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Introduction to forest and shade tree insects /
This comprehenisive text approaches the subject from an ecological/evolutionary biological perspective. The assumption is that one cannot study forest insects without understanding the dynamics of the relationship between an insect and its host plant. This relationship includes knowing what factors...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1989]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction to forest and shade tree entomology
- The influence of food on dendrophagous species
- Tree vigor and insect herbivores
- Host selection by forest and shade tree insects
- Symbiotic associations of forest insects, microorganisms, and trees
- Oleoresins in conifers: their nature and function
- Defoliating insects
- Insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts
- Phloem and wood-boring insects
- Gall-forming insects
- Insects that attack buds, shoots, and roots
- Insects that attack seeds and cones
- Forest insect communities
- Physical factors and forest environments
- Population growth and outbreaks
- Forest and shade tree insect pest management
- Survey, detection, and evaluation of insect pests
- Biological control of forest insects
- Insecticides and chemical control
- Direct control of forest insects
- Silvicultural control of forest insects.