Pattern and Process in Host-Parasitoid Interactions

✍ Scribed by Bradford A. Hawkins

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Parasitoids are insects that parasitize and eventually kill other insects. Between one and two million species of parasitoid insect exist on the earth today. This book explores how this staggering diversity is maintained and documents patterns in host-parasitoid interactions, including parasitoid community richness, the importance of parasitoids as mortality factors, and their impact on host densities as determined by the outcomes of parasitoid introductions for biological control. It documents general patterns using data sets generated from the global literature and evaluates potential underlying biological, ecological, and evolutionary mechanisms. A theme running throughout the book is the importance of host refuges as a major constraint on host-parasitoid interactions.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1 - Introduction......Page 12
2.2 Parasitoid species richness......Page 16
2.3 Host mortality......Page 18
2.5 Independent variables......Page 24
2.6 Dependent variables......Page 30
2.7 Statistical analysis......Page 32
3.1 Introduction......Page 34
3.2 Host feeding niche......Page 35
3.3 Foodplant/habitat......Page 46
3.4 Latitude/climate......Page 55
3.5 Explained variance models......Page 63
3.6 Conclusions......Page 66
3.7 Summary......Page 79
4.1 Introduction......Page 81
4.2 Host feeding niche......Page 87
4.3 Foodplant/habitat......Page 89
4.4 Latitude/climate......Page 97
4.5 Conclusions......Page 105
4.6 Summary......Page 120
5.1 Introduction......Page 122
5.2 Host feeding niche......Page 123
5.3 Foodplant/habitat......Page 125
5.5 Parasitoid impact on host densities......Page 128
5.6 Conclusions......Page 133
5.7 Summary......Page 141
6.1 Introduction......Page 143
6.2 Primary parasitoid species richness......Page 145
6.3 Herbivore feeding niche......Page 147
6.4 Foodplant/habitat......Page 150
6.6 Conclusions......Page 154
6.7 Summary......Page 160
7 - Synthesis......Page 162
References......Page 180
Index......Page 194