Forest Insect Population Dynamics, Outbreaks, and Global Warming Effects
by A. S. Isaev, Vladislav G. Soukhovolsky, O. V. Tarasova, E. N. Palnikova, and A. V. Kovalev
Research in insect population dynamics is important for more reasons than just protecting forest communities. Insect populations are among the main ecological units included in the analysis of stability of ecological systems. Moreover, it is convenient to test new methods of analyzing population and community stability on the insect-related data, as by now ecologists and entomologists have accumulated large amounts of such data. In this book, the authors analyze population dynamics of quite a na...
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A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals indoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.
Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases (Handbook of Plant Disease Management)
Chapters outline up-to-date strategies regarding breeding, chemical and biological control, cultural and environmental manipulation, diagnosis, nutrition, and sanitation and how these approaches directly influence ornamental plant health. This book is a presentation of the latest techniques for disease management by a global team of experts. The book addresses the major diseases of economically important ornamentals with the goal of capturing the latest disease management strategies along with d...
Advances in Heteroptera Research. Festschrift in Honor of 80th Anniversary of Michail Josifov (Pensoft Series Faunistica)
by S Grozeva and N Simov
Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes - 2000 Update. Nuclear Development.
Dragonflies of the Natal Drakensberg (Ukhahlamba)
by Michael J. Samways and Gael Whiteley
Presents the sixth book in the Ukhahlamba series on the natural history of the Drakensberg. This guide on South African dragonflies, helps identify these insects easily in the Berg and other parts of the country.
"Explores a variety of unusual insects, including locusts, army ants, and scarab beetles, and examines their biological make-up, environment, and behavior"--Provided by publisher.
Tourism, Recreation and Biological Invasions
The first section of the book includes information about how tourism-related infrastructure and activities promote biological invasions, including key pathways for non-native invasive species introductions. This section provides case studies of different organisms that are known to be introduced and/or promoted by tourism in different ecosystems or regions. The second section elaborates on known and potential impacts of invasive species on tourism and recreation, including how they may affect, p...
Immature Insects, Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Frederick W. Stehr, are excellent sources of information on the biology and ecology of insect families, making these indispensible textbooks. With abundant illustrations, descriptions, and keys, both volumes are also useful as field guides in identifying many common, economically important, or unusual species. Immature Insects is the only reference that extensively details information necessary to identify immature insects. These books explain the...
Principles of Sericulture
Great progress has been made in the past decade in the field of sericulture research. Sericulture technique covering various aspects has also advanced greatly. Like agriculture, sericulture, as an industry, requires greater development in research and technology aimed at increased production. This text covers the complete range of subjects with current data relating to mulberry and silkworm. Particular emphasis has been laid on the basic aspects of stable crop of silkworm and various preventive...
Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bacteria and viruses at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. The size and general nature of insects present special problems to the student of entomology. For example, many commercially available instruments are geared to measure in grams, while the forces commonly encountered in studying insects are in the milligram range. Therefore, techniques developed in the study of insects or in those fields concerned with the...
Insect Resistance Management
Neither pest management nor resistance management can occur with only an understanding of pest biology. For years, entomologists have understood, with their use of economic thresholds, that at least a minimal use of economics was necessary for proper integrated pest management. IRM is even more complicated and dependent on understanding and using socioeconomic factors. The new edition of Insect Resistance Management addresses these issues and much more. Many new ideas, facts and case studies...
The implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been a great success in temperate areas, but its role in tropical regions is less known. The tropics face specific challenges, namely weather that impacts insect life cycles and pesticide application. Beginning by reviewing the current state of pests, biological and chemical control and emerging technologies, this book then addresses specific crops, providing an up-to-date, research-oriented overview of IPM in tropical regions. This book...
Isopod Systematics and Evolution (Advances in Crustacean Research)
A look at isopod systematics and evolution, topics confronted include the influence of genetic and extrachromasomal factors on their population rate and a comparison of different species in different habitats.
The emergence patterns of trout-stream insects and effective new fly patterns and fishing techniques.
Advances in Disease-vector Research (Advances in Disease Vector Research, Vol 9)
This series spans the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology and virology by exploring the mechanisms by which vectors - the carriers of disease agents - acquire and transmit pathogens such as viruses to their plant and animal hosts. The series covers the spectrum of vectors from mosquitos and leafhoppers to nematodes, and pathogens from viruses to mycoplasmas and protozoa. Articles deal with the emerging science of vector ecology, and consider both biotic and abiotic environmental influence...
The Compound Eye and Vision of Insects