Insect Populations In theory and in practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Part One

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations

      • Ilkka Hanski

      Pages 3-27

   3. The regulation of populations by density-dependent processes

      • Michael P. Hassell

      Pages 29-51

   4. The role of density-independent processes in the stabilization of insect populations

      • P. J. den Boer

      Pages 53-80

   5. Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models

      • J. P. Dempster

      Pages 81-95

   6. The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data

      • Peter Rothery

      Pages 97-133

   7. Host-parasitoid dynamics

      • H. C. J. Godfray, C. B. Müller

      Pages 135-165

   8. Biological control of insects: implications for theory in population ecology

      • William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, Timothy R. Collier

      Pages 167-186

   9. The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects

      • S. R. Leather, C. S. Awmack

      Pages 187-204

3. Part Two

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. Population dynamics of aphids

      • A. F. G. Dixon, P. Kindlmann

      Pages 207-230

   3. The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flowerheads

      • N. A. Straw

      Pages 231-259

   4. Population dynamics in the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

      • J. A. Thomas, R. T. Clarke, G. W. Elmes, M. E. Hochberg

      Pages 261-290

   5. The dynamics of a herbivore-plant interaction, the cinnabar moth and ragwort

      • Eddy van der Meijden, Roger M. Nisbet, Mick J. Crawley

      Pages 291-308

   6. The population dynamics of Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

      • Jens Roland

      Pages 309-321

   7. Population ecology of a gall-inducing sawfly, Euura lasiolepis, and relatives

      • Peter W. Price, Timothy P. Craig, Mark D. Hunter

      Pages 323-340

   8. The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri

      • Ian F. G. McLean

      Pages 341-366

   9. Bottom-up population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle: an evolutionary perspective

      • Takayuki Ohgushi

      Pages 367-389

   10. The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes

       • Ola M. Fincke

       Pages 391-416

Insects are by far the largest group of animals on Earth, with over a million described species, and they occupy a wide range of ecological niches - they may be herbivores, predators, parasites or decomposers. Some are of particular economic importance as pests of agriculture and forestry, as vectors of animal and human disease, or as species of interest to wildlife conservation. Thus an understanding of the processes determining their numbers is of considerable practical value.
Entomologists have played a leading role in developing a theoretical basis to Population Ecology, but we still do not have adequate experimental and observational proof for many of the theoretical ideas that have been proposed. As a result, the subject has been beset with arguments for more than 50 years. This volume attempts to reconcile some of these controversies, while also reviewing the current state of our knowledge. The editors have drawn together an international list of contributors whose views reflect a range of opinions on how natural populations are stabilised. They have succeeded in producing a book that both covers the main alternative views in population theory and contains some of the best recent field studies of insect populations.
This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume will be of great interest to all entomologists and ecologists, particularly those who wish to know more about Population Dynamics.

• animals
• ecology
• evolution
• forest
• insect
• insects
• parasites
• population dynamics
• predator

`...I would recommend the book not only for all the researchers in insect population ecology, but also as excellent reading for graduate seminars in (insect) population ecology, and as an excellent basis for discussion groups.'
European Journal of Entomology, 97 (2000)
`This uge package of knowledge must surely be read throughly more than once in order to digest everything. On the other hand, every reader can pick the articles that they find most interesting. I can warmly recommend the book as a basic textbook for university students as well as to professors and other lectures and all scientists dealing with these topics.'
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