Simple Field and Laboratory Exercises
Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 271 g
ISBN: 978-1-4419-0377-8
Verlag: Springer
Hands-On Chemical Ecology: Simple Field and Laboratory Exercises, a premiere collection of practical exercises in chemical ecology, offers tools and strategies for understanding this young science. The exercises included use general principles and follow a simple structure. Topics examined include birds, fish, insects, mammals, and plant chemistry among others. Additionally, exercises require accessible materials, ensuring that each can be easily modified and completed anywhere in the world with locally existing instruments. This text will be of value to undergraduate and graduates students and high school biology teachers.
Zielgruppe
Graduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Imkerei (Bienenzucht)
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Toxikologie, Gefahrstoffe, Sicherheit in der Chemie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemometrik, Chemoinformatik
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemische Labormethoden, Stöchiometrie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
Weitere Infos & Material
Field Experiments.- Mutualism: Effects of Ants on Aphids, Their Predators, and Host Plants.- Predatory Fish Responses to Prey Odors (Chemical Lures).- Sour Grapes: Methyl Anthranilate as Feeding Repellent for Birds.- Responses of Small Mammals to Predator Odors in the Field.- Squirrels’ Avoidance of Predator Odors.- Squirrels, Acorns, and Tannins.- Field Grid for Testing Winter Feeding by Rabbits or Cottontails.- Food Choices by Mammalian Herbivores and the Role of Defense Compounds: Example Beaver.- Scent Marking in Free-Ranging Mammals. Examples: Beaver or Badger.- Capsaicin as Feeding Repellent for Mammals.- Search for “Chemical Ecology Stories” in the Forest or Other Ecosystem.- Laboratory Experiments.- Test for Cyanogenic Compounds in Plants.- Herbivory and a Simple Field Test for Total Phenolics in Trees.- Radial Diffusion Assay for Tannins.- Chemically induced defenses in phytoplankton.- Induced Defense: Herbivory on Juvenile vs. Adult Growth Stages of Trees.- Jasmonic Acid Effect on Plant Volatiles (or How to Make a Fern Smell Like a Rose).- Effect of Tannins on Insect Feeding Behavior.- Leaf Disk Test: Bioassay of Effect of Tannins on Insect Feeding Behavior.- Two-Way Choice Test for Social Odors in Mice.- Scent Marking in Mice: Open Field Test.- Human Body Odor Discrimination: T-Shirt Experiment.- Coping with Plant Volatiles in Spicy Food (“Burping Exercise”).- Perspectives of Experiments: Development and Application.- Miscellaneous Experiments Chosen by Students.- Further Possible Experiments.