The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Host-Parasitoid Interactions

This book examines our current understanding of the population dynamics of one kind of interaction—that between insect parasitoids and their hosts. Parasitoids are amongst the most abundant of all animals, and make up about 10% or more of metazoan species. Almost no insect species escape their attack. Host-parasitoid interactions were first modelled over fifty years ago, but for many years there was little good empirical information on the important factors that affect host and parasitoid pop…