Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology of Insects
A special issue of Ecologies (ISSN 2673-4133).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3167
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dispersal; migration; entomology; life history evolution; biological control; invasion ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Due both to their relative ease as experimental subjects and their overwhelming share of animal biodiversity, insects have proven to be excellent models for studies of evolutionary and behavioral ecology. The editor of this Special Issue welcomes submissions of both original research and synthetic reviews on the following topics in insect ecology: life history evolution, symbiosis, dispersal and migration, sexual selection and mating systems, foraging and defense, sex ratios, resistance evolution, intra- and interspecific communication, parental care, and sociobiology. Applied entomological research articles are welcomed so long as they are rooted in a basic understanding of one or more of the above fields.
Dr. Mark Asplen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Evolutionary ecology
- Behavioral ecology
- Life history evolution
- Sociobiology
- Symbiosis
- Sexual selection
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