Behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids : from theoretical approaches to field applications /
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. |
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| Description: | xvi, 445 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6675442 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part 1. Current issues in behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids
- 1. Optimal foraging behavior and efficient biological control methods
- 2. Parasitoid fitness: from a simple idea to an intricate concept
- 3. Parasitoid foraging and oviposition behavior in the field
- 4. Behavior influences whether intra-guild predation disrupts herbivore suppression by parasitoids
- 5. Chemical and behavioral ecology in insect parasitoids: how to behave optimally in a complex odorous environment
- 6. Parasitoid and host nutritional physiology in behavioral ecology
- 7. Food-searching in parasitoids: the dilemma of choosing between 'immediate' or future fitness gains
- 8. Information acquisition, information processing, and patch time allocation in insect parasitoids
- 9. Competition and asymmetric wars of attrition in insect parasitoids
- 10. Risk assessment and host exploitation strategies in insect parasitoids
- Part 2. Extension of behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids to other fields
- 11. Multitrophic interactions and parasitoid behavioral ecology
- 12. Parasitoid sex ratios and biological control
- 13. Linking foraging and dynamics
- 14. Linking behavioral ecology to the study of host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance
- Part 3. Methodological issues in behavioral ecology
- 15. State-dependent problems for parasitoids: case studies and solutions
- 16. A Bayesian approach to optimal foraging in parasitoids
- 17. Finding optimal behaviors with genetic algorithms
- 18. Statistical tools for analyzing data on behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids
- Index
