Specialization, speciation, and radiation : the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects / / edited by Kelley Jean Tilmon.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Tilmon, Kelley Jean.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xv, 341 p. :; ill., maps.
• Other title: Evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects; Chemical mediation of host-plant specialization : the papilionid paradigm /; Evolution of preference and performance relationships /; Evolutionary ecology of polyphagy /; Phenotypic plasticity /; Selection and genetic architecture of plant resistance /; Introgression and parapatric speciation in a hybrid zone /; Host shifts, the evolution of communication, and speciation in the Enchenopa binotata species complex of treehoppers /; Host fruit-odor discrimination and sympatric host-race formation /; Comparative analyses of ecological speciation /; Sympatric speciation : norm or exception? /; Host-plant use, diversification, and coevolution : insights from remote Oceanic islands /; Selection by pollinators and herbivores on attraction and defense /; Adaptive radiation : phylogenetic constraints and ecological consequences /; Sequential radiation through host-race formation : herbivore diversity leads to diversity in natural enemies /; The oscillation hypothesis of host-plant range and speciation /; Coevolution, cryptic speciation, and the persistence of interactions /; Cophylogeny of figs, pollinators, gallers, and parasitoids /; The phylogenetic dimension of insect-plant interactions : a review of recent evidence /; Evolution of insect resistance to transgenic plants /; Exotic plants and enemy resistance /; Life-history evolution in native and introduced populations /; Rapid natural and anthropogenic diet evolution : three examples from checkerspot butterflies /; Conservation of coevolved insect herbivores and plants /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780520251328 (case : alk. paper); 0520251326 (case : alk. paper); 9780520933828 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kelley Jean Tilmon.