Insect Herbivory: Outline Studies in Ecology

Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 The evolutionary context and its implications.- 2 Plants as food for insects.- 2.1 Variation in the nutritive value of plant tissue.- 2.2 Barriers to the use of plant tissues.- 2.3 Trace compound barriers.- 2.4 Dosage-dependent chemical barriers.- 2.5 Changes in plant tissue resulting from herbivory.- 2.6 Strategies of insect herbivory and plant response.- 3 Insect adaptations to herbivory.- 3.1 Finding the food: host-plant location and recognition.- 3.2 Finding the food: synchronization with the host-plant.- 3.3 Insect feeding mechanisms.- 3.4 Food utilization and conversion efficiencies.- 4 Insect herbivory and non-woody plants.- 4.1 Herbivory and the individual plant.- 4.2 Herbivory and the plant population.- 4.3 Quantitative relationships.- 5 Insect herbivory and woody plants.- 5.1 The distribution and intensity of insect herbivory.- 5.2 The consequences of herbivory for the woody plant.- 5.3 Other effects of insect herbivory.- 5.4 Insect herbivores and tree rings.- 6 Insect herbivory and the plant community.- 6.1 Plant community composition and insect abundance.- 6.2 Effects of insect herbivory on plant communities.- 7 Insect herbivory in ecosystems.- 7.1 The scale of insect herbivory.- 7.2 The role of insect herbivores in the ecosystem.- 7.3 Insect herbivory and agricultural ecosystems.- References.