The Tent Caterpillars /

The Tent Caterpillars / / Terrence D. Fitzgerald.

Synthesizing some 150 years of research, this is the only book to cover the biology and behavioral ecology of tent caterpillars. Terence D. Fitzgerald discusses the systematics, distribution, and host range of North American and Eurasian species of tent caterpillars. He then considers the anatomy an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Fitzgerald, Terrence D.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1995
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Cornell Series in Arthropod Biology
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Physical Description:1 online resource (338 p.) :; 8 color photos., 38 halftones, 101 drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Publisher's Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Seasonal History
  • 2. Systematics, Geographic Distribution, and the Evolution of Sociality
  • 3. The Caterpillar and the Pupa
  • 4. The Moth, the Egg Mass, and the Pharate Larva
  • 5. Interactions between Tent Caterpillars and Their Host Trees
  • 6. Aggregation and Foraging Behavior
  • 7. Tent-Building Behavior and Thermoregulation
  • 8. Predation and Antipredation
  • 9. Population Dynamics and Economic Impact
  • 10. Management of Populations
  • 11. Maintaining Colonies and Suggestions for Classroom Studies
  • 12. Epilogue
  • References
  • Index

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