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Behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids : from theoretical approaches to field applications /

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Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Alphen, Jacques van, Bernstein, Carlos, Wajnberg, E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Subjects:
Insect pests > Biological control.
Parasitic insects > Behavior.
Parasitic insects > Ecology.
Parasitoids > Behavior.
Parasitoids > Ecology.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part I: Current issues in behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids
  • 1. Optimal foraging behavior and efficient biological control methods / Nick J. Mills and Éric Wajnberg
  • 2. Parasitoid fitness: from a simple idea to an intricate concept / Minus van Baalen and Lia Hemerik
  • 3. Parasitoid foraging and oviposition behavior in the field / George E. Heimpel and Jérôme Casas
  • 4. Behavior influences whether intra-guild predation disrupts herbivore suppression by parasitoids / William E. Snyder and Anthony R. Ives
  • 5. Chemical and behavioral ecology in insect parasitoids: how to behave optimally in a complex odorous environment? / Monika Hilker and Jeremy McNeil
  • 6. Parasitoid and host nutritional physiology in behavioral ecology / Michael R. Strand and Jérôme Casas
  • 7. Food-searching in parasitoids: the dilemma of choosing between?immediate? or future fitness gains / Carlos Bernstein and Mark Jervis
  • 8. Information acquisition, information processing, and patch time allocation in insect parasitoids / Jacques J.M. van Alphen and Carlos Bernstein
  • 9. Competition and asymmetric wars of attrition in insect parasitoids / Patsy Haccou and Jacques J.M. van Alphen
  • 10. Risk assessment and host exploitation strategies in insect parasitoids / Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Guy Boivin
  • Part 2. Extension of behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids to other fields
  • 11. Multitrophic interactions and parasitoid behavioral ecology / Louise E.M. Vet and H. Charles J. Godfray
  • 12. Parasitoid sex ratios and biological control / Paul J. Ode and Ian C.W. Hardy
  • 13. Linking foraging and dynamics / Michael B. Bonsall and Carlos Bernstein
  • 14. Linking behavioral ecology to the study of host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance / Alex R. Kraaijeveld and H. Charles J. Godfray
  • Part 3. Methodological issues in behavioral ecology
  • 15. State-dependent problems for parasitoids: case studies and solutions / Bernard Roitberg and Pierre Bernhard
  • 16. A Bayesian approach to optimal foraging in parasitoids / Jean-Sébastien Pierre and Richard F. Green
  • 17. dt Finding optimal behaviors with genetic algorithms / Thomas S. Hoffmeister and Éric Wajnberg
  • Statistical tools for analyzing data on behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids / Éric Wajnberg and Patsy Haccou
  • Index.