Forests and Insects

List of contributors. Preface. Introduction. <strong>Part One: Colonization </strong> <strong>of trees by insects. 1.</strong> Adaptations of phytophagous insects to life on trees, with particular reference to aphids; A.F.G. Dixon. <strong>2.</strong> Host specificity in forest insects; S.M. Fraser. <strong>Part Two: Temporal and</strong> <strong>spatial population ecology. 3.</strong> Population dynamics of forest insects: Are they governed by single or multiple factors? T. Royama. <strong>4.</strong> The impact of parasitoids and predators on forest insect populations; N.A.C. Kidd, M.A. Jervis. <strong>5.</strong> Herbivore-induced responses in treees: Internal vs. external explanations; E. Haukioja, T. Honkanen. <strong>6.</strong> Incorporating variation in plant chemistry into a spatially explicit ecology of phytophagous insects; M.D. Hunter. <strong>7.</strong> Forest structure and the spatial pattern of parasitoid attack; J. Roland, et al. <strong>Part</strong> <strong>Three: Insects in forest ecosystems. 8.</strong> Termites as mediators of carbon fluxes in tropical forest: Budgets for carbon dioxide and methane emissions; D.E. Bignell, et al. <strong>9.</strong> Herbivory in forests: From centimetres to megametres; M.D. Lowman. <strong>Part Four: Forest </strong> <strong>pests. 10.</strong> Comparative analysis of patterns of invasion and spread of related lymantriids; P. Barbosa, P.W. Schaefer. <strong>11.</strong> Threats to forestry by insect pests in Europe; K.R. Day, S.R. Leather. <strong>12.</strong> Forest pests in the tropics: Current status and future threats; M.R. Speight. <strong>13.</strong> The impacts of climate change and pollution on forest pests; M. Docherty, et al. <strong>Part Five: Insect diversity. 14.</strong> Patterns of use of large moth caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae and Sphingidae) by ichneumonid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in Costa Rican dry forest; D.H. Janzen, I.D. Gauld. <strong>15.</strong> Impact of forest loss and regeneration on insect abundance and diversity; A.D. Watt, et al. <strong>16.</strong> Beetle abundance and diversity in a boreal mixed-wood forest; J.R. Spence, et al. <strong>17.</strong> An overview of invertebrate responses to forest fragmentation; R.K. Didham. <strong>18.</strong> Impact of forest and woodland structure on insect abundance and diversity; P. Dennis. <strong>19.</strong> Ficus: A resource for arthropods in the tropics, with particular reference to New Guinea; Y. Basset, et al. <strong>Part Six: Insect conservation. 20.</strong> Arthropods of coastal old-growth Sitka spruce forests: Conservation of biodiversity with special reference to the Staphylinidae; N.N. Winchester. <strong>21.</strong> Conservation corridors and rain forest insects; C.J. Hill. <strong>22.</strong> Insect conservation; T.E. Lovejoy, et al. Index.