Insect Herbivory [electronic resource] /

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The evolutionary context and its implications -- 2 Plants as food for insects -- 2.1 Variation in the nutritive value of plant tissue -- 2.2 Barriers to the use of plant tissues -- 2.3 Trace compound barriers -- 2.4 Dosage-dependent chemical barriers -- 2.5 Changes in plant tissue resulting from herbivory -- 2.6 Strategies of insect herbivory and plant response -- 3 Insect adaptations to herbivory -- 3.1 Finding the food: host-plant location and recognition -- 3.2 Finding the food: synchronization with the host-plant -- 3.3 Insect feeding mechanisms -- 3.4 Food utilization and conversion efficiencies -- 4 Insect herbivory and non-woody plants -- 4.1 Herbivory and the individual plant -- 4.2 Herbivory and the plant population -- 4.3 Quantitative relationships -- 5 Insect herbivory and woody plants -- 5.1 The distribution and intensity of insect herbivory -- 5.2 The consequences of herbivory for the woody plant -- 5.3 Other effects of insect herbivory -- 5.4 Insect herbivores and tree rings -- 6 Insect herbivory and the plant community -- 6.1 Plant community composition and insect abundance -- 6.2 Effects of insect herbivory on plant communities -- 7 Insect herbivory in ecosystems -- 7.1 The scale of insect herbivory -- 7.2 The role of insect herbivores in the ecosystem -- 7.3 Insect herbivory and agricultural ecosystems -- References.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hodkinson, I. D. author., Hughes, M. K. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1982
Subjects:	Science., Science, general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5951-4
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