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Foraging behaviour and the evolution of specialisation in herbivorous arthropods

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Authors
  • C.J.M. Egas
Supervisors
  • M.W. Sabelis
  • S.B.J. Menken
Award date 10-01-2002
ISBN
  • 9076894124
  • 9789076894126
Number of pages 187
Publisher Amsterdam: UvA-IBED
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Document type PhD thesis
Note Research conducted at: IBED-PB
Language English
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Stellingen / Propositions
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction - Foraging Behaviour and the Evolution of Specialisation in Herbivorous Arthropods
Part One - Evolutionary Dynamics of Specialisation
2 On the Evolutionary Coexistence of Specialists and Generalists
3 Adaptive Dynamics of Specialisation and Ecological Character Displacement in Plant-Herbivore Systems
Part Two - Foraging Behaviour of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite
4 Adaptive Learning of Host Preference in a Herbivorous Arthropod
5 Adaptive Learning in Arthropods: Spider Mites Learn to Distinguish Food Quality
6 Intraspecific Variation in Induction of Preference and Performance in a Herbivorous Mite
7 The Spatial Scale at which Experience Affects the Foraging Behaviour of a Herbivorous Mite
Part Three - Speciation through Specialisation
8 On the Evolution of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Haplodiploid Species
9 Synthesis - Adaptive Speciation in Agricultural Pests
Nederlandse Samenvatting
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Dankwoord/Acknowledgements
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