Evolutionary Ecology across Three Trophic Levels
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A01=Arthur E. Weis
A01=Warren G. Abrahamson
Allopatric speciation
Aphid
Assortative mating
Author_Arthur E. Weis
Author_Warren G. Abrahamson
Batesian mimicry
Behavioral ecology
Biodiversity
Biological pest control
Biomass (ecology)
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Chemical ecology
Coevolution
Compensatory growth (organism)
Developmental biology
Directional selection
Ecological genetics
Ecology
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Escherichia coli
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary ecology
Evolutionary pressure
Fitness (biology)
Frequency-dependent selection
Gene family
Gene flow
Genetic divergence
Genetic drift
Genetic linkage
Genetic variability
Genetic variance
Genetic variation
Genotype
Genotype frequency
Growth curve (biology)
Herbivore
Host (biology)
Hybrid (biology)
Insect
Larva
Local adaptation
Mate choice
Mating
Model organism
Natural selection
Nutrient
Observational study
Oviparity
Parasitism
Parasitoid
Parthenogenesis
Pesticide resistance
Phenology
Phenotype
Phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetics
Phylum
Plant genetics
Polymorphism (biology)
Population dynamics
Population ecology
Predation
Quantitative genetics
Reaction norm
Red Queen hypothesis
Selection coefficient
Speciation
Stabilizing selection
Sympatric speciation
Taxonomy (biology)
Transplant experiment
Trophic level
Product details
- ISBN 9780691012087
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 04 May 1997
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In a work that will interest researchers in ecology, genetics, botany, entomology, and parasitology, Warren Abrahamson and Arthur Weis present the results of more than twenty-five years of studying plant-insect interactions. Their study centers on the ecology and evolution of interactions among a host plant, the parasitic insect that attacks it, and the suite of insects and birds that are the natural enemies of the parasite. Because this system provides a model that can be subjected to experimental manipulations, it has allowed the authors to address specific theories and concepts that have guided biological research for more than two decades and to engage general problems in evolutionary biology. The specific subjects of research are the host plant goldenrod (Solidago), the parasitic insect Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) that induces a gall on the plant stem, and a number of natural enemies of the gallfly. By presenting their detailed empirical studies of the Solidago-Eurosta natural enemy system, the authors demonstrate the complexities of specialized enemy-victim interactions and, thereby, the complex interactive relationships among species more broadly.
By utilizing a diverse array of field, laboratory, behavioral, genetic, chemical, and statistical techniques, Abrahamson and Weis present the most thorough study to date of a single system of interacting species. Their interest in the evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions leads them to insights on the evolution of species interactions in general. This major work will interest anyone involved in studying the ways in which interdependent species interact.
Warren G. Abrahamson is David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics at Bucknell University. Arthur E. Weis is Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine.
