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Insect herbivore-host dynamics

tree-dwelling aphids

By A. F. G. Dixon

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Publish Date

2005

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Language

eng

Pages

208

Description:

"Literature currently available on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends of favour a top-down regulation of abundance, owing much to the action of natural enemies. This unique volume challenges this paradigm and shows that tree-dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance." "Using analyses from long-term population census and experiments, this book is designed to introduce students and research workers to insect herbivore-host dynamics using the interaction between aphids and trees as a model."--Jacket.