Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Root Feeders - An Ecosystem Perspective -- Part I: Techniques for Studying Root Feeders -- 1 Methods for Studying Root Herbivory -- 2 New Experimental Techniques for Studying Root Herbivores -- Part II: Root Feeders in Context -- 3 Root Herbivory in Agricultural Ecosystems -- 4 Root Herbivory in Grassland Ecosystems -- 5 Root Herbivory in Forest Ecosystems -- 6 Grape Phylloxera: An Overview -- 7 Using Biocontrol Against Root-feeding Pests, with Particular Reference to Sitona Root Weevils -- 8 Invasive Root-feeding Insects in Natural Forest Ecosystems of North America -- Part III: Root Feeders in the Wider Ecosystem -- 9 Linking Aboveground and Belowground Herbivory -- 10 Root Feeders in Heterogeneous Systems: Foraging Responses and Trophic Interactions -- 11 Climate Change Impacts on Root Herbivores -- Species Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X.