Insect Herbivory

Insect Herbivory by I. D. Hodkinson, M. K. Hughes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hodkinson, I. D. (Author), Hughes, M. K. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1982.
Series:	Outline Studies in Ecology Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Science. Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5951-4
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 The evolutionary context and its implications
2 Plants as food for insects
2.1 Variation in the nutritive value of plant tissue
2.2 Barriers to the use of plant tissues
2.3 Trace compound barriers
2.4 Dosage-dependent chemical barriers
2.5 Changes in plant tissue resulting from herbivory
2.6 Strategies of insect herbivory and plant response
3 Insect adaptations to herbivory
3.1 Finding the food: host-plant location and recognition
3.2 Finding the food: synchronization with the host-plant
3.3 Insect feeding mechanisms
3.4 Food utilization and conversion efficiencies
4 Insect herbivory and non-woody plants
4.1 Herbivory and the individual plant
4.2 Herbivory and the plant population
4.3 Quantitative relationships
5 Insect herbivory and woody plants
5.1 The distribution and intensity of insect herbivory
5.2 The consequences of herbivory for the woody plant
5.3 Other effects of insect herbivory
5.4 Insect herbivores and tree rings
6 Insect herbivory and the plant community
6.1 Plant community composition and insect abundance
6.2 Effects of insect herbivory on plant communities
7 Insect herbivory in ecosystems
7.1 The scale of insect herbivory
7.2 The role of insect herbivores in the ecosystem
7.3 Insect herbivory and agricultural ecosystems
References.