Biodiversity and insect pests : key issues for sustainable management /
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Biodiversity and insect pests / Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten, William E. Snyder
- Fundamentals
- The ecology of biodiversity-biocontrol relationships / William E. Snyder, Jason M. Tylianakis
- The role of generalist predators in terrestrial food webs : lessons for agricultural pest management / K.D. Welch, R.S. Pfannenstiel, J.D. Harwood
- Ecological economics of biodiversity use for pest management / Mark Gillespie, Steve D. Wratten
- Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management / Miguel A. Altieri, Luigi Ponti, Clara I. Nicholls
- Plant biodiversity as a resource for natural products for insect pest management / Opender Koul
- The ecology and utility of local and landscape scale effects in pest management / Sagrario G�amez-Viru�es, Mattias Jonsson, Barbara Ekbom
- Methods
- Scale effects in biodiversity and biological control : methods and statistical analysis / Christoph Scherber, Blas Lavandero, Katrin M. Meyer, David Perovic, Ute Visser, Kerstin Wiegand, Teja Tscharntke
- Pick and mix : selecting flowering plants to meet the requirements of target biological control insects / Felix L. W�ackers, Paul C.J. van Rijn
- The molecular revolution: using polymerase chain reaction methods to explore the role of predators in terrestrial food webs / William O.C. Symondson
- Employing chemical ecology to understand and exploit biodiversity for pest management / David G. James, Sofia Orre-Gordon, Olivia L. Reynolds (nee Kvedaras), Marja Simpson
- Application
- Using decision theory and sociological tools to facilitate adoption of biodiversity-based pest management strategies / M.M. Escalada, K.L. Heong
- Ecological engineering strategies to manage insect pests in rice Geoff M. Gurr, K.L. Heong J.A. Cheng, J. Catindig
- China's "Green Plant Protection" initiative : coordinated promotion of biodiversity-related technologies / Lu Zhongxian, Yang Yajun, Yang Puyun, Zhao Zhonghua
- Diversity and defence : plant-herbivore interactions at multiple scales and trophic levels / Finbarr G. Horgan
- "Push-pull" revisited : the process of successful deployment of a chemical ecology based pest management tool / Zeyaur R. Khan, Charles A.O. Midega, Jimmy Pittchar, Toby J.A. Bruce, John A. Pickett
- Using native plant species to diversify agriculture / Douglas A. Landis, Mary M. Gardiner, Jean Tompkins
- Using biodiversity for pest suppression in urban landscapes / Paula M. Shrewsbury, Simon R. Leather
- Cover crops and related methods for enhancing agricultural biodiversity and conservation biocontrol : successful case studies / P.G. Tillman, H.A. Smith, J.M. Holland
- Synthesis
- Conclusion: Biodiversity as an asset rather than a burden / Geoff M. Gurr, William E. Snyder, Steve D. Wratten, Donna M.Y. Read.