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- Provides information and advice on the theoretical and - most importantly - the practical aspects of studying insect predators and parasitoids
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Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented with in the laboratory, the simple life cycles of most parasitoids, and the increasing demand for biological pest control.
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 professional working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
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Book Title: Insects as Natural Enemies
Book Subtitle: A Practical Perspective
Editors: Mark A. Jervis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2625-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1734-6Due: 25 May 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6587-3Due: 26 September 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2625-6Published: 07 September 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 748
Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Plant Pathology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology