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Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics - Tree-Dwelling Aphids (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,135
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Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics - Tree-Dwelling Aphids (Hardcover): A. F. G. Dixon

Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics - Tree-Dwelling Aphids (Hardcover)

A. F. G. Dixon

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Literature on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour a top-down regulation of abundance, owing much to the action of natural enemies. Originally published in 2005, this volume challenges this paradigm and argues that tree-dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance. The biology of tree-dwelling aphids is examined, particularly their adaptation to the seasonal development of their host plants. When host-plant quality is favourable, aphids, by telescoping generations, can achieve prodigious rates of increase which their natural enemies are unable to match. Using analyses of long-term population censuses and results of experiments, this book introduces students and research workers to insect herbivore-host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: A. F. G. Dixon
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-80232-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology)
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LSN: 0-521-80232-6
Barcode: 9780521802321

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