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Ecological engineering for pest management : advances in habitat manipulation for arthropods / editors, Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten, Miguel A. Altieri.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural pests--Biological control.
- Agricultural pests.
- Ecological engineering.
- Environmental engineering.
- Arthropod pests--Control.
- Arthropod pests.
- Agricultural ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub. ; Wallingford, U.K. : CABI Pub., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Details the latest techniques in manipulating farm habitats to enhance pest control in crops worldwide.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1 Ecological engineering, habitat manipulation and pest management; Chapter 2 Genetic engineering and ecological engineering: a clash of paradigms orscope for synergy?; Chapter 3. The agroecological bases of ecological engineering for pest management; Chapter 4 The landscape context of arthropod biological control; Chapter 5 Use of behavioural and life-history studies to understand the effects ofhabitat manipulation; Chapter 6 Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation approaches for parasitoidconservation in annual cropping systems
- Chapter 7 Marking and tracking techniques for insect predators and parasitoids inecological engineeringChapter 8 Precision agriculture approaches in support of ecological engineering forpest management; Chapter 9 Effects of agroforestry systems on the ecology and management of insectpest populations; Chapter 10 The 'push-pull' strategy for stemborer management: a case study inexploiting biodiversity and chemical ecology; Chapter 11 Use of sown wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies ofagricultural pests; Chapter 12 Habitat manipulation for insect pest management in cottoncropping systems
- Chapter 13 Pest management and wildlife conservation: compatible goals forecological engineering?Chapter 14 Ecological engineering for enhanced pest management: towards a rigorousscience; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-15617-2
- 9786613156174
- 0-643-09841-0
- OCLC:
- 554887795
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