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The Evolution of Insect Life Cycles

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Fritz Taylor

    1. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

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  2. Richard Karban

    1. Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences (LIFE SCIENCES)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Geographical Patterns in Insect Life Cycles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Life Cycle Strategies of an Intertidal Midge Between Subtropic and Arctic Latitudes

      • Dietrich Neumann
      Pages 3-19

    3. Significance of Ovipositor Length in Life Cycle Adaptations of Crickets

      • Sinzo Masaki
      Pages 20-34

    4. Geographical Variation and Ecological Control of Diapause in Flies

      • E. B. Vinogradova
      Pages 35-47

    5. Geography of Density-Dependent Selection in Pitcher-Plant Mosquitoes

      • William E. Bradshaw, Christina M. Holzapfel
      Pages 48-65

    6. Geographical Patterns in the Photoperiodic Induction of Hibernal Diapause

      • Fritz Taylor, John B. Spalding
      Pages 66-85

  3. Diversity of Life Cycle Patterns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Diapause Strategies in the Australian Plague Locust (Chortoicetes terminifera Walker)

      • K. G. Wardhaugh
      Pages 89-104

    3. Life Cycle Strategies and Plant Succession

      • Valerie K. Brown
      Pages 105-124

    4. Polymorphism in the Larval Hibernation Strategy of the Burnet Moth, Zygaena trifolii

      • Wolfgang Wipking, Dietrich Neumann
      Pages 125-134

    5. r-K Selection at Various Taxonomic Levels in the Pierine Butterflies of North and South America

      • Arthur M. Shapiro
      Pages 135-152

    6. Adaptive Significance of Genetic Variability of Photoperiodism in Mecoptera and Lepidoptera

      • Klaus Peter Sauer, Hubert Spieth, Cornelia Grüner
      Pages 153-172

    7. Mosquito Maternity: Egg Brooding in the Life Cycle of Trichoprosopon digitatum

      • L. P. Lounibos, C. E. Machado-Allison
      Pages 173-184

  4. Mechanisms of Insect Life Cycle Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. The Evolution of Insect Life Cycle Syndromes

      • Hugh Dingle
      Pages 187-203

    3. Evolution of Wing Polymorphism and Its Impact on Life Cycle Adaptation in Insects

      • Derek Roff
      Pages 204-221

    4. Prolonged Development in Cicadas

      • Richard Karban
      Pages 222-235

    5. Toward a Theory for the Evolution of the Timing of Hibernal Diapause

      • Fritz Taylor
      Pages 236-257

  5. Concluding Remarks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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About this book

This book was developed out of a symposium at the XVII International Congress of Entomology held in Hamburg, Germany, on August 21, 1984. This symposium was organized by Drs. William Bradshaw and Hugh Dingle, who subsequently asked us to edit the proceedings. The chapters represent, for the most part, papers that were read in Hamburg but have been expanded and updated. The goal of this volume is to provide a comprehensive view of current research on insect life cycles, including field and laboratory studies, broad comparisons among species or local populations, and intensive studies of single populations, as well as theoretical research. Of necessity, given the magnitude of research now being carried out on insects, some important research programs are not included, and therein lie the makings of future volumes. This volume is divided into three parts. The first part, Geographical Patterns in Insect Life Cycles, explores various applications of a comparative method that has been valuable in investigating the potential for variability in life history parameters and the relation of these parameters to important variables in the environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Fritz Taylor

  • Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

    Richard Karban

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Evolution of Insect Life Cycles

  • Editors: Fritz Taylor, Richard Karban

  • Series Title: Proceedings in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8666-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8668-1Published: 01 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8666-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6625

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 287

  • Topics: Zoology, Cell Biology, Ecology

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