" Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of
plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural …

Plants being the producers of food have been constantly under attack by insects. During
evolution, plants have not just developed different mechanisms to defend themselves but …

One of the world's most insightful writers on the subject brings together an array of important
and readable information on the ways in which insects and plants coexist in nature …

" This volume captures the state-of-the-art in the study of insect-plant interactions, and marks
the transformation of the field into evolutionary biology. The contributors present integrative …

From a phytochemical standpoint, plants are producers of chemicals, and insects are
consumers. The biology of the consumer role played by insects is a very complex and …

In his recent review of the developing theory of insect-plant interactions, Gilbert (52)
identified four major thrusts in research: insect-plant coevolution, host plants as islands …

Herbivorous Insects: Host-Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms addresses mechanisms of
searching behavior leading ultimately to host location of herbivorous insects. It is divided …

Most hypotheses concerning the evolution of insect‐plant relationships are based on the
assumptions that,(1) phytophagous insects reduce plant fitness, and that (2) insect‐plant …

The evolutionary interactions between plants and phytophagous insects are asymmetric: the
biochemical and structural diversity of the angiosperms provide a profusion of niches for the …

The interaction between herbivorous insects and the angiosperm plants they consume,
collectively constituting the majority of macroscopic species in terrestrial communities, has …