Principles of Insect Behaviour

Principles of Insect Behaviour By V.B. Awasthi, CONTENTS :

1. Kinds of Insect Behaviour
2. Camouflage, Warning Colouration and Defensive Behaviour
3. Social Behaviour and Parental Care
4. The Language of Bees and their Behaviour
5. Interactions between Insects and Plants as related to Pollination
6. Food and Feeding Behaviour
7. Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions
8. Adaptations in Insects
9. Thermoregulation in Desert Insects
10. Ecological, Behavioural and other Adaptations of Desert Insects
11. Thermoregulation by Behavioural Means
12. Photoperiodism and Insect Behaviour
13. Photoperiodism and Ecological Adaptations
14. Hormonal Control of Insect Behaviour
15. Pheromonal Control of Insect Behaviour
16. Genetic Control of Behaviour and Evolution of Behaviour
17. Communication in Insects
18. InsectPestManagement by Behavioural Means
19. Migratory and Dispersal Behaviour of Some Insects
20. Influence of Host Plants on Sex Pheromone Behaviour of Phytophagous Insects
21. The Role of the Sense Organs in Mating Behaviour of Cockroaches
22. Reproductive Behaviour

Selected Bibliography

Glossary of Selected Technical Terms

Appendix – 1. Amazing Insects

Appendix – 2. Bee Facts

Appendix – 3. Letter fromUniversityofCambridge

Subject Index