Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvi, Robert F. Denno, Mark S. McClure
INTRODUCTION: Variability: A Key to Understanding Plant–Herbivore Interactions, Pages 1-12, ROBERT F. DENNO, MARK S. McCLURE, Robert F. Denno, Mark S. McClure
Introduction to Sources of Intraplant Variation and Consequences for Herbivores, Pages 13-14
CHAPTER 1 - Host Manipulation of Parasites: Within-Plant Variation as a Defense against Rapidly Evolving Pests, Pages 15-41, THOMAS G. WHITHAM
CHAPTER 2 - Insect-Induced Chemical Signals Regulating Natural Plant Protection Responses, Pages 43-60, C.A. RYAN
CHAPTER 3 - Habitat Selection and Foraging Tactics of Caterpillars in Heterogeneous Trees, Pages 61-90, JACK C. SCHULTZ
CHAPTER 4 - Leaf Age as a Predictor of Herbivore Distribution and Abundance, Pages 91-124, MICHAEL J. RAUPP, ROBERT F. DENNO
CHAPTER 5 - Competition between Herbivores and Increased Resource Heterogeneity, Pages 125-153, MARK S. McCLURE
CHAPTER 6 - Herbivore Population Dynamics and Plant Chemistry, Pages 155-220, DAVID F. RHOADES
Introduction to Sources of Interplant Variation and Consequences for Herbivores, Pages 221-222
CHAPTER 7 - Ecology of Host-Selection Behavior in Phytophagous Insects, Pages 223-257, MARK D. RAUSHER
CHAPTER 8 - Influence of Vegetation Texture on Herbivore Populations: Resource Concentration and Herbivore Movement, Pages 259-289, PETER KAREIVA
CHAPTER 9 - Tracking Variable Host Plants in Space and Time, Pages 291-341, ROBERT F. DENNO
CHAPTER 10 - Effects of Host-Plant Variability on the Fitness of Sedentary Herbivorous Insects, Pages 343-370, RODGER MITCHELL
Introduction to Host Plants and Genetic Variation in Herbivore Populations, Pages 371-372
CHAPTER 11 - Evolution of Feeding Specialization, Physiological Efficiency, and Host Races in Selected Papilionidae and Saturniidae, Pages 373-412, J. MARK SCRIBER
CHAPTER 12 - Adaptation, Host Specificity, and Gene Flow in the Black Pineleaf Scale, Pages 413-426, D.N. ALSTAD, G.F. EDMUNDS JR.
CHAPTER 13 - An Evolutionary–Genetic View of Host-Plant Utilization by Insects, Pages 427-459, CHARLES MITTER, DOUGLAS J. FUTUYMA
Introduction to Host Variability and the Structure of Plant–Herbivore Communities, Pages 461-462
CHAPTER 14 - Individual, Population, and Geographic Patterns in Plant Defense, Pages 463-512, VERA ABER KRISCHIK, ROBERT F. DENNO
CHAPTER 15 - Phytochemical Variation, Colonization, and Insect Communities: the Case of Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum), Pages 513-558, CLIVE G. JONES
CHAPTER 16 - Hypotheses on Organization and Evolution in Herbivorous Insect Communities, Pages 559-596, PETER W. PRICE
Introduction to Host Variability and Herbivore Pest Management, Pages 597-598
CHAPTER 17 - Genetics of Plant–Herbivore Systems: Interactions between Applied and Basic Study, Pages 599-653, FRED GOULD
CHAPTER 18 - Manipulation of Host Suitability for Herbivore Pest Management, Pages 655-680, J. DANIEL HARE
Index, Pages 681-717