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ISBN 10: 1405131144
ISBN 13: 9781405131148
Author: Martin R Speight, Mark D Hunter, Allan D Watt
Fully revised and updated to include new topical study areas, the second edition of the successful text the Ecology of Insects provides a balanced treatment of the theory and practice of pure and applied insect ecology.
Includes new topical areas of insect ecology and provides greater coverage of physiological, genetic, molecular, and ecosystem aspects of insect ecology
Concepts include the foundations of evolutionary ecology and population dynamics in ecosystem science as they are applied to topics such as climate change, conservation and biodiversity, epidemiology and pest management
Fully updated and revised throughout, this new edition refers to primary literature and real world examples.
Chapter 1: An overview of insect ecology
1.1 Introduction
1.2 History of ecology and entomology
1.3 Ecological associations
1.4 The Insecta
1.5 Fossil history and insect evolution
1.6 Habits of insects
1.7 Numbers of insects: species richness
1.8 Variations in species number
1.9 The number of insects: abundance
1.10 Insects and humans
1.11 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Insects and climate
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Temperature
2.3 Daylength (photoperiod)
2.4 Rainfall
2.5 Wind
2.6 Climate change
2.7 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Insect herbivores
3.1 The trouble with plants as food
3.2 Feeding strategies of herbivorous insects
3.3 Plant defenses
3.4 Plant hybrid zones and defense against herbivores
3.5 When is a defense not a defense?
3.6 Costs of resistance and tolerance to herbivores
3.7 Overcompensation
3.8 Plant defense under elevated carbon dioxide
Chapter 4: Resource limitation
4.1 The importance of resource limitation on insect populations
4.2 Competition for limited resources
4.3 The niche concept
4.4 Theoretical approaches to the study of competition
4.5 Competition among insects in experimental and natural populations
4.6 Competition among insects other than herbivores
Chapter 5: Natural enemies and insect population dynamics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The variety of natural enemies
5.3 The impact of natural enemies on insect populations
5.4 Modeling predator–prey interactions
5.5 Synthesis: combining the impacts of natural enemies and other factors on insect population dynam
5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Evolutionary ecology
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Life history strategies
6.3 Sexual strategies: optimizing reproductive potential
6.4 Life history variations with region
6.5 Coevolution
6.6 Sequestration of plant secondary metabolites
6.7 Deme formation and adaptive genetic structure
6.8 Extreme ways of life
Chapter 7: Physiological ecology
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Food and feeding in juveniles
7.3 Food and feeding in adults
7.4 Metabolism
7.5 Respiration
7.6 Excretion
7.7 Water relations
7.8 Development: ecdysis and pupation
7.9 Reproduction
7.10 Conclusion
Chapter 8: Insects in ecosystems
8.1 What is ecosystem ecology?
8.2 A few fundamentals of ecosystem ecology
8.3 Insects and the terrestrial carbon cycle
8.4 Leaf-shredding insects and stream ecosystems
8.5 Insect defoliators and the cycling of nutrients
8.6 Insects, plant community structure, and succession
8.7 Conclusion
Chapter 9: Biodiversity
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Measuring biodiversity
9.3 Patterns in insect diversity
Chapter 10: Insect conservation
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Status and trends in insect diversity
10.3 Threats to insects
10.4 Conservation and restoration
10.5 Prospects for insect conservation
Chapter 11: Insects and diseases
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Diseases and pathogens
11.3 Pathogen spread
11.4 Vector ecology
11.5 Vector dispersal
11.6 Pathogen transmission
11.7 Effects on the vector
11.8 Epidemiology: the spread of disease
11.9 Human activities and vectors
11.10 Vector control
11.11 Case studies
11.12 Conclusion
Chapter 12: Insect pest management
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The concept of ‘‘pest’’
12.3 Why pest outbreaks occur
12.4 Ecological pest management
12.5 Biological control
12.6 Chemical control
12.7 Integrated pest management
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Tags: Martin R Speight, Mark D Hunter, Allan D Watt, Ecology, insects
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