Evolutionary ecology across three trophic levels : goldenrods, gallmakers, and natural enemies
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Evolutionary ecology across three trophic levels : goldenrods, gallmakers, and natural enemies
（Monographs in population biology, 29）
Princeton University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-437) and indexes
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: pbk ISBN 9780691012087
内容説明
In a work that will interest researchers in ecology, genetics, botany, entomology, and parasitology, Warren Abrahamson and Arthur Weis present the results of more than twenty-five years of studying plant-insect interactions. Their study centers on the ecology and evolution of interactions among a host plant, the parasitic insect that attacks it, and the suite of insects and birds that are the natural enemies of the parasite. Because this system provides a model that can be subjected to experimental manipulations, it has allowed the authors to address specific theories and concepts that have guided biological research for more than two decades and to engage general problems in evolutionary biology. The specific subjects of research are the host plant goldenrod (Solidago), the parasitic insect Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) that induces a gall on the plant stem, and a number of natural enemies of the gallfly. By presenting their detailed empirical studies of the Solidago-Eurosta natural enemy system, the authors demonstrate the complexities of specialized enemy-victim interactions and, thereby, the complex interactive relationships among species more broadly.
By utilizing a diverse array of field, laboratory, behavioral, genetic, chemical, and statistical techniques, Abrahamson and Weis present the most thorough study to date of a single system of interacting species. Their interest in the evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions leads them to insights on the evolution of species interactions in general. This major work will interest anyone involved in studying the ways in which interdependent species interact.
目次
ForewordPreface and Acknowledgments1Evolutionary Ecology and the Interactions of Plants with Insects32The Stem Gallmaker, Its Natural Enemies, and Goldenrod: A Model System of Tritrophic-Level Interaction143Eurosta's Impact on Goldenrod504Host-Plant Resistance to Gallmaker Attack: The Plant-Gallmaker Encounter - The Plant's Perspective1005Host-Plant Choice1356The Gall as Eurosta's Extended Phenotype1717Host Specificity and Herbivore Speciation1948The Third Trophic Level as an Agent of Selection2549The Variable Biotic Environment and Variable Selection28610Phenotypic Plasticity and Spurious Evolution32111Selection on the Hierarchy of Attack and Defense33712Goldenrod, Gallmakers, and the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions382References399Author Index437Subject Index448
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: cloth ISBN 9780691037332
内容説明
This work presents the results of over 25 years of studying plant-insect interactions. The study centres on the ecology and evolution of interactions among a host plant, the parasitic insect that attacks it, and the insects and birds that are the parasite's natural enemies. Since this system provides a model that can be subjected to experimental manipulations, it has allowed the authors to address specific theories and concepts that have guided biological research for more than two decades and to engage general problems in evolutionary biology. The specific subjects of research are the host plant goldenrod ("Solidago"), the parasitic insect "Eurosta solidaginis" ("Diptera: Tephritidae") that induces a gall on the plant stem, and a number of natural enemies of the gallfly. By presenting their detailed empirical studies of the "Solidago-Eurosta" natural enemy system, the authors demonstrate the complexities of specialized enemy-victim interactions and, thereby, the complex interactive relationships among species more broadly.
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