Chapter 1 The Various Effects of Insects on Ecosystem Functioning

Chapter 2 Insect Herbivores, Nutrient Cycling and Plant Productivity

Chapter 3 Indirect Effects of Invertebrate Herbivory on the Decomposer Subsystem

Chapter 4 Biotic Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Effects on Plant Growth and Herbivore Development

Chapter 5 Belowground Herbivores and Ecosystem Processes

Chapter 6 Bottom-Up Effects and Feedbacks in Simple and Diverse Experimental Grassland Communities

Chapter 7 The Potential of Phytophagous Insects in Restoring Invaded Ecosystems: Examples from Biological Weed Control

Chapter 8 Plant-Insect-Pathogen Interactions on Local and Regional Scales

Chapter 9 Food Web Interactions and Ecosystem Processes

Chapter 10 A General Rule for Predicting When Insects Will Have Strong Top-Down Effects on Plant Communities: On the Relationship Between Insect Outbreaks and Host Concentration

Chapter 11 The Ecology Driving Nutrient Fluxes in Forests

Chapter 12 Simulating Herbivory: Problems and Possibilities

Chapter 13 The Use and Usefulness of Artificial Herbivory in Plant-Herbivore Studies

Chapter 14 From Mesocosms to the Field: The Role and Value of Cage Experiments in Understanding Top-Down Effects in Ecosystems

Chapter 15 Reducing Herbivory Using Insecticides

Chapter 16 The Role of Insect Herbivores in Exotic Plant Invasions: Insights Using a Combination of Methods to Enhance or Reduce Herbivory

Chapter 17 Herbivore-Specific Transcriptional Responses and Their Research Potential for Ecosystem Studies

Chapter 18 Testing the Role of Insects in Ecosystem Functioning