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Insect populations in theory and in practice : 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society 10-11 September 1997 at the University of Newcastle
- Title
- Insect populations in theory and in practice : 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society 10-11 September 1997 at the University of Newcastle / edited by J.P. Dempster and I.F.G. McLean.
- Author
- Royal Entomological Society of London. Symposium (19th : 1997 : University of Newcastle)
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic, ©1998.
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- Description
- xx, 486 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Entomologists have played a leading role in developing a theoretical basis to Population Ecology, but we still do not have adequate experimental and observational proof for many of the theoretical ideas that have been proposed. As a result, the subject has been beset with arguments for more than 50 years. This volume attempts to reconcile some of these controversies, while also reviewing the current state of our knowledge. The editors have drawn together an international list of contributors whose views reflect a range of opinions on how natural populations are stabilised. They have succeeded in producing a book that both covers the main alternative views in population theory and contains some of the best recent field studies of insect populations." "This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume will be of great interest to all entomologists and ecologists, particularly those who wish to know more about Population Dynamics."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society, 19th.
- Uniform Title
- Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London ; no. 19.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-480) and indexes.
- Contents
- Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations / Ilkka Hanski -- The regulation of populations by density-dependent processes / Michael P. Hassell -- The role of density-dependent processes in the stabilization of insect populations / P.J. den Boer -- Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models / J.P. Dempster -- The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data / Peter Rothery -- Host-parasitoid dynamics / H.C.J. Godfray and C.B. Müller -- Biological control of insects: implications for theory in population ecology / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs and Timothy R. Collier -- The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects / S.R. Leather and C.S Awmack -- Population dynamics of aphids / A.F.G. Dixon and P. Kindlmann -- The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flower-heads / N.A. Straw -- Population dynamics in the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) / J.A. Thomas, R.T. Clarke, G.W. Elmes and M.E. Hochberg -- The dynamics of a herbivore-plant interaction, the cinnabar moth and ragwort / Eddy van der Meijden, Roger M. Nisbet and Mick J. Crawley -- The population dynamics of Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) / Jens Roland -- Population ecology of a gall-inducing sawfly, Euura lasiolepis, and relatives / Peter W. Price, Timothy P. Craig and Mark D. Hunter -- The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri / Ian F.G. McLean -- Bottom-up population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle: an evolutionary perspective / Takayuki Ohgushi -- The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes / Ola M. Fincke.
- ISBN
- 0412832607
- 9780412832604
- LCCN
- 98071844
- OCLC
- ocm40800392
- 40800392
- SCSB-9637169
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library