Pheromones and Animal Behavior

Chemical Signals and Signatures

AvTristram D. Wyatt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Pheromones and other kinds of chemical communication underlie the behavior of all animals. Building on the strengths of the first edition, widely recognized as the leading text in the subject, this is a comprehensive overview of how pheromones work. Extensively revised and expanded to cover advances made over the last ten years, the book offers a thorough exploration of the evolutionary and behavioral contexts of chemical communication along with a detailed introduction to the molecular and neural basis of signal perception through olfaction. At a time of ever increasing specialization, Wyatt offers a unique synthesis, integrating examples across the animal kingdom. A final chapter critically considers human pheromones and the importance of olfaction to human biology. Its breadth of coverage and readability make the book an unrivaled resource for students and researchers in a range of fields from chemistry, genetics, genomics, molecular biology and neuroscience to ecology, evolution and behavior.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-23
Mått:185 x 246 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 040 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:424
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521112901
Utmärkelser:Society of Biology Postgraduate Textbook Award 2014

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Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur
Djurens beteende inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Tristram D. Wyatt is a senior researcher at Oxford University's Department of Zoology and an Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is interested in how pheromones evolve throughout the animal kingdom, at both molecular and behavioral levels. These broad interests give him a unique vantage point, allowing him to draw together developments across the subject.

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'Revised and extended since the first edition, this splendid, comprehensive resource covers both 'classic' ideas in the field of chemical communication as well as recent advances … The attractive cover … hints at some of the delights to be found inside with the content aimed at both the serious researcher and those just wanting a good overview of the discipline. All in all, an outstanding textbook and a worthy winner of this year's Society of Biology Book Prize (postgraduate category).' Judges, 2014 Society of Biology Book Awards

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of SI prefixes; 1. Animals in a chemical world; 2. Methods for identifying and studying semiochemicals; 3. Pheromones, chemical cues and sexual selection; 4. Coming together and keeping apart: aggregation pheromones and host-marking pheromones; 5. Territorial behavior, pheromones and signature mixtures; 6. Pheromones and social organization; 7. Pheromones and recruitment communication; 8. Fight or flight: alarm pheromones and cues; 9. Perception and response to chemical communication: from chemosensory receptors to brains, behavior and development; 10. Finding the source: pheromones and orientation behavior; 11. Breaking the code: illicit signalers and receivers of semiochemicals; 12. Using semiochemicals: applications of pheromones and signature mixtures; 13. On the scent of human attraction: human pheromones?; Appendix. An introduction to some chemical terms for non-chemists; References; Index.