Insect populations in theory and in practice
Subtitle: 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society, 10-11 September 1997 at the University of Newcastle
By: edited by J.P. Dempster and I.F.G. McLean.
Contributors: McLean, I. F. G.; Dempster, J. P. 1930-
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Insect populations -- Congresses.; Insect populations -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Entomologists have played a leading role in developing a theoretical basis to Population Ecology, but we still do not have adequate experimental and observational proof for many of the theoretical ideas that have been proposed. As a result, the subject has been beset with arguments for more than 50 years. This volume attempts to reconcile some of these controversies, while also reviewing the current state of our knowledge. The editors have drawn together an international list of contributors whose views reflect a range of opinions on how natural populations are stabilised. They have succeeded in producing a book that both covers the main alternative views in population theory and contains some of the best recent field studies of insect populations." "This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume will be of great interest to all entomologists and ecologists, particularly those who wish to know more about Population Dynamics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-476) and indexes.