Insect life-cycle polymorphism: Theory, evolution and ecological consequences for seasonality and diapause control

✍ Scribed by Sinzo Masaki, Wolfgang Wipking (auth.), H. V. Danks (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Leaves: 383
Series: Series Entomologica 52
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Recent studies have shown that genetic polymorphisms play an important role in structuring the seasonal life cycles of insects, complementing an earlier emphasis on the effects of environmental factors. This book presents current ideas and recent research on insect life--cycle polymorphism in a series of carefully prepared chapters by international experts, covering the full breadth of the subject in order to give an up-to-date view of how life cycles are controlled and how they evolve. By consolidating our view of insect life--cycle polymorphism in this way, the book provides a staging point for further enquiries.
The volume will be of interest to a wide variety of entomologists and other biologists interested in the control and evolution of life cycles and in understanding the extraordinarily complex ecological strategies of insects and other organisms.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Insect life-cycle polymorphism: Introduction....Pages 1-3
Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects....Pages 5-40
Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations in butterflies....Pages 41-67
Evolutionarily stable seasonal timing of univoltine and bivoltine insects....Pages 69-89
Variation of carabid life cycles along climatic gradients: An adaptive perspective for life-history evolution under adverse conditions....Pages 91-112
Variation in diapause characteristics and its consequences on population phenomena in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch....Pages 113-132
Climatic legacies and sex Chromosomes: Latitudinal patterns of voltinism, diapause, size, and host-plant selection in two species of swallowtail butterflies at their hybrid zone....Pages 133-171
Diapause as a pivotal factor for latitudinal and seasonal adaptation in Locusta migratoria in Japan....Pages 173-190
Summer diapause in the polymorphic life cycle of the noctuid moth Mamestra brassicae ....Pages 191-204
Life-history variation in Dolichopoda cave crickets....Pages 205-226
Life-history patterns in 15 populations of Protohermes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae): Effects of prey size and temperature....Pages 227-243
Production of alatae in response to low temperature in aphids: A trait of seasonal adaptation....Pages 245-261
Wing dimorphism and migration in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål....Pages 263-275
Seasonal time partitioning and polymorphism in the developmental cycles of sympatric Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera) living in an unstable environment....Pages 277-312
Control of alternate-year flight activities in high-alpine Ringlet butterflies ( Erebia , Satyridae) and Burnet moths ( Zygaena , Zygaenidae) from temperate environments....Pages 313-347
Insect life-cycle polymorphism: Current ideas and future prospects....Pages 349-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-381

✦ Subjects

Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Human Genetics

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