TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leonhardt, Sara D.
A1  - Lihoreau, Mathieu
A1  - Spaethe, Johannes
T1  - Mechanisms of nutritional resource exploitation by insects
JF  - Insects
N2  - Insects have evolved an extraordinary range of nutritional adaptations to exploit other animals, plants, bacteria, fungi and soils as resources in terrestrial and aquatic environments. This special issue provides some new insights into the mechanisms underlying these adaptations. Contributions comprise lab and field studies investigating the chemical, physiological, cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that enable resource exploitation and nutrient intake regulation in insects. The collection of papers highlights the need for more studies on the comparative sensory ecology, underlying nutritional quality assessment, cue perception and decision making to fully understand how insects adjust resource selection and exploitation in response to environmental heterogeneity and variability.
KW  - nutritional adaptations
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-211161
SN  - 2075-4450
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
ER  -