Insects provide excellent model systems for understanding evolutionary
ecology. They are abundant, small and relatively easy to rear, and these
traits facilitate both field and laboratory experiments. This book has
been developed from the Royal Entomological Society's 22nd International
Symposium, held in Reading in 2003. Topics include speciation and
adaptation; life history, phenotype plasticity and genetics; sexual
selection and reproductive biology; insect-plant interactions;
insect-natural enemy interactions and social insects.