Ecological Modelling Applied To Entomology

Author : Cláudia P. Ferreira,Wesley A.C Godoy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319068770

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Ecological Modelling Applied to Entomology by Cláudia P. Ferreira,Wesley A.C Godoy Pdf

Insects, when studied from the ecological perspective, provide a great opportunity for scientific studies emphasizing population theory. The simple fact of being successful organisms for their ability to colonize different habitats or even for their high reproductive potential, increases the interest of ecologists in conducting studies focused on population and community level. Mathematical models are powerful tools that can capture the essence of many biological systems and investigate ecological patterns associated to ecological stability dependent on endogenous and exogenous factors. This proposal comes from the idea of adding experiences of researchers interested in working at the interface between mathematical and computation theory and problems centered on entomology, showing how mathematical modelling can be an important tool for understanding population dynamics, behavior, pest management, spatial structure and conservation.

Author : Carl B. Huffaker,Andrew Paul Gutierrez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 047124483X

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Ecological Entomology by Carl B. Huffaker,Andrew Paul Gutierrez Pdf

Featuring completely updated chapters, additional authors, and an increased emphasis on alternatives to traditional pesticides, the second edition of Ecological Entomology is the field's leading reference on the role of insects in ecosystems. The authors cover insect growth and development, what they eat, how they reproduce, and how they move in various environments. The book also examines how insects interact with the plant community and how to control insect populations naturally.

Author : Roger Laurence Kitching
Publisher : University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951000163532M

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Systems Ecology by Roger Laurence Kitching Pdf

Author : Rafael A. Moral,Wesley A.C. Godoy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3031430972

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Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes by Rafael A. Moral,Wesley A.C. Godoy Pdf

This book combines chapters emphasising mathematical, statistical, and computational modelling applied to insect populations, particularly pests or natural enemies in agricultural landscapes. There is a gap between agricultural pest experimentation and ecological theory, which requires a connection to supply models with laboratory, and field estimates and projects receiving inputs and insights from models. In addition, decision-making in entomology with respect to pest management and biological conservation of natural enemies has been supported by results obtained from different computational and mathematical approaches. This book brings contemporary issues related to optimization in spatially structured landscapes, insect movement, stability analysis, game theory, machine learning, computer vision, Bayesian modelling, as well as other frameworks.

Author : Paolo Palladino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134959211

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Entomology, Ecology and Agriculture by Paolo Palladino Pdf

This study is facilitated by following economic entomologists' and ecologists' changing ideas about different pest control strategies, chiefly 'chemical', 'biological', and 'integrated' control. The author then follows the efforts of one specific group of entomologists, at the University of California, over three generations from their advocacy of 'biological' controls in the 1930s and 40s, through their shifting attention to the development of an 'integrated pest management' in the context of 'big biology' during the 1970s.

Author : Alan J. A. Stewart,T. R. New,O. T. Lewis
Publisher : CABI
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Insects
ISBN : 9781845932558

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Insect Conservation Biology by Alan J. A. Stewart,T. R. New,O. T. Lewis Pdf

These proceedings contain papers on insect conservation biology that are classified under 3 themes: (1) the current status of insect conservation, and major avenues for progress and hindrances (6 papers); (2) insects as model organisms in conservation biology (6 papers); and (3) future directions in insect conservation biology (6 papers).

Author : John L. Goodenough,James M. McKinion
Publisher : American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015029148494

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Basics of Insect Modeling by John L. Goodenough,James M. McKinion Pdf

Strategies and methods: Basics of modeling strategies, The role and relationship of the database with insect population models, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, Artificial intelligence approaches, Computer development, Synthesis and measurement of temperature, Near-surface soil temperature model for biophysical development models; Insect population dynamics: Representation of development, Modeling insect mortality, Modeling insect recruitment, A model for long-distance moth dispersal, Integrated decision model for velvetbean caterpillar control, Application of cim for control decision on heliothis.

Author : Timothy D. Schowalter
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323856744

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Insect Ecology by Timothy D. Schowalter Pdf

Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes and their effects on ecosystem properties and services. Written by an expert in the field, this book addresses ways in which insect morphology, physiology and behavior tailor their adaptation to particular environmental conditions, how those adaptations affect their responses to environmental changes, and how their responses affect ecosystem properties and the ecosystem services on which humans depend for survival. This edition also addresses recent reports of global declines in insect abundance and how these declines could affect human interests. Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition is an important resource for researchers, entomologists, ecologists, pest managers and conservationists who want to understand insect ecology and to manage insects in ways that sustain the delivery of ecosystem services. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students may also find this as a useful resource for entomology and specifically insect ecology courses. The only insect ecology text that emphasizes insect effects on ecosystem properties and services, as well as evolutionary adaptations to environmental conditions Includes new material on long-term trends in insect abundance, addressing the so-called “insect apocalypse Offers crucial updates on mechanisms by which insects affect, and potentially regulate, ecosystem structure and function Applies ecological principles to improved management of insects for the sustainable delivery of ecosystem services

Author : T.R. Southwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401572910

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Ecological Methods by T.R. Southwood Pdf

The virtual impossibility of extracting the many different species from a habitat with equal efficiency by a single method (e.g. Nef, 1960). 1.1 Population estimates Population estimates can be classified into a number of different types; the most convenient classification is that adopted by Morris (1955), although he used the terms somewhat differently in a later paper (1960). 1.1.1 Absolute and related estimates The animal numbers may be expressed as a density per unit area of the ground of the habitat. Such estimates are given by nearest neighbour and related techniques (Chapter 2), marking and recapture (Chapter 3), by sampling a known fraction of the habitat (Chapter 4-6) and by removal sampling and random walk techniques (Chapter 7). Absolute population The number of animals per unit area (e.g. hectare, acre). It is almost impossible to construct a budget or to study mortality factors without the conversion of population estimates to absolute figures, for not only do insects often move from the plant to the soil at different developmental stages, but the amount of plant material is itself always changing. The importance of obtaining absolute estimates cannot be overemphasized.

Author : Timothy D. Schowalter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080508818

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Insect Ecology by Timothy D. Schowalter Pdf

Dr. Timothy Schowalter has succeeded in creating a unique, updated treatment of insect ecology. This revised and expanded text looks at how insects adapt to environmental conditions while maintaining the ability to substantially alter their environment. It covers a range of topics- from individual insects that respond to local changes in the environment and affect resource distribution, to entire insect communities that have the capacity to modify ecosystem conditions.Insect Ecology, Second Edition, synthesizes the latest research in the field and has been produced in full color throughout. It is ideal for students in both entomology and ecology-focused programs. NEW TO THIS EDITION:* New topics such as elemental defense by plants, chaotic models, molecular methods to measure disperson, food web relationships, and more* Expanded sections on plant defenses, insect learning, evolutionary tradeoffs, conservation biology and more* Includes more than 350 new references* More than 40 new full-color figures

Author : Jill Lancaster,Barbara J. Downes
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191669880

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Aquatic Entomology by Jill Lancaster,Barbara J. Downes Pdf

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and environmental managers. Often employed as indicators of ecosystem health, aquatic insects are also commonly used as model systems to test hypotheses in ecological topics including metapopulation and metacommunity dynamics, recruitment limitation, trophic interactions, and trophic networks. Due to their complex life cycles, aquatic insects must master both terrestrial and aquatic environments, crossing these ecosystem boundaries during different stages of development and reproduction. In this wide-ranging text, life under and on top of the water surface are covered in unusual detail, including the biomechanics of life in water, locomotion underwater and on surface films, gas exchange, physico-chemical stressors, feeding, sensory perception and communication, reproduction, egg-laying and development, and the evolution of aquatic habits. The threatened status of freshwaters around the world, coupled with an expanding population of researchers and managers charged with their well-being, signals the importance of such a book as many individuals seek to understand how insects function in these often challenging physical environments. Interest in freshwaters may never have been higher with ever-increasing conflict between water allocation for human (agricultural) use and conservation. Aquatic Entomology is suitable for graduate students, researchers, and managers interested in the subject from a perspective of either basic or applied ecology. It will also be a valuable supplementary text for courses in limnology or freshwater ecology, entomology, and water resource management.

Author : A. S. Isaev,Vladislav G. Soukhovolsky,O. V. Tarasova,E. N. Palnikova,A. V. Kovalev
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119407522

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Forest Insect Population Dynamics, Outbreaks, And Global Warming Effects by A. S. Isaev,Vladislav G. Soukhovolsky,O. V. Tarasova,E. N. Palnikova,A. V. Kovalev Pdf

Research in insect population dynamics is important for more reasons than just protecting forest communities. Insect populations are among the main ecological units included in the analysis of stability of ecological systems. Moreover, it is convenient to test new methods of analyzing population and community stability on the insect-related data, as by now ecologists and entomologists have accumulated large amounts of such data. In this book, the authors analyze population dynamics of quite a narrow group of insects – forest defoliators. It is hoped that the methods proposed herein for the analysis of population dynamics of these species may be useful and effective for analyzing population dynamics of other animal species and their effects and role in global warming. What can insects tell us about our environment and our ever-changing climate? It is through studies like this one that these important answers can be obtained, along with data on the insects and their behaviors themselves. The authors present new theories on modeling and data accumulation, using cutting-edge processes never before published for such a wide audience. This volume presents the state-of-the-art in the science, and it is an essential piece of any entomologist’s and forest engineer’s library.

Author : Robert N. Coulson,John A. Witter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984-05-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0471025739

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Forest Entomology by Robert N. Coulson,John A. Witter Pdf

This text considers forest insects occurring in forest ecosystems, specialized forestry settings, and urban forests, with an approach and coverage that make it suitable for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses in forest entomology and forest protection. Early chapters introduce entomology, middle chapters provide the first comprehensive treatment of the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of forest insects, and later chapters discuss the pest insects according to their feeding group.

Author : David Dent (Ph. D.),M. P. Walton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D01466915C

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Methods in Ecological and Agricultural Entomology by David Dent (Ph. D.),M. P. Walton Pdf

Aims to integrate new approaches and technologies with traditional and proven methods of ecological and agricultural entomology. This book provides an analysis and evaluation of the methods available, their application, and also the general principles involved.

Author : J. Baumgartner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000657937

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Population and Community Ecology for Insect Management and Conservation by J. Baumgartner Pdf

One of the themes of the 20th International Congress of Entomology held in Florence in August 1996 was Ecology and Population Dynamics, with papers presented on single species dynamics, population interactions, and community ecology. This book contains a selection of the papers that were presented, and gives a late-1990s picture of the latest research in this fast developing area.