TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dixon,A.F.G.
TI  - Insect herbivore-host dynamics: tree-dwelling aphids 
SN  - 9780511542671 (ebook)
AV  - QL527.A64 D59 2005
U1  - 595.752 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Aphids
KW  - Host plants
KW  - Insect-plant relationships
KW  - Insect societies
KW  - Trees
KW  - Diseases and pests
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); 1; Introduction --; 2; Tree-dwelling aphids --; 3; Trees as a habitat : relations of aphids to trees --; 4; Trees as a habitat : relations of aphids to their natural enemies --; 5; Carrying capacity of trees --; 6; Aphid abundance --; 7; Population dynamics --; 8; Risky dispersal --; 9; Seasonal sex allocation --; 10; Aphids and tree fitness --; 11; Rarity, conservation and global warming
N2  - Literature on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour a top-down regulation of abundance, owing much to the action of natural enemies. Originally published in 2005, this volume challenges this paradigm and argues that tree-dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance. The biology of tree-dwelling aphids is examined, particularly their adaptation to the seasonal development of their host plants. When host-plant quality is favourable, aphids, by telescoping generations, can achieve prodigious rates of increase which their natural enemies are unable to match. Using analyses of long-term population censuses and results of experiments, this book introduces students and research workers to insect herbivore-host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542671
ER  -