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Parasitoids Lay Their Eggs On Or In The Bodies Of Other Species Of Insects, And The Parasitoid Larvae Develop By Feeding On The Host, Causing Its Eventual Death. Known For A Long Time To Applied Biologists For Their Importance In Regulating The Population Densities Of Economic Pests, Parasitoids Have Recently Proven To Be Valuable Tools In Testing Many Aspects Of Evolutionary Theory. This Book Synthesizes The Work Of Both Schools Of Parasitoid Biology And Asks How A Consideration Of Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Understand The Behavior, Ecology, And Diversity Of The Approximately One To Two Million Species Of Parasitoids Found On Earth. After A General Introduction To Parasitoid Natural History And Taxonomy, The First Part Of The Book Treats The Different Components Of The Reproductive Strategy Of Parasitoids: Searching For A Host, Host Selection, Clutch Size, And The Sex Ratio. Subsequent Chapters Discuss Pathogens And Non-mendelian Genetic Elements That Affect Sexual Reproduction; Evolutionary Aspects Of The Physiological Interactions Between Parasitoid And Host; Mating Strategies; And Life History Theory And Community Ecology. A Special Effort Is Made To Discuss The Theoretic

Author

H. Charles J. Godfray

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691207025

Subjects

Science, Biology, Stem

Updated

2026-03-24