Aphids on Deciduous Trees

About this book

This is a digital reprint (without updates) of ISBN 9780855463144 (2007).

This volume in the Naturalists' Handbooks series deals with the identification, biology, and ecology of these herbivorous insects. Many line drawings, keys and photos of the aphids as well as their impact on the trees complement the text. While there are chapters dealing with Natural Enemies, Abundance, Sex and Distribution and Global Warming, the bulk of the book deals with identification.

The Naturalists' Handbooks provide a clear introduction to the natural history of each group, highlighting topics on which further research is needed; accurate and attractive illustrations and line drawings, and user-friendly keys for identification; practical advice on techniques and approaches to publishing one's findings; and an extensive reading list and index.

Contents

- Introduction
- Aphids: Distribution
- Evolution
- Size
- Food
- Symbionts
- Host specificity
- Reproduction
- Life cycle
- Dispersal
- Trees as habitat: Seasonality
- Trees' commitment to defence
- Natural enemies: Natural enemies of aphids
- Structure of aphidophagous mechanisms
- Abundance: Role of natural enemies
- Role of host abundance
- Role of intraspecific competition
- Sex: Mechanism
- Sex ratio
- Distribution and global warming: Regional distribution
- Global warming and distribution
- Global warming and aphid abundance
- Identification: Introduction to the keys
- Terms
- Preparing aphids for identification
- The keys
- Descriptions of genera and species
- Techniques and approaches to original work: Collecting and observing aphids in the field
- Rearing aphids in the laboratory
- Experiments
- Useful addresses
- References and further reading

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