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Literature on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour a top-down regulation of abundance, owing much to the action of natural enemies. Originally published in 2005, this volume challenges this paradigm and argues that tree-dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance. The biology of tree-dwelling aphids is examined, particularly their adaptation to the seasonal development of their host plants. When host-plant quality is favourable, aphids, by telescoping generations, can achieve prodigious rates of increase which their natural enemies are unable to match. Using analyses of long-term population censuses and results of experiments, this book introduces students and research workers to insect herbivore-host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences

• Full title: Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics
• Subtitle: Tree-Dwelling Aphids
• Author: A. F. G. Dixon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9781107402638
• ISBN: 1107402638
• ID: 02051238
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 310 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. July 2011

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