Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological PatternsFormerly regarded as pure ecological subjects, the study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals is presented here in an evolutionary framework. This book argues that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, including the way that populations fluctuate through time and space. This new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists and behavioral scientists and is also relevant to those entomologists working in pest management. |
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abundance adaptive radiation adaptive syndrome adult aphids approach Arizona arroyo willow attack behavior Berryman biology bottom-up butterflies chapter clones conifers correlated Craig diprionids distribution Ecol ecology effects eggs emergent properties Entomol Euura lasiolepis evolution evolutionary evolved factors fecundity females Finland Flagstaff foliage gall-inducing sawflies gallers grasshoppers growth habitat herbivores Homoptera host plant Hymenoptera insect herbivores insect populations instar interactions Joensuu K-selected larvae larvae feed leaf gall Lepidoptera macroecology macroevolutionary mechanistic mortality natural enemies number of species outbreak species oviposition ovipositional preference ovipositor P. W. Price paradigm parasitism parasitoids patterns in nature percent phenology Phyllocolpa Phylogenetic Constraints Hypothesis pine Pinus plant modules plant quality plant species plesiomorphic Pontania population dynamics predation Press ramets Roininen Salix lasiolepis sawflies selection shoot length shrubs spruce budworm studies survivorship curve Table taxa taxon tenthredinids theory tion trees tropical vigorous willow winter moth
References to this book
Foundations of Restoration Ecology Donald A. Falk,Margaret A. Palmer,Joy B. Zedler Limited preview - 2013 |