Insect Populations In Theory and in Practice: 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society 10¿11 September 1997 at the University of Newcastle - Brossura

`...I would recommend the book not only for all the researchers in insect population ecology, but also as excellent reading for graduate seminars in (insect) population ecology, and as an excellent basis for discussion groups.'
European Journal of Entomology, 97 (2000)
`This uge package of knowledge must surely be read throughly more than once in order to digest everything. On the other hand, every reader can pick the articles that they find most interesting. I can warmly recommend the book as a basic textbook for university students as well as to professors and other lectures and all scientists dealing with these topics.'
Entomologica Fennica, Vol.12

Preface. Contributors. Introduction. Definition of terms. Part 1: 1. Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations; I. Hanski. 2. The regulation of populations by density-dependent processes; M.P. Hassell. 3. The role of density-independent processes in the stabilization of insect populations; P.J. den Boer. 4. Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models; J.P. Dempster. 5. The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data; P. Rothery. 6. Host-parasitoid dynamics; H.C.J. Godfray, C.B. Müller. 7. Biological control of insects: implications for theory in population ecology; W.W. Murdoch, C.J. Briggs, T.R. Collier. 8. The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects; S.R. Leather, C.S. Awmack. Part 2: 9. Population dynamics of aphids; A.F.G. Dixon, P. Kindlmann. 10. The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flower-heads; N.A. Straw. 11. Population dynamics of the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae); J.A. Thomas, R.T. Clarke, G.W. Elmes, M.E. Hochberg. 12. The dynamics of a herbivore-plant interaction, the cinnabar moth and ragwort; E. van der Meijden, R.M. Nisbet, M.J. Crawley. 13. The population dynamics of Operophthera brumata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae); J. Roland. 14. Population ecology of a gall-inducing sawfly, Euura lasiolepis, and relatives; P.W. Price, T.P. Craig, M.D. Hunter. 15. The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri; I.F.G.McLean. 16. Bottom-up population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle: an evolutionary perspective; T. Ohgushi. 17. The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes; O.M. Fincke. Concluding remarks. References. Species Index. Subject Index.