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Evolutionary Ecology across Three Trophic Levels: Goldenrods, Gallmakers, and Natural Enemies(29 Monographs in Population Biology)

Evolutionary Ecology across Three Trophic Levels: Goldenrods, Gallmakers, and Natural Enemies(29 Monographs in Population Biology)


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This work presents the results of over 25 years of studying plant-insect interactions. The study centres on the ecology and evolution of interactions among a host plant, the parasitic insect that attacks it, and the insects and birds that are the parasite's natural enemies. Since this system provides a model that can be subjected to experimental manipulations, it has allowed the authors to address specific theories and concepts that have guided biological research for more than two decades and to engage general problems in evolutionary biology. The specific subjects of research are the host plant goldenrod ("Solidago"), the parasitic insect "Eurosta solidaginis" ("Diptera: Tephritidae") that induces a gall on the plant stem, and a number of natural enemies of the gallfly. By presenting their detailed empirical studies of the "Solidago-Eurosta" natural enemy system, the authors demonstrate the complexities of specialized enemy-victim interactions and, thereby, the complex interactive relationships among species more broadly.



Table of Contents:
ForewordPreface and Acknowledgments1Evolutionary Ecology and the Interactions of Plants with Insects32The Stem Gallmaker, Its Natural Enemies, and Goldenrod: A Model System of Tritrophic-Level Interaction143Eurosta's Impact on Goldenrod504Host-Plant Resistance to Gallmaker Attack: The Plant-Gallmaker Encounter - The Plant's Perspective1005Host-Plant Choice1356The Gall as Eurosta's Extended Phenotype1717Host Specificity and Herbivore Speciation1948The Third Trophic Level as an Agent of Selection2549The Variable Biotic Environment and Variable Selection28610Phenotypic Plasticity and Spurious Evolution32111Selection on the Hierarchy of Attack and Defense33712Goldenrod, Gallmakers, and the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions382References399Author Index437Subject Index448

About the Author :

Warren G. Abrahamson is David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics at Bucknell University. Arthur E. Weis is Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine.



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"In a writing style both consistent and fluid, Abrahamson and Weis weave a story that includes the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, behavior, molecular and developmental biology, and genetics of their system. Throughout, the excellent illustrations and detailed citations help to draw parallels with other studies, and place their research within current theories of insect-plant interactions. This is a 'must-read' for serious students of evolutionary biology and the scientific method."--Ecoscience


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691012087
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 480
  • Series Title: 29 Monographs in Population Biology
  • Weight: 518 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0691012083
  • Publisher Date: 04 May 1997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 03
  • Sub Title: Goldenrods, Gallmakers, and Natural Enemies
  • Width: 127 mm


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