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050 0 0 _aQL527.A64
_bD59 2005
082 0 4 _a595.752
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100 1 _aDixon, A. F. G.
_q(Anthony Frederick George),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aInsect herbivore-host dynamics :
_btree-dwelling aphids /
_cA.F.G. Dixon.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2005.
300 _a1 online resource (vii, 199 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tIntroduction --
_g2.
_tTree-dwelling aphids --
_g3.
_tTrees as a habitat : relations of aphids to trees --
_g4.
_tTrees as a habitat : relations of aphids to their natural enemies --
_g5.
_tCarrying capacity of trees --
_g6.
_tAphid abundance --
_g7.
_tPopulation dynamics --
_g8.
_tRisky dispersal --
_g9.
_tSeasonal sex allocation --
_g10.
_tAphids and tree fitness --
_g11.
_tRarity, conservation and global warming.
520 _aLiterature 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.
650 0 _aAphids
_xHost plants.
650 0 _aInsect-plant relationships.
650 0 _aInsect societies.
650 0 _aTrees
_xDiseases and pests.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521802321
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542671
999 _c522016
_d522014