Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Host-Parasitoid Interactions

Zusatztext 'Extensively referenced' Aslib Informationen zum Autor Professor Michael P Hassell is Director of Silwood Park (Imperial College, London). He is a fellow of the Royal Society and currently President of the British Ecological Society. M P Hassell, Department of Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot Berks SL5 7PY 01344 294297 [e-mail] Klappentext Michael P Hassell examines the population dynamics of the interaction between insect parasitoids and their hosts. He incorporates all the major recent advances in our understanding of these interactions to show how the resulting body of theory makes direct contact with systems in the field! and can provide us with an in-depth understanding of a whole area of population dynamics. Hassell gives us a new and authoritative synthesis of his subject! as well as an elegantand exciting demonstration of how ecological studies advance. Zusammenfassung This text examines advances in our understanding of the population dynamics of interactions between insect parasitoids and their hosts. Topics addressed include how host-parasitoid interactions are influenced by spatial processes, by age-structure effects, and by competition from other species. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: A Simple Framework 3: Parasitism and Host Density Dependence 4: Heterogeneity in Host-Parasitoid Interactions 5: Continuous Time and Age-Structure 6: Multispecies Host-Parasitoid Systems 7: Metapopulations of Hosts and Parasitoids 8: Epilogue Indexes and Bibliography

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• Authors: Michael Hassell, Michael (Department of Biology Hassell, Michael P. Hassell, Hassell Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2000
• EAN: 9780198540885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-854088-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution; Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Applied ecology, Insects (entomology), Social impact of environmental issues, Ecological science, the Biosphere