Insect pest management and ecological research
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2003
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Place and Nature of Insect Ecology Research for IPM
- 2. Pest management as an applied science: the place of fact, theory and application
- 3. Historical trends in pest management: paradigms and lessons
- 4. IPM: a diverse, interrelated suite of socioeconomic and scientific problem-solving activities
- 5. An ecological underpinning for IPM
- 6. Understanding species: good taxonomy, sexual species and pest management
- 7. Polyphagous pests, parasitoids and predators - trophic relations, ecology and management implications
- 8. Pre-release evaluation and selection of natural enemies: population and community criteria
- 9. Autecological research on pests and natural enemies
- 10. Synopsis, practical implications and modern society