Insect Outbreaks Revisited

Pedro Barbosa was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, in New York City. He received his B.S. in biology from the City College of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Pedro's research interests are in theoretical and applied ecology of plant-insect interactions with an emphasis on tri-trophic interactions. He has authored or coauthored many refereed publications, and written or edited 13 books. Deborah K. Letourneau's Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral degrees are from the University of Michigan and University of California at Berkeley. As Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz her research concerns plant-insect interactions, biodiversity, and environmental risk in the context of decision-making that sustains both livelihoods and the environment.Anurag A. Agrawal studies the evolutionary ecology of plants and insects as a professor at Cornell University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Entomology. His work spans community ecology, invasive species, coevolution, and ecological genetics. Please visit his lab website www.herbivory.com for current projects and research.

• Contributors viiiAcknowledgments xiPreface xiiPART I PHYSIOLOGICAL AND LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVES 11 Insect Herbivore Outbreaks Viewed through a Physiological Framework: Insights from Orthoptera 3Spencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern2 The Dynamical Effects of Interactions between Inducible Plant Resistance and Food Limitation during Insect Outbreaks 30Karen C. Abbott3 Immune Responses and Their Potential Role in Insect Outbreaks 47J. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich4 The Role of Ecological Stoichiometry in Outbreaks of Insect Herbivores 71Eric M. Lind and Pedro BarbosaPART II POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS 895 Plant-Induced Responses and Herbivore Population Dynamics 91André Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelman6 Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks 113Andrew M. Liebhold, Kyle J. Haynes, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad7 What Tree-Ring Reconstruction Tells Us about Conifer Defoliator Outbreaks 126Ann M. Lynch8 Insect-Associated Microorganisms and Their Possible Role in Outbreaks 155Yasmin J. Cardoza, Richard W. Hofstetter, and Fernando E. VegaPART III POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY 1759 Life History Traits and Host Plant Use in Defoliators and Bark Beetles: Implications for Population Dynamics 177Julia Koricheva, Maartje J. Klapwijk, and Christer Björkman10 The Ecological Consequences of Insect Outbreaks 197Louie H. Yang11 Insect Outbreaks in Tropical Forests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences 219Lee A. Dyer, Walter P. Carson, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr.12 Outbreaks and Ecosystem Services 246Timothy D. SchowalterPART IV GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 26713 Evidence for Outbreaks from the Fossil Record of Insect Herbivory 269Conrad C. Labandeira14 Implications of Host-Associated Differentiation in the Control of Pest Species 291Raul F. MedinaPART V APPLIED PERSPECTIVES 31115 Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients 313Michael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury, and Dan A. Herms16 Resistance to Transgenic Crops and Pest Outbreaks 341Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carrière17 Natural Enemies and Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: A Landscape Perspective 355J. Megan Woltz, Benjamin P. Werling, and Douglas A. Landis18 Integrated Pest Management – Outbreaks Prevented, Delayed, or Facilitated? 371Deborah K. Letourneau19 Insect Invasions: Lessons from Biological Control of Weeds 395Peter B. McEvoy, Fritzi S. Grevstad, and Shon S. Schooler20 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Outbreak Potential 429Maartje J. Klapwijk, Matthew P. Ayres, Andrea Battisti, and Stig LarssonSubject Index 451Taxonomic Index 459Colour plate pages fall between pp. 196 and 197

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