Insect ecology : an ecosystem approach
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Insect ecology : an ecosystem approach
Academic Press, c2016
4th ed
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Previous ed.: 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-702) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fourth Edition, follows a hierarchical organization that begins with relatively easy-to-understand chapters on adaptive responses of insect populations to various environmental changes, disturbances, and anthropogenic activities, how insects find food and habitat resources, and how insects allocate available energy and nutrients.
Chapters build on fundamental information to show how insect populations respond to changing environmental conditions, including spatial and temporal distribution of food and habitat. The next section integrates populations of interacting species within communities and how these interactions determine structure of communities over time and space.
Other works in insect ecology stop there, essentially limiting presentation of insect ecology to evolutionary responses of insects to their environment, including the activities of other species. The unique aspect of this book is its four chapters on ecosystem structure and function, and how herbivores, pollinators, seed predators, and detritivores drive ecosystem dynamics and contribute to ecosystem stability.
Table of Contents
1. Overview
Section I: Ecology of individual insects2. Responses to Abiotic Conditions3. Resource Acquisition4. Resource Allocation
Section II: Population ecology5. Population Systems6. Population Dynamics7. Biogeography
Section III: Community ecology8. Species Interactions9. Community Structure10. Community Dynamics
Section IV: Ecosystem level11. Ecosystem Structure and Function12. Herbivory13. Pollination, Seed Predation, and Seed Dispersal14. Decomposition and Pedogenesis15. Insects as Regulators of Ecosystem Processes
Section V: Applications and synthesis16. Application to Sustainability of Ecosystem Services17. Management of Insect Populations18. Summary and Synthesis
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