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Ecological Entomology VOLUME 27 - 2002 EDITORS S. R. Leather M. D. E. Fellowes ASSOCIATE EDITORS R. S. Fritz F. S. Gilbert J. K. Hill N. J. Mills EDITORIAL BOARD M. Auerbach C.S. Awmack T. S. Bellows M. B. Bonsall R.F. Denno M. Dicke A. F.G. Dixon N.R. Franks D. T. Gwynne B. A. Hawkins I. D. Hodkinson R. Karban M. Kaspari P.G. Kevan A. J. McLachlan l. Roslin C.D. Thomas D. J. Thompson 4 Blackwell Publishing © 2002 The Royal Entomological Society Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL, UK 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6AJ, UK Authorisation to photocopy items for internal and personal use is granted by the Copyright holder for libraries and other users of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA (www.copyright.com), provided the appropriate fee is paid directly to the CCC. This consent does not apply to other kinds of copying such as copying for general distribution for advertising or promotional purposes, for creating new collective works or for resale. Ecological Entomology is covered by Current Contents, ASCA Science Citation Index, Zoological Record, Entomological Abstracts, Biological Abstracts and BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences. ISSN 0307-6946 Printed by Information Press, Oxford, U.K. Contents VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1, FEBRUARY 2002 Seasonal changes in leaf nutritional quality influence grass miner performance Published 4 March 2002 J. Scheirs, L. de Bruyn and R. Verhagen Original Articles Cascading effects of variation in plant vigour on the relative performance of insect herbivores Mate discrimination by females in the burying and their parasitoids beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis: the influence of male Tiit Teder and Toomas Tammaru size on attractiveness to females Andria E. Beeler, Claudia M. Rauter and \ comparison of the host-zsearching effi {/len J. Moore of two larval parasitoids of Plutella x Xin-Gen Wang and M. A. Keller Spatial patterns, temporal variability, and the role of multi-nest colonies in a monogynous Spanish Prior flea beetle herbivory affects oviposition desert ant preference and larval performance of a potat Xim Cerda, Abdallah Dahbi and Javier Retana beetle on their shared host plant Michael J. Wise and Abigail M. W Spatial correlations of Diceroprocta apache and its host plants: evidence for a negative impact from Immune expression in a damselfly i Tamarix invasion time of season, not to fluctuating asymm Aaron R. Ellingson and Douglas C. Andersen or host size Christopher P. Yourth, Mark R. I Aphid population dynamics: does resistance to Bruce P. Smith parasitism influence population size? R. A. Hufbauer Mating behaviour and light conditions cause seasonal changes in the dispersal pattern of the VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2, APRIL 2002 satyrine butterfly Lethe diana Published 10 April 2002 J.-Y. Ide Original Articles The relationship between male head size and harem size in the sexually dimorphic mountain stone 129-137 Body size as an estimator of production weta Hemideina maori in a solitary bee Tan G. Jamieson Jordi Bosch and Narcis } Life history of Kladothrips ellobus and Oncothrips rodwayi: insight into the origin and loss of Senescence of immune defence in Bombus soldiers in gall-inducing thrips workers Brenda D. Kranz, Michael P. Schwarz Claudie Doums, Yannick Mor David C. Morris and Bernard J. Crespi and Paul Schmid-Hempel Allometric plasticity in a polyphenic beetle Gamete production and sexual size dimorphism Armin P. Moczek in an insect (Orchesella cincta) with indeterminate growth Evaluating a putative mimetic relationship between G. Ernsting and J. A. Isaaks two butterflies, 4delpha bredowii and Limenitis lorquini Risk-sensitive decisions during nesting may Kathleen L. Prudic, Arthur M. Shapiro and increase maternal provisioning capacity in the Nicola S. Clayton subsocial shield bug Parastrachia japonensis Lisa Filippi, Mantaro Hironaka and Shintaro Plant volatiles in the sexual communication of Nomakuchi Melolontha hippocastani: response towards time-dependent bouquets and novel function of Taasskk--ppaarrttiittiioonneedd nneeccttaarr ttrraannssffere irn in stinstginlg ess bb ees (Z)-3-hexen-1l-ol as a sexual kairomone work organisation in a phylogenetic context J. Ruther, A. Reinecke and M. Hilker {dam G. Hart and Francis L. W. Ratnieks Dung feeding in adult scarabaeines (tunnellers 251-253 A novel technique for relocating concealed insects and endocoprids): even large dung beetles eat R. W. Piper and S. G. Compton small particles P. Holter, C. H. Scholtz and K. G. Wardhaugh New Perspectives Avoidance of occupied hosts by the Hessian fly: oviposition behaviour and consequences for 254-256 Will climate change have a different impact on larval survival different trophic levels? Phenological develop- H. Kanno and M. O. Harris ment of winter moth Operophtera brumata and its host plants acultative bacterial endosymbionts benefit pea Allan D. Watt and Anne M. McFarlane aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum under heat stress Clytia B. Monillor, Amy Maxmen and Alexander H. Purcell VOLUME 27, NUMBER 3, JUNE 2002 Apparent competition between two species of Published 10 May 2002 aphid via the fungal pathogen Erynia neoaphidis Original Articles and its interaction with the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi T. Pope, E. Croxson, J. K. Pell, H. C. J. Godfray 257-270 Dung beetles in a Central Amazonian rainforest andC . B. Miiller and their ecological role as secondary seed dispersers Dispersal by bagworm larvae, Metisa plana: effects Ellen Andresen of population density, larval sex, and host plant attributes Influence of atmospheric carbon dioxide Marc Rhainds, Gerhard Gries, Cheng Tuck Ho enrichment on induced response and growth and Poh Soon Chew compensation after herbivore damage in Lotus corniculatus Probing behaviour of Aphis craccivora Koch on Alain Bazin, Marcel Goverde, Andreas Erhardt host plants of different nutritional quality and Jacqui A. Shykoff Violeta Traicevski and Seamus A. Ward A trade-off between diapause duration and Bimodal life cycle of the burying beetle Nicrophorus fitness in female parasitoids quadripunctatus in relation to its summer Jacintha Ellers and Jacques J. M. van Alphen reproductive diapause Tomoyosi Nisimura, Masahiro Kon and Egg cannibalism by Coleomegilla maculata lengi Hideharu Nu neonates: preference even in the presence of essential prey Contrasting frequencies of parasitism and host Isabelle Gagné, Daniel Coderre and mortality among phorid and conopid parasitoids Yves Mauffette of bumble-bees Michael C. Otterstatter, Troy L. Whidden and Host utilisation by moth and larval survival of Robin E. Owen pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pitvocampa in relation to food quality in three Pinus species Short Communications José A. Hodar, Regino Zamora and Jorge Castro 241 Ant-mediated dispersal of the black willow aphid The phenological window of opportunity for Pterocomma salicis L.; does the ant Lasius niger L. early-season birch sawflies judge aphid-host quality? Jocelyn Martel and Antti Kause C. Matilda Collins and Simon R. Leather An experimental examination of the effects of The effect of foundress number on sex ratio under habitat quality on the dispersal and local abun- partial local mate competition dance of the butterfly Parnassius smintheus Gabriel Debout, Xavier Fauvergue and Stephen F. Matter and Jens Roland Fréde ric Fleury Migration and Allee effects in the six-spot burnet Ant-dependent oviposition in the membracid moth Zygaena filipendulae Publilia concava Rosa Menéndez, David Gutiérrez and Manuel A. Morales Chris D. Thomas Differences in host plant selection among three 403-414 Geographical variation in host f Athalia sawflies feeding on crucifers in Japan of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alc Koukichi Nagasaka and Naota Ohsaki in Denmark Thomas Damm Als, David R. Nash and Chemical defence of Battus philenor larvae Jacobus J. Boomsma against attack by the parasitoid Trogus pennator Karen Sime Intraspecific competition between healthy and parasitised hosts in a host—parasitoid system Priority effects of bamboo-stump mosquito larvae: consequences for life-history traits influences of water exchange and leaf litter input Carlos Bernstein, Annie Heiz mann and Toshihiko Sunahara and Motoyoshi Mogi Emmanuel Desouhant Caste-specific N and C isotope ratios in The use of artificial neural networks in ecological fungus-growing termites with special reference analysis: estimating microhabitat temperature to uric acid preservation and their nutritional Simon R. Bryant and Tim G. Shree) interpretation i Tava F Heods and T. Abe 3: Triangular fecundity function and ageing i1 ladybird beetles 1. F. G. Dixon and B. K Short Communications Uptake of Bt-toxin by ea ese aes transgenic maize and consequences for 362-365 Gall insect and endophytic fungal co-occurrence predator Chrysoperla carnea in a xeric and mesic site 1. Dutton, H. Klein, J. Rome Alan C. Gange, Rachel Croft and Wenping Wu Does a cyclic natural thermal cure occur in Patterns = pollen feeding at Wolbachia-infected Trichogramma species? oe He ee ee B. Pintureau, F. Lassabliére, J. Daumal Catalina Estrada and Chi and §. Grenier Effects of meadow suitability on fem 1d it Fitness advantage f. rom nuptial gift. s in female’ hbeehhaavviioouurr in tthhee aallpniinnee bbuutttteerrfillyy 4P . fireflies smintheus Jennifer Rooney and Sara M. Lewis S. Fownes and J. Roland Nourishment aff New Perspectives paper wasp Polistes m J. H. Hunt and M 378-384 Body size and fitness in Odonata, stabilising selection and a meta-analysis too far? David J. Thompson and Ola M. Fincke VOLUME 27, NUMBER 4, AUGUST 2002 Density-medi Published 20 July 2002 host allelochemic Crtietei cal Appraisal j behaviour ande porpula tion dynai Kimberly F. Wa ‘ Community effects of praying mantids: a meta-analysis of the influences of species identity and experimental design William F. Fagan, Matthew D. Moran, Jessamy J. Rango and Lawrence E. Hurd Original Articles Short Communications 396-402 A minimalist approach to the effects of density- 499-504 _ Fine-scale ecologi ical and genetic variati dependent competition on insect life-history traits € horthi rasshopper hybrid zone Philip Agnew, Mallorie Hide, Christine Sidobre ynDbaa anadnd and Yannis Michalakis 505-508 Between- and within-population morphological Flexible use of patch marks in an insect predator: comparisons of all castes between monogynous and effect of sex, hunger state, and patch quality polygynous colonies of the ant Myrmica kotokui Yoshitaka Nakashima, Mayumi Teshiba and Tomonori Kikuchi Yoshimi Hirose 588-600 Spatial and temporal variation in the parasitoid New Perspectives assemblage of an exophytic polyphagous caterpillar 509-512 The debate about density dependence — a polemic John O. Stireman ITT and Michael S. Singer Christian Haak 601-607 The effect of past and current hosts on reproductive investment by the adult cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora VOLUME 27, NUMBER 5, OCTOBER 2002 Violeta Traicevski and Seamus A. Ward Published 12 September 2002 608-617 Allee effect in larval resource exploitation in Editorial Drosophila: an interaction among density of adults, larvae, and micro-organisms Excellence in ecological entomology — The Royal Bregje Wertheim, Julien Marchais, Entomological Society’s Awards for Scientific Louise E.M. Vet and Marcel Dicke Writing S. R. Leather Short Communications Original Articles 618-621 Desiccation of Pinus foliage induced by conifer sawfly oviposition: effect on egg viability 514-520 Using age grading by wing injuries to estimate size- Sylvio G. Codella and Kenneth F. Raffa dependent adult survivorship in the field: a case study of the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria Oviposition stimuli for host plant recognition and Dieter U. Burkhard, Paul I. Ward and clutch size determination in a leaf-mining moth Wolf U. Blanckenhorn Hideki Kagata and Takayuki Ohgushi Relationships between oviposition date, hatch Host-mediated effects of feeding by winter moth date, and offspring size in the grasshopper on the survival of Euceraphis betulae Chorthippus brunneus J. T. Staley and S. E. Hartley Andrew Cherrill Landscape context affects trap-nesting bees, Preference and performance are correlated in the wasps, and their natural enemies spittlebug Aphrophora pectoralis on four species Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter of willow Timothy P. Craig and Takayuki Ohgushi New Perspectives Testing for context-dependence in a processing chain interaction among detritus-feeding 638-640 Flowers at the front line of invasion? aquatic insects Jaboury Ghazoul Matthew P. Daugherty and Steven A. Juliano The effects of exposure to seaweed on willingness to mate, oviposition, and longevity in seaweed flies VOLUME 27, NUMBER 6, DECEMBER 2002 Derek W. Dunn, Caroline S. Crean and André S. Gilburn Published December 2002 Original Articles Dynamics of springtail and mite populations: the role of density dependence, predation, and weather Steven H. Ferguson and Damien O. Joly 641-650 High-altitude migration of the diamondback moth Plutella xvlostella to the U.K.: a study Metapopulation dynamics of a flightless alpine using radar, aerial netting, and ground trapping insect Hemideina maori in a naturally fragmented Jason W. Chapman, Don R. Reynolds, habitat Alan D. Smith, Joe R. Riley, David E. Pedgley Paul T. Leisnham and Ian G. Jamieson and Ian P. Woiwod Parasitism by the mite Trombidium breei on four 720-731 Between-forest variation in vertical stratification U.K. butterfly species of drosophilid populations L. Conradt, S. A. Corbet, T. J. Roper and Shin-Ichi Tanabe E. J. Bodsworth Differential vulnerability of prey to an invading Oviposition patterns in a predatory mite reduce top predator: integrating field surveys and the risk of egg predation caused by prey laboratory experiments Farid Faraji, Arne Janssen and Guy Woodward and Alan G. Hildrew Maurice W. Sabelis Flexibility in the composition and concentration Thermal ecology of western tent caterpillars of amino acids in honeydew of the drepanosiphid Malacosoma californicum pluviale and infection aphid Tuberculatus quercicola by nucleopolyhedrovirus Izumi Yao and Shin-Ichi Akimoto Leonardo Frid and Judith H. Myers Effects of photoperiod, temperature, and host Short ¢ ‘ommunications plant age on induction of reproductive diapause and development time in Danaus plexippus Do leaf shelters always protect caterpillars from Liz Goehring and Karen S. Oberhauser invertebrate predators? Co‘ nspic. uous colourati;o n attracts prey to a Meegg TT.. JJoonnees,s , IIggnnaacciio o Casteblial anosreae lea anc stati. onary predator , \ faarr thhay Rf . vi We ISS Mark E. Hauber ; , ; Cornicle length in Macrosiphini aphids Liifie -cycle variati‘ on i: n the aphi‘d Si- tobion avenae: =ieco mparison) of “eeccoollooggiicca l ttrraa its . costs and benefi-t s of = male productio: n rh ee= 2 ” , lor iFE eard ee> ni there {/vin J. Helden and A. F.G. Dixon and Bernhard Stadler Lack of . evi7 dence f. or reproductivi e isolation me Mea> suri“ningo ethe er S“OT eeetintir ee“ceesse s ¢ field males of the yellow dung fly among ecologically specialised lycaenid butterflies Paul | Ward. N Wedell j C.2 C.ee Nic, e, J. A. Fo“ rdyce, A. M. Sh7 apir; o and J = Poe aare Inc edelenl, , t David. ” osken R. Ffrench-Constant and Tom Tregenza ‘ Seasonal sex ratio and unbalanced investment \uthor index sex ratio in the Banksia bee Hylaeus alcyoneus Dean R. Paini and Winston J. Baile