Population dynamics
Subtitle: new approaches and synthesis
By: edited by Naomi Cappuccino, Peter W. Price.
Contributors: Cappuccino, Naomi.; Price, Peter W.
Publisher: Academic Press
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Population biology; Insect populations.; Insect pests.
Notes: 1
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: TOCContents; title: Contributors; title: Preface; title: PART I: INTRODUCTION; title: CHChapter 1. Novel Approaches to the Study of Population Dynamics; title: I. Population Dynamics: A Brief Historical Review of the Major Concepts; title: II. Traditional and Novel Approaches to the Study of Population Dynamics; title: III. The Role of Herbivorous Insects in the Study of Population Dynamics; title: IV. Population Dynamics: The New (Pluralist) Synthesis; title: References; title: PART II: OBSERVATION AND COMPARATIVE APPROACHES; title: CHChapter 2. Population Regulation: Old Arguments and a New Synthesis; title: I. Introduction: The Never-Ending Debate; title: II. Definition of Population Regulation; title: III. Density-Dependence Tests; title: IV. So What Do the Data Say?; title: V. Beyond Density-Dependence Tests: Investigating the Structure of Population Regulation; title: VI. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?; title: References; title: CHChapter 3. Ecology, Life History, and Phylogeny of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Methods; title: III. Results; title: IV. Discussion; title: References; title: CHChapter 4. Spatial Behavior and Temporal Dynamics of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Comparative Studies; title: III. Toward an Explanation for Greater Temporal Variability in Species with Higher Spatial Variability; title: References; title: CHChapter 5. Minor Miners and Major Miners: Population Dynamics of Leaf-Mining Insects; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Abundance Patterns; title: III. Sources of Mortality; title: IV. Regulatory Effects of Variation in Mortality; title: V. Variation in Natality; title: VI. Case Studies; title: VII. Conclusions; title: References; title: PART III: MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES OF POPULATION DYNAMICS; title: CHChapter 6. Density-Dependent Dispersal and Its Consequences for Population Dynamics; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Evidence for Density-Dependent Dispersal; title: III. Consequences of Density-Dependent Dispersal for Local Population Dynamics; title: IV. Conclusions and Prospectus; title: References; title: CHChapter 7. Using Density-Manipulation Experiments to Study Population Regulation; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Review of Experimental Studies of the Past Twenty-Four Years; title: III. Guidelines for Experimental Studies of Regulation; title: IV. Beyond Local Regulation; title: V. How Far Can Experiments Get Us?; title: References; title: CHChapter 8. Butterfly Metapopulation Dynamics; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Four Necessary Conditions for Metapopulation-Level Regulation and Persistence of Species; title: III. The Incidence Function Model; title: IV. The Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia; title: V. Other Butterfly Metapopulations; title: VI. Discussion; title: References; title: CHChapter 9. Internal Dynamics and Metapopulations: Experimental Tests with Predator-Prey Systems; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Experimental Manipulations of Panonychus ulmi on Apple; title: III. Metapopulation, Structure, Theoritical Predictions, and Spider Mite Populations; title: IV. Conclusions; title: References; title: CHChapter 10. Herbivore-Natural Enemy Interactions in Fragmented and Continuous Forests; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Methods; title: III&