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Insect life-cycle polymorphism

Theory, evolution and ecological consequences for seasonality and diapause control

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Editors:
  1. H. V. Danks

    1. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

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Part of the book series: Series Entomologica (SENT, volume 52)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Insect life-cycle polymorphism: Introduction

    • Sinzo Masaki, Wolfgang Wipking
    Pages 1-3
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  3. Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects

    • H. V. Danks
    Pages 5-40
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  4. Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations in butterflies

    • Sören Nylin
    Pages 41-67
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  5. Evolutionarily stable seasonal timing of univoltine and bivoltine insects

    • Yoh Iwasa, Hideo Ezoe, Atsushi Yamauchi
    Pages 69-89
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  6. Variation of carabid life cycles along climatic gradients: An adaptive perspective for life-history evolution under adverse conditions

    • Teiji Sota
    Pages 91-112
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  7. Variation in diapause characteristics and its consequences on population phenomena in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch

    • Akio Takafuji
    Pages 113-132
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  8. Climatic legacies and sex Chromosomes: Latitudinal patterns of voltinism, diapause, size, and host-plant selection in two species of swallowtail butterflies at their hybrid zone

    • J. Mark Scriber
    Pages 133-171
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  9. Diapause as a pivotal factor for latitudinal and seasonal adaptation in Locusta migratoria in Japan

    • Seiji Tanaka
    Pages 173-190
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  10. Summer diapause in the polymorphic life cycle of the noctuid moth Mamestra brassicae

    • Cornelia Grüner, Sinzo Masaki
    Pages 191-204
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  11. Life-history variation in Dolichopoda cave crickets

    • Claudio Di Russo, Gianmaria Carchini, Valerio Sbordoni
    Pages 205-226
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  12. Life-history patterns in 15 populations of Protohermes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae): Effects of prey size and temperature

    • Fumio Hayashi
    Pages 227-243
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  13. Production of alatae in response to low temperature in aphids: A trait of seasonal adaptation

    • Shu-Sheng Liu
    Pages 245-261
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  14. Wing dimorphism and migration in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål

    • G. R. Wu, X. P. Yu, L. Y. Tao, Z. J. Ren
    Pages 263-275
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  15. Seasonal time partitioning and polymorphism in the developmental cycles of sympatric Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera) living in an unstable environment

    • W. Topp
    Pages 277-312
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  16. Control of alternate-year flight activities in high-alpine Ringlet butterflies (Erebia, Satyridae) and Burnet moths (Zygaena, Zygaenidae) from temperate environments

    • Wolfgang Wipking, Claudia Mengelkoch
    Pages 313-347
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  17. Insect life-cycle polymorphism: Current ideas and future prospects

    • H. V. Danks
    Pages 349-365
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  18. Back Matter

    Pages 367-381
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About this book

Recent studies have shown that genetic polymorphisms play an important role in structuring the seasonal life cycles of insects, complementing an earlier emphasis on the effects of environmental factors. This book presents current ideas and recent research on insect life--cycle polymorphism in a series of carefully prepared chapters by international experts, covering the full breadth of the subject in order to give an up-to-date view of how life cycles are controlled and how they evolve. By consolidating our view of insect life--cycle polymorphism in this way, the book provides a staging point for further enquiries.
The volume will be of interest to a wide variety of entomologists and other biologists interested in the control and evolution of life cycles and in understanding the extraordinarily complex ecological strategies of insects and other organisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

    H. V. Danks

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Insect life-cycle polymorphism

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, evolution and ecological consequences for seasonality and diapause control

  • Editors: H. V. Danks

  • Series Title: Series Entomologica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1888-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2828-5Published: 31 October 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4401-3Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1888-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 382

  • Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics

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