Table of Contents
Contributors viii
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xii
PART I PHYSIOLOGICAL AND LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVES 1
1 Insect Herbivore Outbreaks Viewed through a Physiological Framework: Insights from Orthoptera 3 Spencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern
2 The Dynamical Effects of Interactions between Inducible Plant Resistance and Food Limitation during Insect Outbreaks 30 Karen C. Abbott
3 Immune Responses and Their Potential Role in Insect Outbreaks 47 J. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich
4 The Role of Ecological Stoichiometry in Outbreaks of Insect Herbivores 71 Eric M. Lind and Pedro Barbosa
PART II POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS 89
5 Plant-Induced Responses and Herbivore Population Dynamics 91 André Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelman
6 Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks 113 Andrew M. Liebhold, Kyle J. Haynes, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad
7 What Tree-Ring Reconstruction Tells Us about Conifer Defoliator Outbreaks 126 Ann M. Lynch
8 Insect-Associated Microorganisms and Their Possible Role in Outbreaks 155 Yasmin J. Cardoza, Richard W. Hofstetter, and Fernando E. Vega
PART III POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY 175
9 Life History Traits and Host Plant Use in Defoliators and Bark Beetles: Implications for Population Dynamics 177 Julia Koricheva, Maartje J. Klapwijk, and Christer Björkman
10 The Ecological Consequences of Insect Outbreaks 197 Louie H. Yang
11 Insect Outbreaks in Tropical Forests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences 219 Lee A. Dyer, Walter P. Carson, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr.
12 Outbreaks and Ecosystem Services 246 Timothy D. Schowalter
PART IV GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 267
13 Evidence for Outbreaks from the Fossil Record of Insect Herbivory 269 Conrad C. Labandeira
14 Implications of Host-Associated Differentiation in the Control of Pest Species 291 Raul F. Medina
PART V APPLIED PERSPECTIVES 311
15 Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients 313 Michael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury, and Dan A. Herms
16 Resistance to Transgenic Crops and Pest Outbreaks 341 Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carrière
17 Natural Enemies and Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: A Landscape Perspective 355 J. Megan Woltz, Benjamin P. Werling, and Douglas A. Landis
18 Integrated Pest Management – Outbreaks Prevented, Delayed, or Facilitated? 371 Deborah K. Letourneau
19 Insect Invasions: Lessons from Biological Control of Weeds 395 Peter B. McEvoy, Fritzi S. Grevstad, and Shon S. Schooler
20 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Outbreak Potential 429 Maartje J. Klapwijk, Matthew P. Ayres, Andrea Battisti, and Stig Larsson
Subject Index 451
Taxonomic Index 459
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