Insect Evolutionary Ecology : Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd Symposium

by M. D. E. Fellowes; G. J. Holloway; J. Rolff

• ISBN13: 9780851998121
• ISBN10: 0851998127
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-05
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Insects provide excellent model systems for understanding evolutionary ecology. They are abundant, small, and relatively easy to rear, and these traits facilitate both field and laboratory experiments. This book has been developed from the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd international symposium, held in Reading in 2003. Topics include speciation and adaptation; life history, phenotype plasticity and genetics; sexual selection and reproductive biology; insect-plant interactions; insect-natural enemy interactions; and social insects.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction	xi
1 Genetics, Relatedness and Social Behaviour in Insect Societies	1	(30)
Andrew F.G. Bourke
2 Do Insect Sexual Ornaments Demonstrate Heightened Condition Dependence?	31	(18)
Samuel Cotton and Andrew Pomiankowski
3 Sperm Competition in Butterflies and Moths	49	(34)
Nina Wedell
4 Alternative Mating Tactics and Fatal Fighting in Male Fig Wasps	83	(28)
James M. Cook
5 Seasonal Plasticity, Host Plants, and the Origin of Butterfly Biodiversity	111	(28)
Sören Nylin, Karl Gotthard and Georg H. Nygren
6 Life Histories and Parasite Pressure Across the Major Groups of Social Insects	139	(38)
J.J. Boomsma, P. Schmid-Hempel and W.O.H. Hughes
7 Cascading Effects of Plant Genetic Variation on Herbivore Communities	177	(28)
Robert S. Fritz and Cris G. Hochwender
8 The Role of Parasites of Insect Reproduction in the Diversification of Insect Reproductive Processes	205	(26)
Gregory D.D. Hurst, K. Mary Webberley and Robert Knell
9 The Evolution of Imperfect Mimicry	231	(58)
Francis Gilbert
10 Evolutionary Ecology of Insect Host-Parasite Interactions: an Ecological Immunology Perspective	289	(54)
Kenneth Wilson
11 Adaptive Plasticity in Response to Predators in Dragonfly Larvae and Other Aquatic Insects	343	(24)
Frank Johansson and Robby Stoks
12 The Peppered Moth: Decline of a Darwinian Disciple	367	(26)
Michael E.N. Majerus
13 Insecticide Resistance in the Mosquito Culex pipiens: Towards an Understanding of the Evolution of ace Genes	393	(12)
M. Weill, P Labbe, O. Duron, N. Pasteur, P. Fort and M. Raymond
14 Molecular and Ecological Differentiation of Species and Species Interactions Across Large Geographic Regions: California and the Pacific Northwest	405	(18)
John N. Thompson and Ryan Calsbeek
15 The Genetic Basis of Speciation in a Grasshopper Hybrid Zone	423	(28)
David M. Shuker, Tania M. King, José L. Bella and Roger K. Butlin
16 Assortative Mating and Speciation as Pleiotropic Effects of Ecological Adaptation: Examples in Moths and Butterflies	451	(24)
Chris D. Jiggins, Igor Emelianov and James Mallet
17 Specializations and Host Associations of Social Parasites of Ants	475	(40)
Jeremy A. Thomas, Karsten Schönrogge and Graham W. Elmes
18 Evolutionary Changes in Expanding Butterfly Populations	515	(16)
Jane K. Hill, Calvin Dytham and Clare L. Hughes
Index	531