Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach

✍ Scribed by Timothy D. Schowalter

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 650
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The third edition of Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach provides a modern perspective of insect ecology that integrates two approaches traditionally used to study insect ecology: evolutionary and ecosystem. This integration substantially broadens the scope of insect ecology and contributes to prediction and resolution of the effects of current environmental changes, as these affect and are affected by insects. The third edition includes an updated and expanded synthesis of feedback and interactions between insects and their environment. This updated material and a new chapter on applications of insect ecology to social and environmental issues effectively demonstrates how evolutionary and ecosystem approaches complement each other, with the intent of stimulating further integration of these approaches in experiments that address insect roles in ecosystems. Effective management of ecosystem resources depends on evaluation of the complex, often complementary, effects of insects on ecosystem conditions, as well as insect responses to changing conditions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Insect Ecology; An Ecosystem Approach
Copyright
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Overview
I - Scope Of Insect Ecology
II - Ecosystem Ecology
III - Environmental Change And Disturbance
IV - Ecosystem Approach To Insect Ecology
V - Scope Of This Book
Section I - Ecology of Individual Insects
Chapter 2 - Responses to Abiotic Conditions
Introduction
I - The Physical Template
II - Surviving Variable Abiotic Conditions
III - Factors Affecting Dispersal Behavior
IV - Responses To Anthropogenic Changes
V - Summary
Chapter 3 - Resource Acquisition
Introduction
I - Resource Quality
II - Resource Acceptability
III - Resource Availability
IV - Summary
Chapter 4 - Resource Allocation
Introduction
I - Resource Budget
II - Allocation Of Assimilated Resources
III - Efficiency Of Resource Use
IV - Summary
Section II - Population Ecology
Chapter 5 - Population Systems
Introduction
I - Population Structure
II - Population Processes
III - Life History Characteristics
IV - Parameter Estimation
V - Summary
Chapter 6 - Population Dynamics
Introduction
I - Population Fluctuation
II - Factors Affecting Population Size
III - Models Of Population Change
IV - Summary
Chapter 7 - Biogeography
Introduction
I. Geographic Distribution
III. Habitat Connectivity
Iv. Anthropogenic Effects On Spatial Dynamics
V. Models Of Spatial Dynamics
VI. Summary
Section III - Community Ecology
Chapter 8 - Species Interactions
INTRODUCTION
I. CLASSES OF INTERACTIONS
II. FACTORS AFFECTING INTERACTIONS
III. CONSEQUENCES OF INTERACTIONS
IV. SUMMARY
Chapter 9 - Community Structure
Introduction
I. Approaches To Describing Communities
II. Patterns Of Community Structure
III. Determinants Of Community Structure
IV. Summary
Chapter 10 - Community Dynamics
Introduction
I. Short-Term Change In Community Structure
II. Successional Change In Community Structure
III. Paleoecology
IV. Diversity Vs. Stability
V. Summary
Section IV - Ecosystem Level
Chapter 11 - Ecosystem Structure and Function
Introduction
I - Ecosystem Structure
II - Energy Flow
III - Biogeochemical Cycling
IV - Climate Modification
V - Ecosystem Modeling
VI - Summary
Chapter 12 - Herbivory
Introduction
I - Types And Patterns Of Herbivory
II - Effects Of Herbivory
III - Summary
Chapter 13 - Pollination, SeedPredation and SeedDispersal
Introduction
I - Types And Patterns Of Pollination
II - Effects Of Pollination
III - Types And Patterns Of Seed Predation And Dispersal
IV - Effects Of Seed Predation And Dispersal
V - Summary
Chapter 14 - Decomposition and Pedogenesis
INTRODUCTION
I. TYPES AND PATTERNS OF DETRITIVORY AND BURROWING
II. EFFECTS OF DETRITIVORY AND BURROWING
III. SUMMARY
Chapter 15 - Insects as Regulators of Ecosystem Processes
Introduction
I. Development Of The Concept
II. Ecosystems As Cybernetic Systems
III. Summary
Section V - Applications and Synthesis
Chapter 16 - Applications
Introduction
I. Ecosystem Services
A. Provisioning Services
II. Integrated Pest Management
III. Conservation/Restoration Ecology
IV. Invasive Species
V. Indicators Of Environmental Conditions
VI. Summary
Chapter 17 - Summary and Synthesis
Introduction
I. Summary
II. Synthesis
III. Critical Issues
IV. Conclusions
Bibliography
Author Index
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index