Insect evolutionary ecology : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd Symposium / edited by M.D.E. Fellowes, G.J. Holloway, J. Rolff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royal Entomological Society of London. Symposium (22nd : 2004)

Contributor:

Fellowes, M. (Mark)

Holloway, G. (Graham)

Rolff, J. (Jens)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects--Evolution--Congresses.

Insects.

Insects--Ecology--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In addition to being critical components of terrestrial ecosystems, insects provide excellent model systems for understanding evolutionary ecology. This book is developed from proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd international symposium, held in Reading in 2003.

Contents:

Genetics, relatedness and social behaviour in insect societies / Andrew F.G. Bourke

Do insect sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition dependence? / Samuel Cotton and Andrew Pomiankowski

Sperm competition in butterflies and moths / Nina Wedell

Alternative mating tactics and fatal fighting in male fig wasps / James M. Cook

Seasonal plasticity, host plants, and the origin of butterfly biodiversity / Soren Nylin, Karl Gotthard and Georg H. Nygren

Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects / J.J. Boomsma, P. Schmid-Hempel and W.O.H. Hughes

Cascading effects of plant genetic variation on herbivore communities / Robert S. Fritz and Cris G. Hochwender

The role of parasites of insect reproduction in the diversification of insect reproductive processes / Gregory D.D. Hurst, K. Mary Webberley and Robert Knell

The evolution of imperfect mimicry / Francis Gilbert

Evolutionary ecology of insect host-parasite interactions : an ecological immunology perspective / Kenneth Wilson

Adaptive plasticity in response to predators in dragonfly larvae and other aquatic insects / Frank Johansson and Robby Stoks

The peppered moth : decline of a Darwinian disciple / Michael E.N. Majerus

Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens : towards an understanding of the evolution of ace genes / M. Weill ... [et al.]

Molecular and ecological differentiation of species and species interactions across large geographic regions : California and the Pacific Northwest / John N. Thompson and Ryan Calsbeek

The genetic basis of speciation in a grasshopper hybrid zone / David M. Shuker ... [et al.]

Assortative mating and speciation as pleiotropic effects of ecological adaptation : examples in moths and butterflies / Chris D. Jiggins, Igor Emelianov and James Mallet

Specializations and host associations of social parasites of ants / Jeremy A. Thomas, Karsten Schonrogge and Graham W. Elmes

Evolutionary changes in expanding butterfly populations / Jane K. Hill, Calvin Dytham and Clare L. Hughes.

Notes:

"The 21st [sic] Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society"--Introd.

"As there was no 21st Symposium volume produced due to the lack of papers presented to make a volume, a 'Special issue - Insects and disease' of Physiological entomology has been produced"--The Society's Web site.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73570-8

9786610735709

1-84593-140-8

OCLC:

228144260