The evolution of" niche breadth," or" niche width," was a more popular topic in the
evolutionary ecological literature of the 1960s and 1970s than it has been recently (109 …

Insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on Earth; estimates of their current
diversity range as high as 30 million species (58). A large fraction of these species feed on …

This balanced, comprehensive account traces the alterations in body form that insects
undergo as they adapt to seasonal change, exploring both theoretical aspects and practical …

The relationship between oviposition preference and growth, survival, and reproduction of
offspring is the crux of the problem in the evolution of host associations between …

SYNOPSIS. Maternal effects comprise a class of phenotypic effects that parents have on
phenotypes of their offspring that are unrelated to the offspring's own genotype. Although …

This is a book about proximate mechanisms. Although some theoreti cal structure is used to
introduce the subject, the intent is to offer a comprehensive view of the mechanistic side of …

Although fruit fly host status determination/designation lies at the heart of strategic decisions
on national and international trade of fruit and vegetables, all attempts thus far to define host …

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) was established in
June 1982 by an Act of the Australian Parliament. Its primary mandate is to help identify …

Over the past 40 years there has been an extraordinary effort to understand the relationships
of plant-feeding insects and their hosts. Anyone who is studying such problems knows the …

SYNOPSIS. Studies of life history evolution, as well as much of life history theory, have
typically focused on “hard” components of life histories; phenotypic characteristics that can …