggs -- (a) Short-Term Switches of Sex of Eggs -- REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES IN FEMALES -- (a) Behavioral Changes of Workers for Reproduction -- (b) Hormonal Factors Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers -- Primitively Eusocial Species -- Honeybees -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. THE GLOBAL EMPIRE OF AN INVASIVE ANT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NESTMATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM -- GLOBAL-SCALE SUPERCOLONY OF ARGENTINE ANTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MODIFICATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY ENDOPARASITES IN WORKERS OF THE SWARM-FOUNDING WASP POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Wasps -- Dissections and Measurements -- RESULTS -- Parasites and Infection Frequency -- External Morphological Effects of Parasitism on Host Wasps -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ASYMMETRIC TROPHALLAXIS BETWEEN WORKERS OF THE STINGLESS BEE MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA (APIDAE, MELIPONINI) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL INSECTS: MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BRAIN MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY -- Deutocerebrum -- PROTOCEREBRUM -- GENE EXPRESSION -- THE USE OF BRAIN IN TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INTESTINE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES: FROM BEE BIOLOGY TO CELL MARKER DEVELOPMENT FOR TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF BEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- 2.1. Anatomical Structure of the Digestive Tract -- 2.2. Reorganization of the Digestive Tube during Metamorphosis -- 2.3. Morphophysiology of the Intestine -- 3. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF HONEYBEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- 3.1. General Characteristics -- 3.2. Morphophysiology of the Malpighian Tubules -- 4. VENTRICLE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES OF BEES: KEY-ORGANS IN THE TOXICOLOGICAL STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HYDROCARBONS AND INSECTS' SOCIAL PHYSIOLOGY* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHS AS NESTMATE RECOGNITION CUES. TASK-RELATED HYDROCARBONS IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- RANK STATUS, REPRODUCTIVE STATUS AND CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS -- CHS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR -- CHs as Sex Pheromone -- Long range attraction -- Short-Range Sexual Communication -- Mate choice -- CHs as a Courtship Stimulant or as an Antiaphrodisiac -- CHs as Trail Pheromone -- Host-Parasite Chemical Relationships -- Slave-Making Ants -- Inquiline species -- Ectoparasite -- Myrmecophily, termitophily -- CHs as Taxonomic Tools -- OTHER EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION FOR THE BIOLOGIST -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGENIC AMINES AND DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOGENIC AMINES -- (a) Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Biogenic Amines -- (b) Receptors of Biogenic Amines -- EFFECTS OF BIOGENIC AMINES ON BEHAVIORS IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- (a) Caste Differences of Brain Morphology -- (b) Brain Biogenic Amine and Caste-Specific Behaviors -- TRANSITION OF REPRODUCTIVE WORKERS FROM NORMAL WORKERS -- (a) Behavioral Transition of Reproductive Workers -- (b) Biogenic Amines Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers -- (c) Reorganization of Central Nervous System in Reproductive Workers -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781617616204
Insect societies.
Insects -- Behavior.
Electronic books.
QL496 -- .S625 2011eb
595.7/1782
Social Insects : Structure, Function, and Behavior. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (254 pages) - Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods: Biology, Chemistry and Behavior . - Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods: Biology, Chemistry and Behavior .
Intro -- SOCIAL INSECTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR -- SOCIAL INSECTS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ROLE OF FOOD STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF PERENNIAL SOCIAL HYMENOPTERAN COLONIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMS OF FOOD STORAGE -- FOOD STORAGE AND WORKER ALLOCATION -- INFORMATION FLOW IN A HYMENOPTERAN COLONY -- PERENNIAL COLONIES IN FLUCTUATING AND NON-FLUCTUATING CLIMATES -- Bees -- Wasps -- Ants -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PROBOSCIS CONDITIONING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- II. THEORETICAL ISSUES -- A. Inconsistencies in Definitions -- A.1. Classical conditioning -- A.2. Instrumental and operant conditioning -- B. Taxonomies of Learning -- C. The Reporting of Individual Data -- D. Cognitive Explanations of Learning -- III. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- A. Suggestions -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES AND CONTROL OF SEX OF EGGS BY REPRODUCTIVE FEMALES IN EUSOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS -- (a) Reproductive Tract -- Oviduct -- Vagina -- (b) Spermatheca and Spermathecal Glands -- Receptacle -- Spermathecal Gland -- Spermathecal Pump -- CONTROL OF EGG FERTILIZATION -- (a) Neural Loops for Sperm Discharge -- (b) Regulation of Spermathecal Action by Biogenic Amines -- (c) Cleansing of Spermatozoa Left in the Vagina -- (d) Initiation of Development in Unfertilized Eggs -- BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF SEX RATIO OF EGGS -- (a) Short-Term Switches of Sex of Eggs -- (a) Short-Term Switches of Sex of Eggs -- REGULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATES IN FEMALES -- (a) Behavioral Changes of Workers for Reproduction -- (b) Hormonal Factors Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers -- Primitively Eusocial Species -- Honeybees -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. THE GLOBAL EMPIRE OF AN INVASIVE ANT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NESTMATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM -- GLOBAL-SCALE SUPERCOLONY OF ARGENTINE ANTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MODIFICATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY ENDOPARASITES IN WORKERS OF THE SWARM-FOUNDING WASP POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Wasps -- Dissections and Measurements -- RESULTS -- Parasites and Infection Frequency -- External Morphological Effects of Parasitism on Host Wasps -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ASYMMETRIC TROPHALLAXIS BETWEEN WORKERS OF THE STINGLESS BEE MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA (APIDAE, MELIPONINI) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL INSECTS: MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BRAIN MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY -- Deutocerebrum -- PROTOCEREBRUM -- GENE EXPRESSION -- THE USE OF BRAIN IN TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INTESTINE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES: FROM BEE BIOLOGY TO CELL MARKER DEVELOPMENT FOR TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF BEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- 2.1. Anatomical Structure of the Digestive Tract -- 2.2. Reorganization of the Digestive Tube during Metamorphosis -- 2.3. Morphophysiology of the Intestine -- 3. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF HONEYBEES: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULES TO THE REMAINING SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA -- 3.1. General Characteristics -- 3.2. Morphophysiology of the Malpighian Tubules -- 4. VENTRICLE AND MALPIGHIAN TUBULES OF BEES: KEY-ORGANS IN THE TOXICOLOGICAL STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HYDROCARBONS AND INSECTS' SOCIAL PHYSIOLOGY* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHS AS NESTMATE RECOGNITION CUES. TASK-RELATED HYDROCARBONS IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- RANK STATUS, REPRODUCTIVE STATUS AND CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS -- CHS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR -- CHs as Sex Pheromone -- Long range attraction -- Short-Range Sexual Communication -- Mate choice -- CHs as a Courtship Stimulant or as an Antiaphrodisiac -- CHs as Trail Pheromone -- Host-Parasite Chemical Relationships -- Slave-Making Ants -- Inquiline species -- Ectoparasite -- Myrmecophily, termitophily -- CHs as Taxonomic Tools -- OTHER EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION FOR THE BIOLOGIST -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGENIC AMINES AND DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOGENIC AMINES -- (a) Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Biogenic Amines -- (b) Receptors of Biogenic Amines -- EFFECTS OF BIOGENIC AMINES ON BEHAVIORS IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- DIVISION OF REPRODUCTION IN SOCIAL INSECTS -- (a) Caste Differences of Brain Morphology -- (b) Brain Biogenic Amine and Caste-Specific Behaviors -- TRANSITION OF REPRODUCTIVE WORKERS FROM NORMAL WORKERS -- (a) Behavioral Transition of Reproductive Workers -- (b) Biogenic Amines Involving the Transition of Reproductive States in Workers -- (c) Reorganization of Central Nervous System in Reproductive Workers -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781617616204
Insect societies.
Insects -- Behavior.
Electronic books.
QL496 -- .S625 2011eb
595.7/1782