Parasitoids (eBook)

Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

H. Charles J. Godfray (Autor)

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2019
488 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20702-5 (ISBN)

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Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other species of insect, and the parasitoid larvae develop by feeding on the host, causing its eventual death. Known for a long time to applied biologists for their importance in regulating the population densities of economic pests, parasitoids have recently proven to be valuable tools in testing many aspects of evolutionary theory. This book synthesizes the work of both schools of parasitoid biology and asks how a consideration of evolutionary biology can help us understand the behavior, ecology, and diversity of the approximately one to two million species of parasitoid found on earth. After a general introduction to parasitoid natural history and taxonomy, the first part of the book treats the different components of the reproductive strategy of parasitoids: searching for a host, host selection, clutch size, and the sex ratio. Subsequent chapters discuss pathogens and non-Mendelian genetic elements that affect sexual reproduction; evolutionary aspects of the physiological interactions between parasitoid and host; mating strategies; life history theory and community ecology. A special effort is made to discuss the theoretical background to the subject, but without the use of mathematics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Reihe/Serie: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
• Zusatzinfo: 69 line illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Aggressive mimicry • Allomone • Almond moth • Ant mimicry • Aonidiella aurantii • aphid • Aphidiinae • Aphidius nigripes • Apocrypta • Army ant • bark beetle • Batesian mimicry • Bean weevil • Beehive • Bethylidae • biological pest control • Bird nest • blister beetle • Braconidae • Brood (honey bee) • character displacement • Coevolution • Copidosoma • Cotesia congregata • Cuckoo wasp • Cytoplasmic incompatibility • Diapause • Drosophila • Dufour's gland • Ecdysone • Egg • Ehrlichia • Encyrtidae • Evolution of sexual reproduction • Fall webworm • Fecundity • female • Fire ant • Fisher's principle • flea • Flesh fly • Flour moth • Gall wasp • Gamete • genetic drift • Gracillariidae • haplodiploidy • Host (biology) • Hybrid incompatibility • Hymenoptera • Hypera postica • Ichneumonidae • Inbreeding • instar • Juvenile hormone • Kairomone • larva • louse • Male egg • mating • Megarhyssa • Nasonia • Nasonia vitripennis • Niche differentiation • Ophioninae • Oviparity • oviposition • parasitism • Parasitoid • Parasitoid wasp • Pheromone • Pheromone trap • Pimpla • Pimplinae • Planidium • Platygastridae • Polar Body • Population cycle • predation • Pteromalidae • pupa • reproductive isolation • Reproductive success • Scale insect • Scelionidae • Sex pheromone • Sex Ratio • Sexual Dimorphism • Sexual Selection • sperm competition • Strepsiptera • Superparasitism • sympatry • Thelytoky • Tiphiidae • Trichogramma • Trichogramma evanescens • Trichopoda pennipes • Wolbachia • worker bee
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20702-X / 069120702X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20702-5 / 9780691207025