{"product_id":"insect-outbreaks-revisited-isbn-9781444337594","title":"Insect Outbreaks Revisited","description":"The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or \"outbreaks\" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion. They can be hugely destructive when the insect is a crop pest or carries diseases of humans, farm animals, or wildlife. Knowledge of these types of population dynamics and computer models that may help predict when they occur are very important.  \u003cp\u003eThis important new book revisits a subject not thoroughly discussed in such a publication since 1988 and brings an international scale to the issue of insect outbreaks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsect Outbreaks Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students in ecology, population biology and entomology, as well as government and industry scientists doing research on pests, land managers, pest management personnel, extension personnel, conservation biologists and ecologists, and state, county and district foresters.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I PHYSIOLOGICAL AND LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Insect Herbivore Outbreaks Viewed through a Physiological Framework: Insights from Orthoptera 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Dynamical Effects of Interactions between Inducible Plant Resistance and Food Limitation during Insect Outbreaks 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren C. Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Immune Responses and Their Potential Role in Insect Outbreaks 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Role of Ecological Stoichiometry in Outbreaks of Insect Herbivores 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric M. Lind and Pedro Barbosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Plant-Induced Responses and Herbivore Population Dynamics 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndré Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew M. Liebhold, Kyle J. Haynes, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What Tree-Ring Reconstruction Tells Us about Conifer Defoliator Outbreaks 126\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnn M. Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Insect-Associated Microorganisms and Their Possible Role in Outbreaks 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYasmin J. Cardoza, Richard W. Hofstetter, and Fernando E. Vega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Life History Traits and Host Plant Use in Defoliators and Bark Beetles: Implications for Population Dynamics 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Koricheva, Maartje J. Klapwijk, and Christer Björkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Ecological Consequences of Insect Outbreaks 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouie H. Yang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Insect Outbreaks in Tropical Forests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLee A. Dyer, Walter P. Carson, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Outbreaks and Ecosystem Services 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy D. Schowalter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Evidence for Outbreaks from the Fossil Record of Insect Herbivory 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConrad C. Labandeira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Implications of Host-Associated Differentiation in the Control of Pest Species 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaul F. Medina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V APPLIED PERSPECTIVES 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury, and Dan A. Herms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Resistance to Transgenic Crops and Pest Outbreaks 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carrière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Natural Enemies and Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: A Landscape Perspective 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Megan Woltz, Benjamin P. Werling, and Douglas A. Landis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Integrated Pest Management – Outbreaks Prevented, Delayed, or Facilitated? 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah K. Letourneau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Insect Invasions: Lessons from Biological Control of Weeds 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter B. McEvoy, Fritzi S. Grevstad, and Shon S. Schooler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Outbreak Potential 429\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaartje J. Klapwijk, Matthew P. Ayres, Andrea Battisti, and Stig Larsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaxonomic Index 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour plate pages fall between pp. 196 and 197\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“I believe that graduate students, senior researchers, and government and industry scientists in entomology and population ecology will benefit from reading this book.  The book could also be highly recommended to land managers, extension personnel, and foresters wanting to let know more about insect outbreaks, and how to best prevent and manage insect outbreaks and their consequences.”  (\u003ci\u003eEcology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The book is full of good ideas.  The editors have done a pretty good job and are to be congratulated.”  (\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Entomology \u0026amp; Natural History\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Overall this is an important and informative book, on a vital subject which is not only of specific interest but which has a relevance to all ecologists who work with population ecology.”  (\u003ci\u003eBritish Ecological Society Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This new look at insect outbreaks is a very welcome addition to entomological literature.”  (\u003ci\u003eAfrican Entomology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e 1March2013)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePedro Barbosa\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, in New York City. He received his B.S. in biology from the City College of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Pedro's research interests are in theoretical and applied ecology of plant-insect interactions with an emphasis on tri-trophic interactions. He has authored or coauthored many refereed publications, and written or edited 13 books.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah K. Letourneau\u003c\/b\u003e's Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral degrees are from the University of Michigan and University of California at Berkeley. As Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz her research concerns plant-insect interactions, biodiversity, and environmental risk in the context of decision-making that sustains both livelihoods and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnurag A. Agrawal\u003c\/b\u003e studies the evolutionary ecology of plants and insects as a professor at Cornell University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Entomology. His work spans community ecology, invasive species, coevolution, and ecological genetics. Please visit his lab website \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.herbivory.com\/\"\u003ewww.herbivory.com\u003c\/a\u003e for current projects and research.\u003c\/p\u003e  In 1987 a book called \u003ci\u003eInsect Outbreaks\u003c\/i\u003e was published and became a \"classic\" in its field. Over the last two decades significant advances have been made in our understanding of certain aspects of insect outbreak dynamics and outbreak species and so, in this new volume, the subject is thoroughly reviewed.  \u003cp\u003eWhether you are interested in cutting-edge design of agroecosystems for a nation's food security, modelling the spread of invasive insects under climate change scenarios, quelling devastating urban tree die-offs through innovation rather than toxic materials, probing the powerful secrets of the microbial community in an insect's gut, or discovering the truth about genetically-modified pesticidal plants - \u003ci\u003eInsect Outbreaks Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e will answer your questions and stimulate new ideas. With chapters by top scientists and rising stars in insect physiology, evolution, population dynamics and ecology, this book provides a stimulating collection of perspectives on why and when to expect outbreaks of insects in managed and unmanaged ecosystems, what to focus on as causes, and how to manage and mitigate any adverse consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989430681829,"sku":"NP9781444337594","price":156.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444337594.jpg?v=1761784074","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/insect-outbreaks-revisited-isbn-9781444337594","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}