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Insect herbivore-host dynamics : = tree-dwelling aphids /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Insect herbivore-host dynamics :/ A.F.G. Dixon.
Reminder of title:	tree-dwelling aphids /
Author:	Dixon, A. F. G.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 199 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Aphids - Host plants. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542671
ISBN:	9780511542671 (ebook)

Insect herbivore-host dynamics : = tree-dwelling aphids /
Dixon, A. F. G.

Insect herbivore-host dynamics :tree-dwelling aphids /A.F.G. Dixon. - 1 online resource (vii, 199 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction --1.

Literature on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour a top-down regulation of abundance, owing much to the action of natural enemies. Originally published in 2005, this volume challenges this paradigm and argues that tree-dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance. The biology of tree-dwelling aphids is examined, particularly their adaptation to the seasonal development of their host plants. When host-plant quality is favourable, aphids, by telescoping generations, can achieve prodigious rates of increase which their natural enemies are unable to match. Using analyses of long-term population censuses and results of experiments, this book introduces students and research workers to insect herbivore-host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model.

ISBN: 9780511542671 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1439889
Aphids
--Host plants.

LC Class. No.: QL527.A64 / D59 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 595.752

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