Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America : Modern Perspectives in Natural Forests and Exotic Plantations / edited by Sergio A. Estay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Estay, Sergio A., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entomology.

Forest management.

Animal ecology.

Forestry Management.

Animal Ecology.

Local Subjects:

Entomology.

Forestry Management.

Animal Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 239 p. 32 illus., 19 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Summary:

By providing multiple economic goods and ecosystem services, Latin American forests play a key role in the environmental, social and economic welfare of the region’s countries. From the tropical forests of Central America to the Mediterranean and temperate vegetation of the southern cone, these forests face a myriad of phytosanitary problems that negatively impact on both conservation efforts and forest industry. This book brings together the perspectives of several Latin American researchers on pest and disease management. Each chapter provides modern views of the status and management alternatives to problems as serious as the impact of introduced exotic insects and diseases on Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations throughout the continent, and the emergence of novel insect outbreaks in tropical and temperate native forests associated with global warming. It is a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners working on forest health in Latin America and around the world.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part 1. General perspectives

Chapter 2. Biological control of forest pests in Uruguay

Chapter 3. Past and Current Strategies for the Control of Leaf– cutting Ants in Brazil

Chapter 4. Remote sensing for insect outbreak detection and assessment in Latin America

Part 2. Pests of natural forests

Chapter 5. Ormiscodes amphimone outbreaks frequency increased since 2000 in asubantarctic Nothofagus pumilio forests of Chilean Patagonia

Chapter 6. Ormiscodes outbreaks dynamics: impacts and perspectives in a warming world

Chapter 7. Native forest health in Chile: towards a strategy of sustainable management

Part 3. Pests and diseases of forest plantations

Chapter 8. Invasive insects in forest plantations of Argentina: ecological patterns and implications for management

Chapter 9. Diseases of Eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay:current state and management alternatives

Chapter 10. Pests Management in Colombian Forest Plantations

Chapter 11. Diseases management in the forest plantations in Chile

Chapter 12. Insect Pests Affecting Exotic Trees in Chile and Their Management

Chapter 13. Pest status and management in the forest plantations of Costa Rica

Chapter 14. Forest diseases in Brazil: status and management

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-030-35143-2