Parasitoid population biology / edited by Michael E. Hochberg and Anthony R. Ives.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ives, Anthony Ragnar, editor.

Hochberg, Michael E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insect populations.

Parasitoids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.) : 1 halftone, 60 line illus.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Extraordinary in the diversity of their lifestyles, insect parasitoids have become extremely important study organisms in the field of population biology, and they are the most frequently used agents in the biological control of insect pests. This book presents the ideas of seventeen international specialists, providing the reader not only with an overview but also with lively discussions of the most salient questions pertaining to the field today and prescriptions for avenues of future research. After a general introduction, the book divides into three main sections: population dynamics, population diversity, and population applications. The first section covers gaps in our knowledge in parasitoid behavior, parasitoid persistence, and how space and landscape affect dynamics. The contributions on population diversity consider how evolution has molded parasitoid populations and communities. The final section calls for novel approaches toward resolving the enigma of success in biological control and questions why parasitoids have been largely neglected in conservation biology. Parasitoid Population Biology will likely be an important influence on research well into the twenty-first century and will provoke discussion amongst parasitoid biologists and population biologists. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Carlos Bernstein, Jacques Brodeur, Jerome Casas, H.C.J. Godfray, Susan Harrison, Alan Hastings, Bradford A. Hawkins, George E. Heimpel, Marcel Holyoak, Nick Mills, Bernard D. Roitberg, Jens Roland, Michael R. Strand, Teja Tscharntke, and Minus van Baalen.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

One Introduction

Part One POPULATION DYNAMICS

Two Host Location and Selection in the Field

Three Effects of Parasitoid Clutch Size on Host-Parasitoid Population Dynamics

Four Host-Parasitoid Models: The Story of a Successful Failure

Five A Field Guide to Studying Spatial Pattern Formation in Host-Parasitoid Systems

Six Parasitoid Spread: Lessons for and from Invasion Biology

Seven Landscape Ecology of Parasitism

Part Two POPULATION DIVERSITY

Eight The Evolution of Parasitoid Egg Load

Nine Host Resistance, Parasitoid Virulence, and Population Dynamics

Ten Developmental Traits and Life-History Evolution in Parasitoids

Eleven Host Specificity and Trophic Relationships of Hyperparasitoids

Twelve Comparing Parasitoid-Dominated Food Webs with Other Food Webs: Problems and Future Promises

Thirteen Species Coexistence in Parasitoid Communities: Does Competition Matter?

Part Three POPULATION APPLICATIONS

Fourteen Biological Control: The Need for Realistic Models and Experimental Approaches to Parasitoid Introductions

Fifteen Parasitoid Populations in the Agricultural Landscape

Sixteen Threats, Flies, and Protocol Gaps: Can Evolutionary Ecology Save Biological Control?

Seventeen "What, Conserve Parasitoids?'

Eighteen Conclusions: Debating Parasitoid Population Biology over the Next Twenty Years

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-357) and index.

ISBN:

9780691230894

0691230897

OCLC:

1245672083