Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae) (Hardcover)

Detailed contents, ix

Contributors, xvii

Preface, xviii

Introduction, xix

Taxonomic glossary, xx

1. PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION, 1
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Ivo Kovár¡

2. GENETIC STUDIES, 13
John J. Sloggett and Alois Hone¡k

3. LIFE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, 54
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Alois Hone¡k

4. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITATS, 110
Alois Hone¡k

5. FOOD RELATIONSHIPS, 141
Ivo Hodek and Edward W. Evans

6. DIAPAUSE/DORMANCY, 275
Ivo Hodek

7. INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS, 343
Éric Lucas

8. NATURAL ENEMIES OF LADYBIRD BEETLES, 375
Piotr Ceryngier, Helen E. Roy and Remy L. Poland

9. COCCINELLIDS AND SEMIOCHEMICALS, 444
Jan Pettersson

10. QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF COCCINELLIDS ON THEIR PREY, 465
J. P. Michaud and James D. Harwood

11. COCCINELLIDS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 488
J. P. Michaud

12. RECENT PROGRESS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS IN THE STUDY OF COCCINELLIDAE, 520
Helmut F. van Emden and Ivo Hodek

Appendix: List of Genera in Tribes and Subfamilies, 526
Oldrich Nedve¡d and Ivo Kovár¡

Subject index, 532

Colour plate pages fall between pp. 250 and pp. 251