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Tables of Contents for Tiger Beetles
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
8
Why Study Tiger Beetles?
1
2
On Whose Shoulders Are We Standing?
3
1
How Valuable Are Tiger Beetles for Scientific Studies?
4
5
Part I. Taxonomic Diversity: Tiger Beetles in Space and Time
How to Recognize a Tiger Beetle
9
28
Who Are Their Relatives?
9
1
What Is Unique about Tiger Beetles?
9
19
Life Cycle Stages
28
9
Classification and Evolution
37
25
The Classification of Cicindelidae
37
14
The Evolution of Diversity
51
11
Species and Speciation
62
29
What is a Species?
62
8
Why Do We Care about Species?
70
21
The Genetic System of Tiger Beetles
91
12
Chromosomes and Sex Cells
91
10
Chromosome Evolution and Speciation
101
2
Biogeography
103
24
Why Are There More Species in Some Places Than in Others?
104
11
Where Did Tiger Beetles Come from and How Did They Get There?
115
12
Part II. Ecological Diversity: Tiger Beetles in Their Environment
Surviving the Elements
127
28
Tiger Beetles in Their Physical Habitats
130
1
Maintaining a Constant Internal Environment
131
8
Responding to Longer Term Environmental Changes
139
13
Evolutionary Ramifications
152
3
Finding and Courting Mates
155
12
Sexual Selection and the Logic of Female Choice
157
1
Mating and Reproduction
158
9
Escaping and Avoiding Enemies
167
19
Who Is the Enemy?
169
4
Antipredator Characters
173
3
Multiple Antipredator Defenses
176
4
Defense Chemicals-Local Adaptation of Historical Coincidence?
180
6
Coping with Competitors
186
27
Food and Foraging Behavior
187
5
How Do Tiger Beetles Confront Competition?
192
5
Are There Patterns of Species Co-occurrence within a Community?
197
6
The Species Radiation of Tiger Beetles: What Promotes Diversification?
203
10
Economics and Conservation
213
24
Economic Use
214
1
Conservation
215
3
Cross-Taxon Comparisons and the Problem of Statistical Autocorrelations
218
7
Molecular Studies and Conservation
225
12
Part III. Interaction of Ecological and Taxonomic Diversity
Future Studies and Synthesis
237
12
Studying Distributional Patterns
238
1
The Need for Studying Subspecies
239
2
Global Comparisons
241
1
Updating Reconstructed Phylogenies and the Impact on Their Predictive Powers
242
1
Chaetotaxy and Integrative Biology
243
3
Conclusions
246
3
Appendix A. Observing, and Collecting Tiger Beetles
249
12
Appendix B. Natural History of the Major Tiger Beetle Genera of the World
261
38
Literature Cited
299
26
Taxonomic Index
325
5
Subject Index
330