jameslitsinger.files.wordpress.com€¦  · Web viewChapter 8. M. E. Solomon. 1957. Dynamics of insect populations. Pages 121-142. In: Edward A. Steinhaus, Ray F. Smith (editors).

Chapter 8. M. E. Solomon. 1957. Dynamics of insect populations. Pages 121-142. In: Edward A. Steinhaus, Ray F. Smith (editors). Annual Review of Entomology. Volume 2, 407 pages. Stanford, CA: Annual Reviews Inc.

Keywords: population ecology, the power to increase, life- and fecundity-tables, influences associated with low and high density, density effects in stored product insects, Tribolium, Callosobruchus and Drosophila, Metatetranychus ulmi, Lucilia cuprina, saturation density level, fluctuations in density, dispersal, influence of other species, interspecific competition, Rhizopertha, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, parasitoids and hosts, predators and prey, Aphytis, pathogens, complex relationships, density-dependence, natural control, effects of crowding and shortage, Anisopus fenestralis, Hypericum perforatum, control by predators and parasitoids, complex control, nonregulation or natural control by chance, comparison of views on natural control, natural control as a focal point for research