Insects as Natural Enemies
Subtitle: A Practical Perspective
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: August 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9781402017346
Subjects: Insects (entomology); Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Insect natural enemies; Insect predators; Parasitoids; Pest management; Science / Zoology
First sentence: Until the late 1970s, parasitoid foraging behaviour was mostly studied from a proximate (i.e. causal or mechanistic) standpoint, with a strong emphasis on identifying which stimuli parasitoids respond to both in finding and in recognising their hosts.
Description: "There is now a massive literature on insect natural enemies, so there is a great need for a general text that the enquiring student or research worker can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. A considerably updated and expanded version of a previous best-seller, it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct, and how to carry them out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the literature that may need to be consulted on particular topics." "While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Insects as Natural Enemies is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professionals working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry."--BOOK JACKET.