Screen LibraryInsect outbreaks revisited
"The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118295205 |
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"The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion. They can be hugely destructive when the insect is a crop pest or carries diseases of humans, farm animals, or wildlife. Knowledge of these types of population dynamics and computer models that may help predict when they occur are very important. This important new book revisits |
| Item Description: | Updates: Insect outbreaks / edited by Pedro Barbosa and Jack C. Shultz. San Diego : Academic Press, c1987. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118295205 (electronic bk.) 111829520X (electronic bk.) 9781118253861 (electronic bk.) 1118253868 (electronic bk.) 9781280880360 (MyiLibrary) 1280880368 (MyiLibrary) |
| Index Number: | QL496 |
| CLC: | Q968 |
| Contents: | Insect herbivore outbreaks viewed through a physiological framework : insights from Orthoptera / Spencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern -- The dynamical effects of interactions between inducible plant resistance and food limitation during insect outbreaks / Karen C. Abbott -- Immune responses and their potential role in insect outbreaks / J. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich -- The role of ecological stoichiometry in outbreaks of insect herbivores / Eric M. Lind and Pedro Barbosa -- Plant-induced responses and herbivore population dynamics / André Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelma |