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Insect evolutionary ecology : proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd Symposium / edited by M.D.E. Fellowes, School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK, G.J. Holloway, School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK, J. Rolff, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005Copyright date: 2005Description: 1 online resource (xii, 539 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Insect evolutionary ecology.DDC classification:
  • 595.713/8 23
LOC classification:
  • QL468.7 .R69 2004eb
Online resources: Also available in print format.
Contents:
Genetics, relatedness and social behaviour in insect societies / Andrew F.G. Bourke -- Do insect sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition dependence? / Samuel Cotton and Andrew Pomiankowski -- Sperm competition in butterflies and moths / Nina Wedell -- Alternative mating tactics and fatal fighting in male fig wasps / James M. Cook -- Seasonal plasticity, host plants, and the origin of butterfly biodiversity / Sören Nylin, Karl Gotthard and Georg H. Nygren -- Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects / J.J. Boomsma, P. Schmid-Hempel and W.O.H. Hughes -- Cascading effects of plant genetic variation on herbivore communities / Robert S. Fritz and Cris G. Hochwender -- The role of parasites of insect reproduction in the diversification of insect reproductive processes / Gregory D.D. Hurst, K. Mary Webberley and Robert Knell -- The evolution of imperfect mimicry / Francis Gilbert -- Evolutionary ecology of insect host-parasite interactions : an ecological immunology perspective / Kenneth Wilson -- Adaptive plasticity in response to predators in dragonfly larvae and other aquatic insects / Frank Johansson and Robby Stoks -- The peppered moth : decline of a Darwinian disciple / Michael E.N. Majerus -- Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens : towards an understanding of the evolution of ace genes / M. Weill, P. Labbe, O. Duron, N. Pasteur, P. Fort and M. Raymond -- Molecular and ecological differentiation of species and species interactions across large geographic regions : California and the Pacific Northwest / John N. Thompson and Ryan Calsbeek -- The genetic basis of speciation in a grasshopper hybrid zone / David M. Shuker, Tania M. King, José L. Bella and Roger K. Butlin -- Assortative mating and speciation as pleiotropic effects of ecological adaptation : examples in moths and butterflies / Chris D. Jiggins, Igor Emelianov and James Mallet -- Specializations and host associations of social parasites of ants / Jeremy A. Thomas, Karsten Schönrogge and Graham W. Elmes -- Evolutionary changes in expanding butterfly populations / Jane K. Hill, Calvin Dytham and Clare L. Hughes.
Abstract: These proceedings contain 18 papers that discuss topics on speciation and adaptation; life history, evolution, phenotypic plasticity and genetics; sexual selection and reproductive biology; insect-plant interactions; insect-natural enemy interactions; and social insects. A series of empirical case studies in evolutionary ecology using insects as model systems are also presented.
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"The 21st [sic] Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society"--Introd.

"As there was no 21st Symposium volume produced due to the lack of papers presented to make a volume, a 'Special issue - Insects and disease' of Physiological entomology has been produced"--The Society's Web site.

These proceedings contain 18 papers that discuss topics on speciation and adaptation; life history, evolution, phenotypic plasticity and genetics; sexual selection and reproductive biology; insect-plant interactions; insect-natural enemy interactions; and social insects. A series of empirical case studies in evolutionary ecology using insects as model systems are also presented.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetics, relatedness and social behaviour in insect societies / Andrew F.G. Bourke -- Do insect sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition dependence? / Samuel Cotton and Andrew Pomiankowski -- Sperm competition in butterflies and moths / Nina Wedell -- Alternative mating tactics and fatal fighting in male fig wasps / James M. Cook -- Seasonal plasticity, host plants, and the origin of butterfly biodiversity / Sören Nylin, Karl Gotthard and Georg H. Nygren -- Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects / J.J. Boomsma, P. Schmid-Hempel and W.O.H. Hughes -- Cascading effects of plant genetic variation on herbivore communities / Robert S. Fritz and Cris G. Hochwender -- The role of parasites of insect reproduction in the diversification of insect reproductive processes / Gregory D.D. Hurst, K. Mary Webberley and Robert Knell -- The evolution of imperfect mimicry / Francis Gilbert -- Evolutionary ecology of insect host-parasite interactions : an ecological immunology perspective / Kenneth Wilson -- Adaptive plasticity in response to predators in dragonfly larvae and other aquatic insects / Frank Johansson and Robby Stoks -- The peppered moth : decline of a Darwinian disciple / Michael E.N. Majerus -- Insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens : towards an understanding of the evolution of ace genes / M. Weill, P. Labbe, O. Duron, N. Pasteur, P. Fort and M. Raymond -- Molecular and ecological differentiation of species and species interactions across large geographic regions : California and the Pacific Northwest / John N. Thompson and Ryan Calsbeek -- The genetic basis of speciation in a grasshopper hybrid zone / David M. Shuker, Tania M. King, José L. Bella and Roger K. Butlin -- Assortative mating and speciation as pleiotropic effects of ecological adaptation : examples in moths and butterflies / Chris D. Jiggins, Igor Emelianov and James Mallet -- Specializations and host associations of social parasites of ants / Jeremy A. Thomas, Karsten Schönrogge and Graham W. Elmes -- Evolutionary changes in expanding butterfly populations / Jane K. Hill, Calvin Dytham and Clare L. Hughes.

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