University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Updates: Insect outbreaks / edited by Pedro Barbosa and Jack C. Shultz. San Diego : Academic Press, c1987.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Insect herbivore outbreaks viewed through a physiological framework : insights from Orthoptera / Spencer T. Behmer and Anthony Joern -- The dynamical effects of interactions between inducible plant resistance and food limitation during insect outbreaks / Karen C. Abbott -- Immune responses and their potential role in insect outbreaks / J. Gwen Shlichta and Angela M. Smilanich -- The role of ecological stoichiometry in outbreaks of insect herbivores / Eric M. Lind and Pedro Barbosa -- Plant-induced responses and herbivore population dynamics / Andr�e Kessler, Katja Poveda, and Erik H. Poelman -- Spatial synchrony of insect outbreaks / Andrew M. Liebhold, Kyle J. Haynes, and Ottar N. Bj�rnstad -- What tree-ring reconstruction tells us about conifer defoliator outbreaks / Ann M. Lynch -- Insect-associated microorganisms and their possible role in outbreaks / Yasmin J. Cardoza, Richard W. Hofstetter, and Fernando E. Vega -- Life history traits and host plant use in defoliators and bark beetles : implications for population dynamics / Julia Koricheva, Maartje J. Klapwijk, and Christer Bj�orkman -- The ecological consequences of insect outbreaks / Louie H. Yang -- Insect outbreaks in tropical forests : patterns, mechanisms, and consequences / Lee A. Dyer, Walter P. Carson, and Egbert G. Leigh Jr. -- Outbreaks and ecosystem services / Timothy D. Schowalter -- Evidence for outbreaks from the fossil record of insect herbivory / Conrad C. Labandeira -- Implications of host-associated differentiation in the control of pest species / Raul F. Medina -- Disasters by design : outbreaks along urban gradients / Michael J. Raupp, Paula M. Shrewsbury, and Dan A. Herms -- Resistance to transgenic crops and pest outbreaks / Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carri�ere -- Natural enemies and insect outbreaks in agriculture : a landscape perspective / J. Megan Woltz, Benjamin P. Werling, and Douglas A. Landis -- Integrated pest management : outbreaks prevented, delayed, or facilitated? / Deborah K. Letourneau -- Insect invasions : lessons from biological control of weeds / Peter B. McEvoy, Fritzi S. Grevstad, and Shon S. Schooler -- Assessing the impact of climate change on outbreak potential / Maartje J. Klapwijk ... [et al.].