Population Dynamics Of Agricultural And Forest Insect Pests

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Publisher : Hassell Street Press
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Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014658268

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Population Dynamics of Agricultural and Forest Insect Pests by Anonymous Pdf

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Author : Alan A. Berryman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489907899

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Dynamics of Forest Insect Populations by Alan A. Berryman Pdf

Insects multiply. Destruction reigns. There is dismay, followed by outcry, and demands to Authority. Authority remembers its experts or appoints some: they ought to know. The experts advise a Cure. The Cure can be almost anything: holy water from Mecca, a Government Commis sion, a culture of bacteria, poison, prayers denunciatory or tactful, a new god, a trap, a Pied Piper. The Cures have only one thing in common: with a little patience they always work. They have never been known entirely to fail. Likewise they have never been known to prevent the next outbreak. For the cycle of abundance and scarcity has a rhythm of its own, and the Cures are applied just when the plague of insects is going to abate through its own loss of momentum. -Abridged, with insects in place of voles, from C. Elton, 1924, Voles, Mice and Lemmings, with permission of Oxford University Press This book is an enquiry into the "natural rhythms" of insect abundance in forested ecosystems and into the forces that give rise to these rhythms. Forests form unique environ ments for such studies because one can find them growing under relatively natural (pri meval) conditions as well as under the domination of human actions. Also, the slow growth and turnover rates of forested ecosystems enable us to investigate insect popula tion dynamics in a plant environment that remains relatively constant or changes only slowly, this in contrast to agricultural systems, where change is often drastic and frequent.

Author : Alan A. Berryman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:319510003334015

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Forest Insects by Alan A. Berryman Pdf

Abstract: This reference/textbook is appropriate for the professional pesticide applicator involved in forest pest control. The book covers methods of insect identification, descriptions of insect life cycles, ecological impacts of pesticide use, management strategies and the practice of forest insect management (diagnosis, prognosis and prescription). A comprehensive bibliography is included.

Author : K. S. S. Nair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139464857

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Tropical Forest Insect Pests by K. S. S. Nair Pdf

Tropical Forest Insect Pests, first published in 2007, promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical forest insects; their ecological functions; the concept of pests; and the incidence of pests in natural forests, plantations, and stored timber. General issues on which foresters and forest entomologists hold strong traditional views, such as the severity of pest incidence in plantations vs. natural forests, in plantations of exotics vs. indigenous tree species, and in monocultures vs. mixed plantations are discussed. The final section looks in detail at specific insect pests of the common plantation tree species across the tropics, with recommendations for their control. This is a comprehensive resource suitable for graduate students and researchers in forestry and tropical forest entomology, and for forest plantation managers in the tropics.

Author : K. S. S. Nair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 051128408X

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Tropical Forest Insect Pests by K. S. S. Nair Pdf

Author : Pedro Barbosa,Deborah K. Letourneau,Anurag A. Agrawal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118253847

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Insect Outbreaks Revisited by Pedro Barbosa,Deborah K. Letourneau,Anurag A. Agrawal Pdf

The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion. They can be hugely destructive when the insect is a crop pest or carries diseases of humans, farm animals, or wildlife. Knowledge of these types of population dynamics and computer models that may help predict when they occur are very important. This important new book revisits a subject not thoroughly discussed in such a publication since 1988 and brings an international scale to the issue of insect outbreaks. Insect Outbreaks Revisited is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students in ecology, population biology and entomology, as well as government and industry scientists doing research on pests, land managers, pest management personnel, extension personnel, conservation biologists and ecologists, and state, county and district foresters.

Author : Allan D. Watt,Nigel E. Stork,Mark D. Hunter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0412791102

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Forests and Insects by Allan D. Watt,Nigel E. Stork,Mark D. Hunter Pdf

This book covers the full breadth of forest entomology. It combines the work of forest entomologists working on the impact and management of forest pests with those involved in diversity assessment and conservation of insects in forests. Forests and Insects demonstrates that both these disciplines demand an understanding of population and community biology. The book covers such topics as colonization of trees by insects, population dynamics of forest insects, insect natural enemies, the effects of climate change and pollution on forest pests, spatial variation in the abundance of insects,the mineralization of carbon by termites, the impact of herbivorous insects, and the conservation of forest insect diversity, including the effects of forest fragmentation and deforestation. This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume will be of great interest to all agricultural and forest entomologists, population and community biologists, pest management specialists and anyone concerned with the conservation of forest biodiversity.

Author : Christer Bjorkman,Pekka Niemela
Publisher : CABI
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780643786

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Climate Change and Insect Pests by Christer Bjorkman,Pekka Niemela Pdf

Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses. It is anticipated that the damage by insects will increase as a consequence of climate change, i.e. increasing temperatures primarily. However, the evidence in support of this common “belief” is sparse. Climate Change and Insect Pests sums up present knowledge regarding both agricultural and forest insect pests and climate change in order to identify future research directions.

Author : Simon R. Leather
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781405140294

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Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems by Simon R. Leather Pdf

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems highlights the problems faced by entomologists working in forest ecosystems. Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata of the forest canopy Covers techniques associated with various specialised groups of forest insects Each chapter is backed up by a sound approach to experimental design and data analysis Essential reading for advanced students and researchers as well as teachers

Author : George Copley Varley,G. R. Gradwell,Michael Patrick Hassell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520026675

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Insect Population Ecology by George Copley Varley,G. R. Gradwell,Michael Patrick Hassell Pdf

Expressing propulation changes; density dependent processes affecting cultures of single species; composititions between species for a limited resouce; parasites and predatrs; climate and weather; life tables and their use in population chages of some forest insects; biological control.

Author : Edgar J. Leroux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Agricultural pests
ISBN : UCR:31210001920154

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Population Dynamics of Agricultural and Forest Insect Pests by Edgar J. Leroux Pdf

Author : Douglas C. Allen,Lawrence P. Abrahamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest insects
ISBN : MINN:31951D029749280

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Proceedings, North American Forest Insect Work Conference by Douglas C. Allen,Lawrence P. Abrahamson Pdf

Author : Bozzano G Luisa
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323138741

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Insect Outbreaks by Bozzano G Luisa Pdf

FROM THE PREFACE: The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion....The goal of this book is to update and advance current thinking on the phenomenon of insect outbreaks. The contributors have reviewed relevant literature in order to generate a synthesis providing new concepts and important alternatives for future research. More importantly, they have presented new ideas or syntheses that will stimulate advances in thinking and experimentation.

Author : E.A. Heinrichs,T.A. Miller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461231240

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Rice Insects: Management Strategies by E.A. Heinrichs,T.A. Miller Pdf

Due to the worldwide importance of rice as a crop plant, the biology of rice pests is of great interest to agricultural research. This timely book brings together contributions from the fields of entomology, agronomy, population ecology, and biostatistics to provide a comprehensive survey of rice-insect interaction. Among the topics discussed are - crop loss assessment - economic thresholds and injury levels for incest pests - mosquito leafhoppers and planthoppers population dynamics - pheromone utilization - techniques for predator evaluation - chemical based for insect resistance - applications of tissue culture - systems analysis and - rice pestmanagement. With its emphasis on experimental techniques of pest analysis and control, Rice Insects: Management Strategies will be a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners alike.

Author : Juha Helenius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Insect populations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924076429061

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Intercropping, Insect Populations and Pest Damage by Juha Helenius Pdf