SubjectParasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
HCJ Godfray
520 pages, 69 line illus.
Softcover | 1993 | #27552 | ISBN: 0691000476
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| Acknowledgments | Introduction | |
| 1.1 | Parasitoid Definitions | |
| 1.2 | Parasitoid Natural History | |
| 1.3 | Unusual Life Histories | |
| 1.4 | Parasitoid Taxonomy | |
| 1.5 | Evolutionary Transitions | |
| 2 | Host Location | |
| 2.1 | Conceptual Models of Host Location | |
| 2.2 | Mechanisms of Host Location | |
| 2.3 | Learning | |
| 2.4 | Comparative Studies of Host Location | |
| 2.5 | Patch Use | |
| 3 | Oviposition Behavior | |
| 3.1 | Host Acceptance | |
| 3.2 | Clutch Size | |
| 3.3 | Superparasitism | |
| 4 | Sex Ratio | |
| 4.1 | Sex Determination in Parasitoid Wasps | |
| 4.2 | Fisher's Principle | |
| 4.3 | Local Mate Competition and Sex Ratio in Structured Populations | |
| 4.4 | Sex Ratio and Host quality | |
| 4.5 | Other Factors | |
| 5 | Selfish Genetic Elements | |
| 5.1 | Non-Mendelian Genetic Elements in Nasonia | |
| 5.2 | Microorganisms and Thelytoky | |
| 5.3 | Primary Male Production in Heteronomous Hyperparasitoids | |
| 5.4 | Gregarious Oviposition in Muscidifurax | |
| 6 | The Immature Parasitoid | |
| 6.1 | Host Quality and the Juvenile Parasitoid | |
| 6.2 | Host Defenses | |
| 6.3 | Countermeasures | |
| 6.4 | Host Manipulation by Endoparasitoids | |
| 6.5 | Interactions between Immature Parasitoids | |
| 7 | The Adult Parasitoid | |
| 7.1 | Size and Fitness | |
| 7.2 | Mating | |
| 7.3 | Resource Defense and Maternal Care | |
| 7.4 | Host Defense against the Adult Parasitoid | |
| 7.5 | Dispersal | |
| 7.6 | Defense from Predators | |
| 7.7 | Host Synchronization | |
| 8 | Life Histories and Community Patterns | |
| 8.1 | Life History Evolution | |
| 8.2 | Host Range and Parasitoid Species Load | |
| 8.3 | Parasitoid Diversity | |
| References | ||
| Author Index | ||
| Subject Index | ||
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