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This is the fourth volume of a series devoted to providing a
comprehensive review of the study of plant-eating insects, covering
topics ranging from biochemistry to ecology and evolution. Volume
IV examines the status of mutualism, using the fig-insect
interaction; phytosterols as important components of adaptive
syndromes in herbivorous insects; methods utilized by plant-eating
insects to detect compounds that deter feeding, including the
various codes and how and why they vary; and the nature and
significance of extrafloral nectaries in plants. The book also
covers the varied roles of quinolizidines in plants, in addition to
reviewing the controversial arena of plant stress and insect
performance. Insect-Plant Interactions, Volume IV, is an important
reference work for entomologists, zoologists, ecologists, and other
scientists involved in studies with insect-plant interactions.
Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the
breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and
evolution. Articles are selected from areas of particular current
interest or subjects that would especially benefit from a new
review. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary selection in each
volume will help readers to enter new fields of insect-plant
interactions.
Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the
breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and
evolution. Articles are selected from areas of particular current
interest or subjects that would especially benefit from a new
review. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary selection in each
volume will help readers to enter new fields of insect-plant
interactions.
Volume 5 of "Insect-Plant Interactions" is a volume in a series
that presents research in the field. Topics covered include
chemical changes in plants as a result of insects feeding on their
leaves, dynamic elements of the use and avoidance of host plants by
tephritid flies as a result of the presence of other flies, floral
volatiles in insect biology, endophytic fungi as mediators of plant
insect interactions, the cost of chemical defence against
herbivory, and life history traits on insect herbivores in relation
to host quality. The book also presents the first available review
on physicochemical conditions of the gut lumen from an ecological
perspective.
Volume 5 of "Insect-Plant Interactions" is a volume in a series
that presents research in the field. Topics covered include
chemical changes in plants as a result of insects feeding on their
leaves, dynamic elements of the use and avoidance of host plants by
tephritid flies as a result of the presence of other flies, floral
volatiles in insect biology, endophytic fungi as mediators of plant
insect interactions, the cost of chemical defence against
herbivory, and life history traits on insect herbivores in relation
to host quality. The book also presents the first available review
on physicochemical conditions of the gut lumen from an ecological
perspective.
First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship
between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with
each other. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of
notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful
reference for students of oncology, and other practitioners in
their respective fields.
This is the fourth volume of a series devoted to providing a
comprehensive review of the study of plant-eating insects, covering
topics ranging from biochemistry to ecology and evolution. Volume
IV examines the status of mutualism, using the fig-insect
interaction; phytosterols as important components of adaptive
syndromes in herbivorous insects; methods utilized by plant-eating
insects to detect compounds that deter feeding, including the
various codes and how and why they vary; and the nature and
significance of extrafloral nectaries in plants. The book also
covers the varied roles of quinolizidines in plants, in addition to
reviewing the controversial arena of plant stress and insect
performance. Insect-Plant Interactions, Volume IV, is an important
reference work for entomologists, zoologists, ecologists, and other
scientists involved in studies with insect-plant interactions.
Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the
breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and
evolution. Articles are selected from areas of particular current
interest or subjects that would especially benefit from a new
review. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary selection in each
volume will help readers to enter new fields of insect-plant
interactions. Volume III contains six contrasting articles.
Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the
breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and
evolution. Articles are selected from areas of particular current
interest or subjects that would especially benefit from a new
review. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary selection in each
volume will help readers to enter new fields of insect-plant
interactions. Volume II contains six very different articles.
For more than 20 years insect/plant relations have been a focus for
studies in ecology and evolution. The importance of insects as crop
pests, and the great potential of insects for the biological
control of weeds, have provided further impetus for work in this
area. All this attention has resulted in books on various aspects
of the topic, and reviews and research papers are abundant. So why
write another book? It seems to us that, in the midst of all this
activity, behavior has been neglected. We do not mean to suggest
that there have not been admirable papers on behavior. The fact
that we can write this book attests to that. But we feel that, too
often, behavior is relegated to a back seat. In comparison to the
major ecological and evolutionary questions, it may seem trivial.
Yet the whole process of host-plant selection and host-plant
specificity amongst insects depends on behavior, and selection for
behavioral differences must be a prime factor in the evolution of
host-plant specificity. In writing this book, we hope to draw
attention to this central role of behavior and, hopefully,
encourage a few students to attack some of the very difficult
questions that remain unanswered.
First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship
between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with
each other. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of
notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful
reference for students of oncology, and other practitioners in
their respective fields.
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