Evolutionary Strategies of Parasitic Insects and Mites

Page.- The Parasitic Way of Life and its Consequences.- Approaches to the study of parasitic arthropods.- Evolutionary consequences of the parasitic habit.- Consequences for the parasite.- Consequences for the host.- Conclusions.- Some Components in an Evolutionary Biology of Parasites.- Biochemical Coevolution between Parasitoids and their Hosts.- Habitat preference.- Habitat location.- Host searching.- Parasitoid conditioning.- Host acceptance.- Host identification.- Host discrimination.- Host suitability.- Host regulation.- Summary.- Models for Parasite Populations.- Population models.- Examples of m-parasites.- Evaluation of m-parasites.- Darwinian models.- Conclusions.- Courtship in Parasitic Wasps.- Patterns in courtship: two examples.- Courtship and reproductive isolation.- The elements of courtship.- Pheromonal attractants in parasitic wasps.- Male wing vibration during courtship.- Role of antennae during courtship.- Courtship strategies.- Summary.- Reproductive Strategies of Parasitoids.- Determinants of parasitoid fecundity.- Host survivorship curves.- Ovariole number and fecundity.- Adaptations of reproductive organs and larvae 92 Ovariole number and characteristics of host attacked.- Ichneumonidae.- Tachinidae.- Summary.- Consequences of Parasite and Host Characteristics on Community Organization and Speciation.- Succession of r and K Strategists in Parasitoids.- Theory of r and K selection.- Studies revealing r and K selection 116 Development of v and K strategists in communities 117 Evidence of r and K strategists among parasitoids.- Summary.- The Organisation of Chalcid-Dominated Parasitoid Communities Centred upon Endophytic Hosts.- The oak gall community.- Discussion.- The leaf-mine community.- Discussion.- General Discussion.- Summary.- Interactions of Seeds and their Insect Predators/ Parasitoids in a Tropical Deciduous Forest.- Definitions.- Dense versus diffuse populations.- Numbers of pods per tree.- Numbers of seeds per pod.- Percent seeds dying.- Carrying capacity.- Resource size of adult host plants.- Concentrations of adults.- Avoid thy neighbor.- Host specificity.- Hyperparasitoids.- Surviving the inimical season.- Disturbance.- Sympatric Speciation in Phytophagous Parasitic Insects.- Some important aspects of Rhagoletis biology.- Patterns of evolution.- The genetics of host shifts 193 A generalized genetic model of sympatric speciation.- Summary.- Author Index.- Genus and Species Index.- Subject Inde.