Section I. Genetics of Life-Cycle Traits. - 1 Understanding the Evolution of Insect Life-Cycles: The Role of Genetic Analysis. - 2 The Use of Selection to Probe Patterns of Pleiotropy in Fitness Characters. - Section II. Evolution of Life-Cycle Traits. - 3 Evolution of Phenology and Demography in the Pitcher-Plant Mosquito Wyeomyia smithii. - 4 Developmental Programmes and Adaptive Syndromes in Insect Life-Cycles. - 5 Coevolution Between Herbivorous Insects and Plants: Tempo and Orchestration. - 6 Size Phylogeny and Life-History in the Evolution of Feeding Specialization in Insect Predators. - 7 Opportunistic Diapause in the Subtropical Ground Cricket Dianemobius fascipes. - 8 Evolution of Mutualistic Life-Cycles: Yucca Moths and Fig Wasps. - 9 Testing Hypotheses About the Evolution of the Mean Phenotype in Temporally Variable Environments Fritz Taylor. - Section III. Coordination of Life-Cycle Traits. - 10 Insect Herbivores Herbivory and Plant Succession Valerie K. Brown. - 11 Migration and the Coordination of Life-Cycles as Exemplified by Lygaeinae Bugs. - 12 Competition and Selection in a Patchy and Ephemeral Habitat: The Implications for Insect Life-Cycles. - 13 Facultative and Obligatory Diapause Responses in Three Species of Burnet Moth: A Characterization of Life-Cycle Phenologies by Field Observations and Laboratory Experiments. - 14 The Present and Future of Insect Life-Cycle Evolution. - Species Index. Language: English