Insect Populations In theory and in practice

• 1.- 1 Spatial structure and dynamics of insect populations.- 2 The regulation of populations by density-dependent processes.- 3 The role of density-independent processes in the stabilization of insect populations.- 4 Resource limitation of populations and ceiling models.- 5 The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data.- 6 Host-parasitoid dynamics.- 7 Biological control of insects: implications for theory in population ecology.- 8 The effects of qualitative changes of individuals in the population dynamics of insects.- 2.- 9 Population dynamics of aphids.- 10 The population dynamics of Tephritidae that inhabit flower-heads.- 11 Population dynamics in the genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).- 12 The dynamics of a herbivore-plant interaction, the cinnabar moth and ragwort.- 13 The population dynamics of Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).- 14 Population ecology of a gall-inducing sawfly, Euura lasiolepis, and relatives.- 15 The population ecology of Trichochermes walkeri.- 16 Bottom-up population regulation of a herbivorous lady beetle: an evolutionary perspective.- 17 The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes.- Concluding remarks.- References.- Species Index.

'...I would recommend the book not only for all the researchers in insect population ecology, but also as excellent reading for graduate seminars in (insect) population ecology, and as an excellent basis for discussion groups.' European Journal of Entomology, 97 (2000) 'This uge package of knowledge must surely be read throughly more than once in order to digest everything. On the other hand, every reader can pick the articles that they find most interesting. I can warmly recommend the book as a basic textbook for university students as well as to professors and other lectures and all scientists dealing with these topics.' Entomologica Fennica, Vol.12