Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-04-14
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research explores the ecological research required for development of strategies to manage pest insects, with particular emphasis on the scientific principles involved in the design and conduct of pest-related research. Although the connection between Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and ecology has been long appreciated, their specific relationship to one another has remained vague until now. Here, Gimme Walter develops the first general model of the entomological research requirements of IPM. He shows how to navigate through the diversity of options presented by current ecological theory, emphasising pest situations. Besides theory and principle, the book includes practical advice on understanding and investigating species, examines the ecological problems associated with polyphagous pests and beneficial species, and scrutinises ways suggested to improve insect biological control. As such, it will be an important resource for graduate students and researchers, in IPM, insect pest management, entomology, ecology and crop protection.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction
1(14)
Part 1 The place and nature of insect ecology research for IPM
Pest management as an applied science: the place of fact, theory and application
15(29)
Historical trends in pest management: paradigms and lessons
44(28)
IPM: a diverse, interrelated suite of socioeconomic and scientific problem-solving activities
72(17)
An ecological underpinning for IPM
89(26)
Part 2 Specific directions in insect ecology research for IPM
Understanding species: good taxonomy, sexual species and pest management
115(54)
Polyphagous pests, parasitoids and predators: trophic relations, ecology and management implications
169(38)
Pre-release evaluation and selection of natural enemies: population and community criteria
207(28)
Autecological research on pests and natural enemies
235(38)
Part 3 Synopsis: Ecological research for IPM today
Synopsis, practical implications, and modern society
273(22)
References 295(54)
Index 349

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