Genetic Structure and Local Adaptation in Natural Insect Populations

Preface. Contributors. Part I: Local Adaptation: Empirical Evidence from Case Studies. 1. Population structure and the conundrum of local adaptation; D. Alstad. 2. Deme formation in a dispersive gall-forming midge; P. Stiling, A.M. Rossi. 3. Prevention of deme formation by the pinyon needle scale: problems of specializing in a dynamic system; N.S. Cobb, T.G. Whitham. 4. Local adaptation in specialist herbivores: theory and evidence; W.J. Boecklen, S. Mopper. Part II: Foundations of Local Adaptations: The Genetic Basis of Host-Plant Use and the Nature of Selection. 5. Population-level adaptation to host-plant chemicals: the role of cytochrome p450 monooxygenases; M.R. Berenbaum, A.R. Zangerl. 6. Assessment of genetic variation in the presence of maternal or paternal effects in herbivorous insects; M.C. Rossiter. 7. Local adaptation and stochastic events in an oak leafminer population; S. Mopper. 8. The strength of selection: intraspecific variation in host plant quality and the fitness of herbivores; S.Y. Strauss, R. Karban. Part III: Life History, Behavior, and Genetic Structure. 9. Intrademic genetic structure and natural selection in insects; D.E. McCauley, P.W. Goff. 10. Social behavior and its effects on colony- and microgeographic genetic structure in phytophagous insect populations; J.T. Costa. 11. Dispersal and adaptive deme formation in sedentary coccoid insects; L.M. Hanks, R.F. Denno. 12. Life-history strategies and the genetic structure of phytophagous insect populations; M.A. Peterson, R.F. Denno. Part IV: Local Adaptation, Host Race Formation, and Speciation. 13. Differential adaptation in spatially heterogeneous environments and host-parasite coevolution; S. Gandon, et al. 14. Scale-dependent evolution of specialization in a checkerspot butterfly: from individuals to meta-populations and ecotypes; C.D. Thomas, M.C. Singer. 15. Factors affecting gene flow between the host races of Eurosta solidaginis; J.K. Itami, et al. 16. Sympatric host-race formation and speciation in Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae): a tale of two species for Charles D.; J.L. Feder, et al. Index.