Insect Populations In theory and in practice: In Theory and in Practice ; 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society, 10 - 11 September 1997 at the University of Newcastle

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Springer Science & Business Media, 1998 - Science - 486 pages
Preface. Contributors. Introduction. Definition of terms. Part 1: 1. Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations; I. Hanski. 2. The regulation of populations by density-dependent processes; M.P. Hassell. 3. The role of density-independent processes in the stabilization of insect populations; P.J. den Boer. 4. Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models; J.P. Dempster. 5. The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data; P. Rothery. 6. Host-parasitoid dynamics; H.C.J. Godfray, C.B. Müller. 7. Biological control of insects: implications for theory in population ecology; W.W. Murdoch, C.J. Briggs, T.R. Collier. 8. The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects; S.R. Leather, C.S. Awmack. Part 2: 9. Population dynamics of aphids; A.F.G. Dixon, P. Kindlmann. 10. The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flower-heads; N.A. Straw. 11. Population dynamics of the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae); J.A. Thomas, R.T. Clarke, G.W. Elmes, M.E. Hochberg. 12. The dynamics of a herbivore-plant interaction, the cinnabar moth and ragwort; E. van der Meijden, R.M. Nisbet, M.J. Crawley. 13. The population dynamics of Operophthera brumata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae); J. Roland. 14. Population ecology of a gall-inducing sawfly, Euura lasiolepis, and relatives; P.W. Price, T.P. Craig, M.D. Hunter. 15. The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri; I.F.G.McLean. 16. Bottom-up population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle: an evolutionary perspective; T. Ohgushi. 17. The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes; O.M. Fincke. Concluding remarks. References. Species Index. Subject Index.
 

Contents

Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations
3
The regulation of populations by densitydependent processes
29
The role of densityindependent processes in the stabilization of insect populations
53
Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models
81
The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data
97
Hostparasitoid dynamics
135
Biological control of insects implications for theory in population ecology
167
The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects
187
The dynamics of a herbivoreplant interaction the cinnabar moth and ragwort
291
The population dynamics of Operophtera brumata Lepidoptera Geometridae
309
Population ecology of a gallinducing sawfly Euura lasiolepis and relatives
323
The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri
341
Bottomup population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle an evolutionary perspective
367
The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in waterfilled tree holes
391
Concluding remarks
417
References
423

PART 2
205
Population dynamics of aphids
207
The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flowerheads
231
Population dynamics in the genus Maculinea Lepidoptera Lycaenidae
261

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