The third edition of Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach provides a modern perspective of insect ecology that integrates two approaches traditionally used to study insect ecology: evolutionary and ecosystem. This integration substantially broadens the scope of insect ecology and contributes to prediction and resolution of the effects of current environmental changes, as these affect and are affected by insects. The third edition includes an updated and expanded synthesis of feedback and interactions between insects and their environment. This updated material and a new chapter on applications of insect ecology to social and environmental issues effectively demonstrates how evolutionary and ecosystem approaches complement each other, with the intent of stimulating further integration of these approaches in experiments that address insect roles in ecosystems. Effective management of ecosystem resources depends on evaluation of the complex, often complementary, effects of insects on ecosystem conditions, as well as insect responses to changing conditions.

Timely revision of a key reference on insect ecology
Full coverage of ecosystem structure and function balanced with essential background on evolutionary aspects
New chapter on applications to issues such as pest management, ecosystem restoration, invasive species and environmental changes
Case studies highlight practical and theoretical applications for topics covered in each chapter

Auteur

Timothy D. Schowalter received his Ph.D. degree in Entomology from the University of Georgia in 1979. He is currently a Professor of Entomology at Louisiana State University, where he also served as the department head until 2015. Previously, he was a professor of entomology at Oregon State University, Corvallis. Dr. Schowalter served as Program Director for Integrative and Theoretical Ecology at the National Science Foundation, where he was involved in developing global change and terrestrial ecosystem research initiatives at the federal level. He also served as a U.S. delegate to international conventions to develop collaboration between U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and long-term sites in Hungary and East Asia and the Pacific.

Contenu

Chapter 1. Overview

SECTION I: Ecology of Individual Insects

Chapter 2. Responses to Abiotic Conditions

Chapter 3. Resource Acquisition

Chapter 4. Resource Allocation

SECTION II: Population Ecology

Chapter 5. Population Systems

Chapter 6. Population Dynamics

Chapter 7. Biogeography

SECTION III: Community Ecology

Chapter 8. Species Interactions