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This book has been produced with the aim of stimulating the general naturalist to take a closer look at the bumps and lumps that make up the fascinating world of plant galls. Induced by a variety of insects and other organisms and ranging from tiny pimples to bizarre and often very attractive and exquisitely sculptured growths, plant galls are mystery to many people, but they offer a fascinating field of study for both botanists and zoologists. Galls can be found on a very wide range of both woody and herbaceous plants, with over 50 different kinds occurring on Britain's oak trees alone, and there is still much to be learned about even the commonest examples. An introduction to the nature of plant galls and their formation Brief descriptions of some of the organisms that cause or induce galls Superb photographs of just over 200 of the commonest or most conspicuous of Britain's 1,000 or so plant galls, arranged according to their host plants to aid field identification Descriptions of these galls and the life histories of the organisms that cause them

Galls (Botany) --- Cecidology --- Insect galls --- Plant galls --- Tumors, Plant

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Tumors, Plant --- Plant diseases --- Tumeurs (Phytopathologie) --- Plantes --- Maladies et fléaux

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Gall insects --- Galls (Botany) --- Insect-plant relationships --- Congresses. --- cecidiology --- galls --- teratology --- Cecidology --- Insect galls --- Plant galls --- Tumors, Plant --- Gall-causing insects --- Gall-inducing insects --- Gall-making insects --- Gallicolae --- Gallicolous insects --- Phytophagous insects --- Congresses --- PLANT GALLS --- GALL INSECTS --- INTERACTIONS --- STRUCTURE --- MEETINGS --- SYSTEMATICS --- EVOLUTION --- ECOLOGY --- PHYSIOLOGY

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This book is the result of an international symposium on gall-inducing arthropods, which was held September 5-9, 2005, in Kyoto, Japan. It was organized as the 4th international symposium on gall-inducing insects and as the symposium of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (lUFRO) working group, 7.03.02, Gall-Inducing Insects. The book addresses recent developments in the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, and biodiversity of gall-inducing arthropods, with individual contri­butions ranging in scope from detailed descriptions to profoundly synthetic stud­ies. One underlying theme of the book is the various impacts of gall induction that indirectly affect insect communities on the host plant. The other important contri­bution is the highly intricate and dynamic interactions between galling arthropods and their uniquely specialized host plants. Included also are chapters that discuss biodiversity and distribution patterns of gall-inducing arthropods, and biological control of invasive gall-inducing arthropods and of invasive trees. We believe that this book makes an important contribution to the knowledge of galling arthropods and their associates and to the development of robust, general principles of the ecology and evolution of these organisms.

Gall insects --- Entomology --- Galls (Botany) --- Evolution --- Ecology --- Cecidology --- Insect galls --- Plant galls --- Tumors, Plant --- Insects --- Gall-causing insects --- Gall-inducing insects --- Gall-making insects --- Gallicolae --- Gallicolous insects --- Phytophagous insects --- Entomology. --- Biodiversity. --- Ecology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Community & Population Ecology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Zoology --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities