Evolution of Insect Pests

Ke Chung Kim and Bruce A. McPheron are the authors of Evolution of Insect Pests: Patterns of Variation, published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: GENETIC VARIATION AND EVOLUTION. Insect Pests and Evolution (K. Kim). The Spatial Scale of Genetic Variation in Insect Populations (F. Gould). THE NATURE OF GENETIC VARIATION. Habitat-Related Variation and Evolution by Sexual Selection (K. Kaneshiro). Adaptation to Spatial Variation in Habitat: Spatial Effects in Agroecosystems (D. Margolies). ECOLOGY OF INVADING POPULATIONS. Habitat Factors in New Pest Invasions (D. Pimentel). The Evolution of Habitat Preference: Avoidance and Adaptation (M. Rausher). THE PATTERNS OF VARIATION: CASE STUDIES. Diversity and Variation of European Corn Borer Populations (W. Showers). The Role of Demic Adaptation in Colonization and Spread of Scale Insect Populations (L. Hanks & R. Denno). FUTURE PERSPECTIVES. Impact of Intraspecific Variation on Integrated Pest Management (G. Kennedy). Biology of Variations: Epilogue (K. Kim & B. McPheron). Index.