Galling Arthropods and Their Associates
Galling Arthropods and Their Associates

Author: K. Ozaki

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-02-25

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 4431321853

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This book addresses recent developments in the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, and biodiversity of gall-inducing arthropods, with individual contributions ranging in scope from detailed descriptions to profoundly synthetic studies. One underlying theme is the various impacts of gall induction that indirectly affect insect communities on the host plant. The other important contribution is the highly intricate and dynamic interactions between galling arthropods and their uniquely specialized host plants.

Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control
Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control

Author: Jacques Brodeur

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-03

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1402047673

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This volume explores modern concepts of trophic and guild interactions among natural enemies in natural and agricultural ecosystems - a field that has become a hot topic in ecology and biological control over the past decade. It is the first book on trophic and guild interactions to make the link to biological control, and is compiled by internationally recognized scientists who have combined their expertise.

Plant Galls of the Western United States
Plant Galls of the Western United States

Author: Ronald A. Russo

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-04-20

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0691213402

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A photographic guide to 536 species of plant galls found west of the Rockies Beautiful and bizarre, plant galls are growths of various shapes, sizes, and colors produced in response to invading organisms. Describing 536 species of galls and their causative agents, Plant Galls of the Western United States explores this unique realm with stunning photos and fascinating information about the life cycles of the organisms involved. Often species-specific, plant galls can be shaped like stars, baskets, clubs, wigs, bowls, and cups, with colors and combinations that stagger the imagination. This richly illustrated field guide examines how galls develop, and their uses, seasonal appearance and growth rate, predators, and defense mechanisms. The “architects” of galls—bacteria, fungi, mites, moths, beetles, flies, midges, and wasps—are explored in depth, and descriptions are paired with illustrations of these gall-inducing organisms and their typical galls. Gall accounts are divided into those that occur on trees, shrubs, and miscellaneous hosts, including native and ornamental plants. The guide contains a useful glossary and a bibliography. Features 536 gall species—including 120 new to science and 232 that have never appeared in a field guide before Examines for the first time more than 90 species from southwestern oak trees Contains more than 150 species from most of the deserts of the western states

Nutritional Ecology of Insects, Mites, Spiders, and Related Invertebrates
Nutritional Ecology of Insects, Mites, Spiders, and Related Invertebrates

Author: Frank Slansky

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1987-03-23

Total Pages: 1048

ISBN-13:

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Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates: an overview; Nutritional ecology of forb foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of insect folivores of woody plants: nitrogen, water, fiber, and mineral considerations; Nutritional ecology of grass foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of phytophagous mites; Nutritional ecology of lichen/moss arthropods; Nutritional ecology of arthropod gall makers; Nutritional ecology of bruchid beetles; Nutritional ecology of seed-sucking insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product and house dust mites; Ecology of nectar and pollen feeding in lepidoptera; Nutritional ecology of bees; Nutritional ecology of phloem-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of wood-feeding coleoptera, lepidoptera and hymenoptera; Nutritional ecology of termites; Nutritional ecology of terrestial insect predators; Nutritional ecology of aquatic insect predators; Nutritional ecology of phytoseiid mites; Nutritional ecology of spiders; Interrelationships of nutritional ecology of parasitoids; Conspecific tissues and secretions as sources of nutrition; Nutritional ecology of ectoparasitic insects; Nutritional ecology of blood-feeding diptera; Nutritional ecology of parasitic mites and ticks; Nutritional ecology of fungus-feeding arthropods; Nutritional ecology of soil arthropods; Nutritional ecology of dung and carrion-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of cockroaches; Nutritional ecology of ants; Nutritional ecology of wool- and fur-feeding insects.