Forests and Insects

List of contributors. Preface. Introduction. Part One: Colonization of trees by insects. 1. Adaptations of phytophagous insects to life on trees, with particular reference to aphids; A.F.G. Dixon. 2. Host specificity in forest insects; S.M. Fraser. Part Two: Temporal and spatial population ecology. 3. Population dynamics of forest insects: Are they governed by single or multiple factors? T. Royama. 4. The impact of parasitoids and predators on forest insect populations; N.A.C. Kidd, M.A. Jervis. 5. Herbivore-induced responses in treees: Internal vs. external explanations; E. Haukioja, T. Honkanen. 6. Incorporating variation in plant chemistry into a spatially explicit ecology of phytophagous insects; M.D. Hunter. 7. Forest structure and the spatial pattern of parasitoid attack; J. Roland, et al. Part Three: Insects in forest ecosystems. 8. Termites as mediators of carbon fluxes in tropical forest: Budgets for carbon dioxide and methane emissions; D.E. Bignell, et al. 9. Herbivory in forests: From centimetres to megametres; M.D. Lowman. Part Four: Forest pests. 10. Comparative analysis of patterns of invasion and spread of related lymantriids; P. Barbosa, P.W. Schaefer. 11. Threats to forestry by insect pests in Europe; K.R. Day, S.R. Leather. 12. Forest pests in the tropics: Current status and future threats; M.R. Speight. 13. The impacts of climate change and pollution on forest pests; M. Docherty, et al. Part Five: Insect diversity. 14. Patterns of use of large moth caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae and Sphingidae) by ichneumonid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in Costa Rican dry forest; D.H. Janzen, I.D. Gauld. 15. Impact of forest loss and regeneration on insect abundance and diversity; A.D. Watt, et al. 16. Beetle abundance and diversity in a boreal mixed-wood forest; J.R. Spence, et al. 17. An overview of invertebrate responses to forest fragmentation; R.K. Didham. 18. Impact of forest and woodland structure on insect abundance and diversity; P. Dennis. 19.

`The book is a very useful source of research information, and provides a good selection of relevant topics in the area of forest entomology ... The book should be present in all entomological research libraries.' European Journal of Entomology, 96 (2000)