Insect-Fungal Associations : Ecology and Evolution

Introduction: Seven Wonders of the Insect-Fungus World, Meredith Blackwell and Fernando E. Vega
Part I. Fungi Acting Against Insects
1. Phylogenetics of the insect Pathogenic Genus Beauveria, Stephen A. Rehner
2. Phylogeography of Metarhizium, an Insect Pathogenic Fungus, Michael J. Bidochka and Cherrie L. Small
3. Interactions Between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Arthropod Natural Enemies, Michael J. Furlong and Leslie C. Lewis
4. Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Endophytes and Their Roles Against Insects, Elizabeth Arnold and Leslie C. Lewis
5. The Fungal Roots of Microspordian Parasites, Naomi M. Fast and Patrick J. Keeling
6. Fungal Biotrophic Parasites of Insects and Other Arthropods, Alex Weir and Meredith Blackwell
Part II. Fungi Mutualistic with Insects
7. Reciprical Illumination: A Composition of Agriculture in Humans and in Fungus-Growing Ants, Ted R. Schultz, Urlich G. Mueller, Cameron R. Currie, and Stephen A. Rehner
8. Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi, Duur K. Aanen and Jacobus J. Boomsma
9. The Role of Yeasts as Insect Endosymbionts, Fernando E. Vega and Patrick F. Dowd
10. The Beetle Gut as a Habitat for New Species of Yeasts, Sung-Oui Suh and Meredith Blackwell
11. Ecology and Evolution of Mycophagous Bark Beetles and Their Fungal Partners, Thomas C. Harrington
Conclusion: Symbioses, Biocomplexity, and Metagenomes, Fernando E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell

Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology SCI025000