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 NewcastlePreface. 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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