{"product_id":"parasitoid-population-biology-9780691049823","title":"Parasitoid Population Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents the ideas of seventeen international specialists, providing the reader not only with an overview, but also with discussions of the salient questions pertaining to the field and prescriptions for avenues of research. This book is divided into three main sections: population dynamics, population diversity, and population applications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent edited volume that provides a useful synthesis of knowledge in the field and clear guidance for future research goals. The book is not an exhaustive review of the field, but it is more readable because it is focused on a limited number of specific problems... [It] is concise and coherent enough so that readers will want to read the entire volume.\"--Timothy P. Craig, Ecology \"A useful and interesting book.\"--Donald H. Feener, Jr.,The Quarterly Review of Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xi List of Contributors xiii One: Introduction by Michael E. Hochberg and Anthony R. Ives 3  PART ONE: POPULATION DYNAMICS 15  Two: Host Location and Selection in the Field by Jgr6me Casas 17  Three: Effects of Parasitoid Clutch Size on Host-Parasitoid Population Dynamic by George E. Heimpel 27  Four: Host-Parasitoid Models: The Story of a Successful Failure by Carlos Bernstein 41  Five: A Field Guide to Studying Spatial Pattern Formation in Host-Parasitoid Systems by Susan Harrison 58  Parasitoid Spread: Lessons for and from Invasion Biology by Alan Hastings 70  Seven: Landscape Ecology of Parasitism by Jens Roland 83  PART TWO: POPULATION DIVERSITY 101  Eight: The Evolution of Parasitoid Egg Load by Minus van Baalen 103  Nine: Host Resistance, Parasitoid Virulence, and Population Dynamics by H. C. J. Godfray 121  Ten: Developmental Traits and Life-History Evolution in Parasitoids by Michael R. Strand 139  Eleven: Host Specificity and Trophic Relationships of Hyperparasitoids by Jacques Brodeur 163  Twelve: Comparing Parasitoid-Dominated Food Webs with Other Food Webs: Problems and Future Promises by Marcel Holyoak 184  Thirteen: Species Coexistence in Parasitoid Communities: Does Competition Matter? by Bradford A. Hawkins 198  PART THREE: POPULATION APPLICATIONS 215  Fourteen: Biological Control: The Need for Realistic Models and Experimental Approaches to Parasitoid Introductions by Nick Mills 217  Fifteen: Parasitoid Populations in the Agricultural Landscape by Teja Tscharntke 235  Sixteen: Threats, Flies, and Protocol Gaps: Can Evolutionary Ecology Save Biological Control? by Bernard D. Roitberg 254  Seventeen: \"What, Conserve Parasitoids?\" by Michael E. Hochberg 266  Eighteen: Conclusions: Debating Parasitoid Population Biology over the Next Twenty Years by Anthony R. Ives and Michael E. Hochberg 278  References 305  Index 359","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922451505495,"sku":"9780691049823","price":69.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691049823.jpg?v=1738537928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parasitoid-population-biology-9780691049823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}