Insect Evolutionary Ecology: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd SymposiumInsects provide excellent model systems for understanding evolutionary ecology. They are abundant, small, and relatively easy to rear, and these traits facilitate both field and laboratory experiments. This book has been developed from the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd international symposium, held in Reading in 2003. Topics include speciation and adaptation; life history, phenotype plasticity and genetics; sexual selection and reproductive biology; insect-plant interactions; insect-natural enemy interactions; and social insects. |
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Do Insect Sexual Ornaments Demonstrate Heightened Condition Dependence? | 31 |
Sperm Competition in Butterflies and Moths | 49 |
Alternative Mating Tactics and Fatal Fighting in Male Fig Wasps | 83 |
Seasonal Plasticity Host Plants and the Origin of Butterfly Biodiversity | 111 |
Life Histories and Parasite Pressure Across the Major Groups of Social Insects | 139 |
Cascading Effects of Plant Genetic Variation on Herbivore Communities | 177 |
The Role of Parasites of Insect Reproduction in the Diversification of Insect Reproductive Processes | 205 |
Adaptive Plasticity in Response to Predators in Dragonfly Larvae and Other Aquatic Insects | 347 |
The Peppered Moth Decline of a Darwinian Disciple | 371 |
Insecticide Resistance in the Mosquito Culex pipiens Towards an Understanding of the Evolution of ace Genes | 397 |
Molecular and Ecological Differentiation of Species and Species Interactions Across Large Geographic Regions California and the Pacific Northwest | 409 |
The Genetic Basis of Speciation in a Grasshopper Hybrid Zone | 427 |
Assortative Mating and Speclation as Pleiotropic Effects of Ecological Adaptation Examples in Moths and Butterflies | 455 |
Specializations and Host Associations of Social Parasites of Ants | 479 |
Evolutionary Changes in Expanding Butterfly Populations | 519 |
The Evolution of Imperfect Mimicry | 231 |
Evolutionary Ecology of Insect HostParasite Interactions an Ecological Immunology Perspective | 289 |
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