Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change Patterns and Processes
This book presents completely novel, yet unpublished findings on aphid population dynamics and ecology in the context of recent environmental changes and closely related issues. It can be used as complementary text in any course on population dynamics and
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Pavel Kindlmann · A.F.G. Dixon · J.P. Michaud Editors
Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change Patterns and Processes
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Editors Prof. Pavel Kindlmann Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR and Institute for Environmental Studies Charles University CZ-128 01 Prague 2 Czech Republic [email protected]
Prof. A.F.G. Dixon Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR and School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia NR4 7TJ Norwich United Kingdom [email protected]
Prof. J.P. Michaud Department of Entomology Kansas State University 240th Ave. 1232 67601 Hays Kansas USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-8600-6 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8601-3 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8601-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010929761 Chapter 7 is published with kind permission of © US Government 2010. All rights reserved © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Publication of this book was supported by the Biodiversity Research Centre of the CR and by Center of Excellence CZECHGLOBE. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book presents the results of recent research on aphid population dynamics and ecology relevant to current environmental changes resulting from global warming. It incorporates a selection of the contributions presented at the International Symposium on Aphids in Fremantle, Australia, in October 2005, plus some additional invited chapters. The objective was to incorporate the major issues in the field and simultaneously create a closely interrelated and integrated volume. The first chapter sets the scene. Kindlmann and Dixon present a critical review of existing models of aphid population dynamics, examine the biological assumptions that are incorporated in the models and present one of the latest models of aphid metapopulation dynamics. They conclude that natural enemies are unlikely to affect aphid population dynamics late in a season, but in some years may have an effect very early in the season, when aphid colonies are still small and predators might be able to reduce the numbers of colonies. The question, whether aphids will move to different locations, adapt to the change in conditions in their current habitat or go extinct is discussed by Ameixa. She concludes that the distributions of aphids are most likely to change, with the distribution of each species moving globally as their preferred habitat moves in response to changes in the climate, which may be more difficult than in the past because of habitat fragmentation and habitat loss. The chapter by Harringt
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