Insects and gardens
Subtitle: in pursuit of a garden ecology
By: Eric Grissell ; with photographs by Carll Goodpasture.
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Beneficial insects.; Garden ecology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-330).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I. Lives of the Insects, 17; title: Chapter 1. What Is (and Is Not) anInsect?, 20; title: Chapter 2. Orders in the Garden, 34; title: Chapter 3. Some Basics of Insect Development, 71; title: Chapter 4. Survival, 98; title: Part I. The Ecology of Gardening, 117; title: Chapter 5. The Function of Insects in the Garden, 122; title: Chapter 6. The Interactions between Insects and Plants, 146; title: Chapter 7. The Interactions of insects with Each Other, 176; title: Chapter 8. Conceptions: A View to the Garden, 200; title: Chapter 9. Diversity: The Basis of a Balanced Garden, 215; title: Part III. Insects and Humans: The Gardener's Perspective, 233; title: Chapter 10. Increasing Diversity in the Garden, 236; title: Chapter 11. Inviting Insects into the Garden, 262; title: Chapter 12. Fear and Loathing: A Gardener's Guide, 283; title: Chapter 13. Appreciating Insects, 301; title: Chapter 14. The Realistic Gardener, 316; title: Additional Reading, 327; title: Index, 331.