Population Biology of Tropical Insects
In this book I have tried to bring together the major developments in the study of insect populations in tropical environments. In some ways, this task has been a difficult one because conceptually it is virtually impossible to limit a discussion of insect ecology to the tropics, since the same conc...
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Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1982, 1982
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
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Table of Contents:
- 6.2. Demography and Fitness in Populations: Implications for Tropical Insects
- 6.3. Further Notes on Population Regulation
- 6.4. Some Examples of Census Histories in Tropical Insects
- 6.5. Population Responses to Environmental Heterogeneity in Tropical Insects
- 6.6. Competition as a Selective Force in Population Responses
- 6.7. Spatial Environmental Heterogeneity and Demes in the Tropics
- 7. Effects of Seasonality on Insect Populations in the Tropics
- 7.1. Temperate Zone and Tropical Seasonality
- 7.2. Some Regional Patterns of Seasonality in the Tropics
- 7.3. Some Seasonal Distributions of Tropical Insects
- 7.4. Molding of Ecological Traits in Tropical Insects by the Dry Season
- 8. Dynamics of Organization of Insect Commmiities in Tropical Ecosystems
- 8.1. Notes on Tropical Ecosystems
- 8.2. Pattems of Organization in Tropical Forests: Some Comments
- 8.3. Notes on the Dynamics of Tropical Insect Communities
- 10.6. Some Examples of Differential Adaptation to Tropical Lowland and Montane Areas by Insects
- References
- 1. The Faunistic Richness of Insects in the Tropics: A Brief Overview
- 2. Individual and Population Responses to Environments
- 2.1. Ecological Response
- 2.2. Natural Selection
- 2.3. Some Properties of Populations
- 2.4. Ecological Diversity and the Tropics
- 2.5. Some Mechanisms Underlying Tropical Insect Density
- 2.6. Strategies of Response to the Environment
- 2.7. Natural Selection and Properties of Populations
- 2.8. Environmental Predictability and Response Patterns
- 3. Machinery of Environmental Response Mechanisms in Insects: Key to Evolutionary and Ecological Diversification
- 3.1. Notes on Insect Diversity
- 3.2. Comments on Insect Physiology
- 3.3. Integration of the Insect Phenotype by Hormonal Systems: A Brief Review
- 3.4. Diapause and Migration in Insect Populations: Escape in Time and Space
- 3.5. Temperature, Photoperiod, and Other Factors Related to Insect Activity: Further Comments
- 3.6. Notes on Mating and Communication in Insects
- 8.4. Some Ecological Factors Generating Patchy Distributions of Insects in Tropical Habitats
- 9. Insect Species in Agricultural Habitats in the Tropics
- 9.1. Plant-Insect Interactions and Tropical Agricultural Habitats: Some Comments
- 9.2. Insect Pollination in an Agricultural Habitat in the Tropics: The Case of Cacao
- 9.3. Grazing and Related Activities by Insects in Agricultural Habitats in the Tropics
- 9.4. Tropical Insect Pest Populations
- 10. Biogeographical and Regional Evolutionary-Ecological Effects on the Maintenance of Tropical Insect Faunas: A Brief Perspective
- 10.1. Historical Events and Ecological Processes
- 10.2. Altitudinal and Other Macrogradients in Tropical Regions
- 10.3. Notes on Altitudinal Gradients in the Tropics
- 10.4 Biogeographical Pattems of the Origins of Tropical Insect Faunas
- 10.5. Some Mechanisms of Ecological and Evolutionary Differentiation
- 3.7. Rhythmicity in Tropical Insects
- 3.8. Sociality and Defense in Social Insects
- 3.9. Density-Related Behavior in Insects
- 3.10. Notes on the Physiology of Feeding in Insects
- 4. Ecological Aspects of Plant Defenses against Insects
- 4.1. Plant Defenses and Coevolution: An Overview
- 4.2. Evolution of Unpalatability and Implications for Food Chains
- 4.3. Notes on Defoliation in the Tropics
- 4.4. Notes on Seed Prédation in Tropical Habitats
- 4.5. Notes on Plant-Ant Interactions in the Tropics
- 5. Distribution Patterns of Insects in Tropical Habitats
- 5.1. The Concept of Local Adaptation
- 5.2. Examples of Habitat Differentiation in the Tropics
- 5.3. Insect Communities in Tropical Habitats
- 5.4. Plant Resources and Habitat Selection in Tropical Insects
- 5.5. Disturbed and Undisturbed Habitats: SomeGeneral Effects
- 6. Population Responses to the Environment in Tropical Insects
- 6.1. Adaptation to Habitats