Price, Peter W. <br/><br/>
Insect ecology :  behavior, populations and communities / 
Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, Deborah L. Finke, Ian Kaplan 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2011 
 - xii, 801 pages :  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The scope of insect ecology; Part II. Behavioral Ecology: 2. Behavior, mating systems, and sexual selection; 3. Social insects: the evolution and ecological consequences of sociality; Part III. Species Interactions: 4. Plant and herbivore interactions; 5. Lateral interactions: competition, amensalism, and facilitation; 6. Mutualisms; 7. Prey and predator interactions; 8. Parasite and host interactions; Part IV. Population Ecology: 9. Demography, population growth and life tables; 10. Life histories; 11. Population dynamics; Part V. Food Webs and Communities: 12. Community structure; 13. Multitrophic interactions; Part VI. Broad Patterns in Nature: 14. Biological diversity; 15. Planet Earth: patterns and processes; Glossary; References; Author index; Taxonomic index; Subject index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521834889 (hardback) 9780521542609 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Insects--Ecology