Books

Flow of Life in the Atmosphere: An Airscape Approach to Understanding Invasive Organisms

This much anticipated book by Scott Isard and Stuart Gage is now available! Bringing together knowledge of several disciplines to explain complex concepts in a readily understandable manner--a must have for anyone trying to grasp the dynamics of ecosystem or agroecosystem functioning.

The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution

This new book by Robert Dudley, from the University of Texas at Austin, presents the first comprehensive explanation of how insects fly, looking at basic aerodynymics, flight muscle physiology, and swarming behavior, from the point of view of functional design. It was published by Princeton University Press in 2000. See http://www.pup.princeton.edu/titles/6881.html for more information [ISBN: 0-691-04430-9].

Migration: the Biology of Life on the Move

"Migration: the Biology of Life on the Move" by Hugh Dingle, University of California at Davis, published by Oxford University Press, covers all migratory organisms. Considerable attention is also paid to how migration (and dispersal) should be defined (and not conflated).

Released in paperback May 1, 1996 for $35 (US), (Oxford's phone number is 800-451-7556 (US) or 919-677-0977 (for international orders, Eastern Time Zone) for book orders).

Insect Migration: Tracking Resources through Space and Time

V. Alistair Drake and A. G. Gatehouse edited this volume, an outgrowth of a symposium at the International Congress of Entomology in Beijing, China. Published in 1995 by Cambridge University Press, this 495 page (with 4 halftones 74 line diagrams 26 tables) hardcover book (ISBN#0-521-44000-9 ) lists for $85.00 (U.S.). For ordering information, please consult the following site: http://www.cup.org/Titles/44/0521440009.html

The book provides a comprehensive current account of insect migration. It describes migrations, often over hundreds or thousands of kilometres, in all continents. The behaviour, physiology and genetics of insect migration are considered in their ecological and evolutionary contexts, with an emphasis on weather and climate factors. Several of the species described are among the world's most serious pests and the problems of operational forecasting, important in integrated pest management (IPM), are discussed.

I. Insect Migration in Relation to Weather and Climate

Long-range insect migration in relation to climate and weather: Africa & Europe, D.E. Pedgley, D.R. Reynolds & G.M. Tatchell
Insect migration in North America: synoptic-scale transport in highly seasonal environment, S.J. Johnson
Migration of the brown planthopper Niliparvata lugens and the white-backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera in East Asia: The role of the weather and climate, R. Kisimoto & K. Sogawa
Migration of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate I: Northeastern China, R.L. Chen et al.
Migration of the oriental armyworm Mythiamna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate, II. Korea, J.-H. Lee and K.-B. Uhm
Migration of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate, III. Japan, K. Hirai
Insect migration in an arid continent, I. The common armyworm Mythimna convects in eastern Australia, B. McDonald
Insect migration in an arid continent, II. Helicoverpa spp. in eastern Australia,P.C. Gregg et al.
Insect migration in an arid continent, III. The Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera and the Native Budworm in Western Australia, K.J. Walden

II. Adaptations for Migration

Migratory potential in insects: variation in an uncertain environment, A.G. Gatehouse and X.-X. Zhang
Insect migration in heterogenous environments, K. Wilson
The regulation of migration in Helicoverpa armigera, J. Colvin
Physiological integration of migration on Lepidoptera, J.N .McNeil et al.
Aerodynamics, energetics and reproductive constraints of migratory flight in insects, R. Dudley

III. Forecasting Migrant Pests

Operational aspects of forecasting migrant insect pests, R.K. Day and J.D. Knight
Geographic information systems and remotely sensed data for determining the seasonal distribution of habitats of migrant insect pests, T.P. Robinson
Forecasting systems for migrant pests, I. The Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens in China, B.-H. Zhou, H.-K. Wang and X.-N. Cheng
Forecasting systems for migrant pests, II. The rice planthoppers Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera in Japan, T. Watanabe
Forecasting systems for migrant pests, III. Locusts and grasshoppers in West Africa and Madagascar, M. Lecoq

IV. Overview and Synthesis

Forecasting migrant insect pests, J.I. Magor
Insect migration: a holistic conceptual model, V.A. Drake, A.G. Gatehouse and R.A. Farrow
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