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University of California Press Specialization, Speciation, And Radiation: The Evolutionary Biology Of Herbivorous Insects by Kelley Tilmon
The intimate associations between plants and the insects that eat them have helped define and shape both groups for millions of years. This pioneering volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects, including their relationships with host plants and natural enemies. Chapters focus on the dynamic relationships between insects and plants from the standpoint of evolutionary change at different levels of biological organization - individuals, populations, species, and clades. Written by prominent evolutionary biologists, entomologists, and ecologists, the chapters are organized into three sections: Evolution of Populations and Species; Co- and Macroevolutionary Radiation; and Evolutionary Aspects of Pests, Invasive Species, and the Environment. The volume is unified by the idea that understanding the ecological framework of the interactions between herbivorous insects and their host plants is fundamental to understanding their evolution. Table of contents; Preface 1. Chemical Mediation of Host-Plant Specialization--the Papilionid Paradigm 2. Evolution of Preference and Performance Relationships 3. Evolutionary Ecology of Polyphagy 4. Phenotypic Plasticity in Plant-Herbivore Interactions 5. Selection and Genetic Architecture of Plant Resistance 6. Genetic Introgression and Parapatric Speciation in a Hybrid Zone 7. Host Shifts, the Evolution of Communication, and Speciation in the Enchenopa binotata Species Complex of Treehoppers 8. Host Fruit-Odor Discrimination and Sympatric Host-Race Formation in Rhagoletis pomonella 9. Comparative Analyses and the Study of Ecological Speciation in Herbivorous Insects 10. Sympatric Speciation in Herbivorous Insects: Norm or Exception? 11. Insights from Remote Islands on Insect-Plant Interactions 12. Selection by Pollinators and Herbivores on Attraction and Defense 13. Adaptive Radiation: Phylogenetic Constraints and their Ecological Consequences 14. Sequential Radiation through Host-Race Formation: Insect Herbivore Diversity Leads to Diversity in Natural Enemies 15. Host-Plant Range and Speciation: The Oscillation Hypothesis 16. Coevolution, Cryptic Speciation, and the Persistence of Plant-Insect Interactions 17. Cophylogeny of Figs, Pollinators, Gallers and Parasitoids 18. The Phylogenetic Dimension of Insect-Plant Assemblages: A Review of Recent Evidence 19. Evolution of Insect Resistance to Transgenic Plants 20. Exotic Plants in an Altered Enemy Landscape: Effects on Enemy Resistance 21. Life-History Evolution in Native and Introduced Populations 22. Rapid Natural and Anthropogenic Diet Evolution: Three Examples From Checkerspot Butterflies 23. Conservation of Coevolved Insect Herbivores and Plants. About Kelley Tilmon; Kelley J. Tilmon is an Assistant Professor of Entomology in the Plant Science Department at South Dakota State University.