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Evolution of Insect Pests: Patterns of Variation

Ke Chung Kim (Editor), Bruce A. McPheron (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-60077-0
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496 pages
May 1993
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Partial table of contents:

GENETIC VARIATION AND EVOLUTION.

Insect Pests and Evolution (K. Kim).

The Spatial Scale of Genetic Variation in Insect Populations (F. Gould).

THE NATURE OF GENETIC VARIATION.

Habitat-Related Variation and Evolution by Sexual Selection (K. Kaneshiro).

Adaptation to Spatial Variation in Habitat: Spatial Effects in Agroecosystems (D. Margolies).

ECOLOGY OF INVADING POPULATIONS.

Habitat Factors in New Pest Invasions (D. Pimentel).

The Evolution of Habitat Preference: Avoidance and Adaptation (M. Rausher).

THE PATTERNS OF VARIATION: CASE STUDIES.

Diversity and Variation of European Corn Borer Populations (W. Showers).

The Role of Demic Adaptation in Colonization and Spread of Scale Insect Populations (L. Hanks & R. Denno).

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES.

Impact of Intraspecific Variation on Integrated Pest Management (G. Kennedy).

Biology of Variations: Epilogue (K. Kim & B. McPheron).

Index.

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