Parasitoids
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Allomone
Almond moth
Ant mimicry
Aonidiella aurantii
Aphid
Aphidiinae
Aphidius nigripes
Apocrypta
Army ant
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Batesian mimicry
Bean weevil
Beehive
Bethylidae
Bird nest
Blister beetle
Braconidae
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Character displacement
Copidosoma
Cotesia congregata
Cuckoo wasp
Cytoplasmic incompatibility
Diapause
Drosophila
Dufour's gland
Egg
Encyrtidae
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Evolution of sexual reproduction
Fecundity
Fire ant
Flour moth
Gall wasp
Hybrid incompatibility
Ichneumonidae
Inbreeding
Juvenile hormone
Larva
Louse
Mating
Nasonia
Nasonia vitripennis
Ophioninae
Oviparity
Parasitism
Parasitoid
Parasitoid wasp
Pheromone
Pheromone trap
Pimpla
Pimplinae
Planidium
Platygastridae
Polar body
Population cycle
Predation
Pupa
Reproductive isolation
Scale insect
Sex pheromone
Sex ratio
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual selection
Sperm competition
Superparasitism
Thelytoky
Tiphiidae
Trichogramma
Trichogramma evanescens
Trichopoda pennipes
Wolbachia
Worker bee
Product details
- ISBN 9780691000473
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jan 1994
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other species of insect, and the parasitoid larvae develop by feeding on the host, causing its eventual death. Known for a long time to applied biologists for their importance in regulating the population densities of economic pests, parasitoids have recently proven to be valuable tools in testing many aspects of evolutionary theory. This book synthesizes the work of both schools of parasitoid biology and asks how a consideration of evolutionary biology can help us understand the behavior, ecology, and diversity of the approximately one to two million species of parasitoid found on earth. After a general introduction to parasitoid natural history and taxonomy, the first part of the book treats the different components of the reproductive strategy of parasitoids: searching for a host, host selection, clutch size, and the sex ratio. Subsequent chapters discuss pathogens and non-Mendelian genetic elements that affect sexual reproduction; evolutionary aspects of the physiological interactions between parasitoid and host; mating strategies; life history theory and community ecology.
A special effort is made to discuss the theoretical background to the subject, but without the use of mathematics.
H.C.J. Godfray is Reader in Evolutionary Biology at Imperial College, University of London.
