Insect Outbreaks Revisited

Contributors viii
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xii
PART I PHYSIOLOGICAL AND LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVES 1
1 Insect Herbivore Outbreaks Viewed through a PhysiologicalFramework: Insights from Orthoptera 3
Spencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern
2 The Dynamical Effects of Interactions between Inducible PlantResistance and Food Limitation during Insect Outbreaks 30
Karen C. Abbott
3 Immune Responses and Their Potential Role in Insect Outbreaks47
J. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich
4 The Role of Ecological Stoichiometry in Outbreaks of InsectHerbivores 71
Eric M. Lind and Pedro Barbosa
PART II POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS89
5 Plant-Induced Responses and Herbivore Population Dynamics91
André Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelman
6 Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks 113
Andrew M. Liebhold, Kyle J. Haynes, and Ottar N.Bjørnstad
7 What Tree-Ring Reconstruction Tells Us about ConiferDefoliator Outbreaks 126
Ann M. Lynch
8 Insect-Associated Microorganisms and Their Possible Role inOutbreaks 155
Yasmin J. Cardoza, Richard W. Hofstetter, and Fernando E.Vega
PART III POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY175
9 Life History Traits and Host Plant Use in Defoliators and BarkBeetles: Implications for Population Dynamics 177
Julia Koricheva, Maartje J. Klapwijk, and ChristerBjörkman
10 The Ecological Consequences of Insect Outbreaks 197
Louie H. Yang
11 Insect Outbreaks in Tropical Forests: Patterns, Mechanisms,and Consequences 219
Lee A. Dyer, Walter P. Carson, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr.
12 Outbreaks and Ecosystem Services 246
Timothy D. Schowalter
PART IV GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 267
13 Evidence for Outbreaks from the Fossil Record of InsectHerbivory 269
Conrad C. Labandeira
14 Implications of Host-Associated Differentiation in theControl of Pest Species 291
Raul F. Medina
PART V APPLIED PERSPECTIVES 311
15 Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients313
Michael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury, and Dan A. Herms
16 Resistance to Transgenic Crops and Pest Outbreaks 341
Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carrière
17 Natural Enemies and Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: ALandscape Perspective 355
J. Megan Woltz, Benjamin P. Werling, and Douglas A.Landis
18 Integrated Pest Management - Outbreaks Prevented,Delayed, or Facilitated? 371
Deborah K. Letourneau
19 Insect Invasions: Lessons from Biological Control of Weeds395
Peter B. McEvoy, Fritzi S. Grevstad, and Shon S.Schooler
20 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Outbreak Potential429
Maartje J. Klapwijk, Matthew P. Ayres, Andrea Battisti, and StigLarsson
Subject Index 451
Taxonomic Index 459
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