K a Spencer

(Author)

Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1990)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1990, 27 August 2012

Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1990)
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Series Entomologica
Print Length
444 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
27 Aug 2012
ISBN-10
9401073368
ISBN-13
9789401073363

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Phytophagous insects represent a very particular not really belong to their host plant range. This may group of organisms. Firstly, their number amounts lead to mistaken conclusions especially in regions to more than one quarter of all recent species (ex- where only few observations were possible, as well cluding fungi, algae and microbes) and together with as in the case of uncommon insect species. Fourthly, the green plants on which they feed they form al- the great majority (99. 4%) of the agromyzid species most one half of all living species described so far. studied show a high degree of host specialization Secondly, their overwhelming majority shows very which makes these insects especially suitable for narrow host plant specialization, that is they feed taxonomic-phylogenetic considerations. only on one or a few, mostly closely related plant With such an enormous amount of data, it may species, a characteristic that led J. H. Fabre to elab- have been tempting to draw far-reaching conclu- orate the notion of the 'insects' botanical instinct' a sions. However, the author has been very careful in century ago. doing this.

Product Details

Author:
K a Spencer
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1990
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
27 August 2012
Dimensions:
29.69 x 21.01 x 2.36 cm
ISBN-10:
9401073368
ISBN-13:
9789401073363
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
444
Publisher:
Weight:
1093.16 gm

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