Evolutionary ecology across three trophic levels : goldenrods, gallmakers, and natural enemies

Title
  1. Evolutionary ecology across three trophic levels : goldenrods, gallmakers, and natural enemies / Warren G. Abrahamson and Arthur E. Weis.
Published by
  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.
Author
  1. Abrahamson, Warren G.

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Additional authors
  1. Weis, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1951-
Description
  1. xiii, 456 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "In a work that will interest researchers in ecology, genetics, botany, entomology, and parasitology, Warren Abrahamson and Arthur Weis present the results of more than twenty-five years of studying plant-insect interactions. Their study centers on the ecology and evolution of interactions among a host plant, the parasitic insect that attacks it, and the suite of insects and birds that are the natural enemies of the parasite. Because 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."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Monographs in population biology ; 29
Uniform title
  1. Monographs in population biology ; 29.
Alternative title
  1. Evolutionary ecology across 3 trophic levels
Subject
  1. Eurosta solidaginis > Ecology
  2. Eurosta solidaginis > Evolution
  3. Eurosta solidaginis > Host plants
  4. Eurosta solidaginis > Parasites
  5. Goldenrods > Ecology
  6. Goldenrods > Evolution
  7. Coevolution
  8. Gall insects > Host plants
  9. 42.75 insects
  10. Plant-dier-relatie
  11. Gallen
  12. Coëvolutie
  13. Gall insects
  14. Solidago > Parasites
  15. Galles (botanique)
  16. Coévolution
  17. Eurosta solidaginis > Plantes-hôtes
Contents
  1. 1. Evolutionary Ecology and the Interactions of Plants with Insects -- 2. The Stem Gallmaker, Its Natural Enemies, and Goldenrod: A Model System of Tritrophic-Level Interaction -- 3. Eurosta's Impact on Goldenrod -- 4. Host-Plant Resistance to Gallmaker Attack: The Plant-Gallmaker Encounter -- The Plant's Perspective -- 5. Host-Plant Choice -- 6. The Gall as Eurosta's Extended Phenotype -- 7. Host Specificity and Herbivore Speciation -- 8. The Third Trophic Level as an Agent of Selection -- 9. The Variable Biotic Environment and Variable Selection -- 10. Phenotypic Plasticity and Spurious Evolution -- 11. Selection on the Hierarchy of Attack and Defense -- 12. Goldenrod, Gallmakers, and the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-437) and indexes.