Forests and Insects

This book covers the full breadth of forest entomology. It combines the work of forest entomologists working on the impact and management of forest pests with those involved in diversity assessment and conservation of insects in forests. Forests and Insects demonstrates that both these disciplines demand an understanding of population and community biology.
The book covers such topics as colonization of trees by insects, population dynamics of forest insects, insect natural enemies, the effects of climate change and pollution on forest pests, spatial variation in the abundance of insects,the mineralization of carbon by termites, the impact of herbivorous insects, and the conservation of forest insect diversity, including the effects of forest fragmentation and deforestation.
This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume will be of great interest to all agricultural and forest entomologists, population and community biologists, pest management specialists and anyone concerned with the conservation of forest biodiversity.

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