A. F. G. Dixon

Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces students and research workers to insect herbivore host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780521802321
• ISBN-10: 0521802326
• Artikelnr.: 21167878

Autorenporträt

A. F. G.Dixon is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He has written over 200 papers on aphids and their natural enemies in scientific journals, and has written or edited 10 books. In 1992, he was awarded the Gregor Mendel Gold Medal by the Czech Academy of Science, in 2000 a medal of honour by Akademia Podlaska, Poland, and in 2001 became Laureate of the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Tree dwelling aphids
3. Trees as a habitat for aphids: relation to host plant
4. Trees as a habitat for aphids: relation to natural enemies
5. Carrying capacity of trees
6. Aphid abundance
7. Population dynamics
8. Risky dispersal
9. Seasonal sex allocation
10. Aphids and tree fitness
11. Rarity, conservation and global warming
Epilogue.