Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 50 Pine Bark Beetles

About this book

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.

Contents

Host selection and ecological outcomes: tweaking the odds in a high-stakes game
    Kenneth F. Raffa
Mountain pine beetle population structure
    Felix Sperling, Jasmine Janes and Philip Batista
Bark beetles and associated bacteria and yeast
    Gerardo Zuniga
Proteomic and transcriptomic investigations of host choice and overwintering physiology
    Dezene Philip Wiebe Huber
Bark beetle semiochemistry: classification and ecological functions of pheromone blends
    Brian Sullivan
The evolution of aggregation pheromone diversity in bark beetles
    Mathew Symonds
Biochemistry and molecular biology of pheromone production
    Gary J. Blomquist
Mountain pine beetle genome, genomics and proteomics of pheromone production and reception
    Christopher I. Keeling

Customer Reviews

Biography

Prof. Claus Tittiger works at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Nevada. Dr. Gary Blomquist works at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nevada.