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Ecological Methods in Forest Pest Management
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 84.99Throughout the world, there is a need to manage pests in both semi-natural and plantation forests. The sustainable management and control of forest pests depends on the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes. A central theme of this book is an examination of the ecological context of the major components of IPM and how and when... more...
Biological Control of Tropical Weeds using Arthropods
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 54.00Discusses the biological control of weeds using arthropods, providing ecological management models for use across the tropical world. more...
Insect Biodiversity
Wiley 2009; US$ 169.95Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together leading scientific experts to assess the impact insects have on humankind and the earth’s fragile ecosystems. It examines why insect biodiversity matters and how the rapid evolution of insect species is affecting us all. Insects and related arthropods make up more than 50 percent of... more...
Diseases of Mites and Ticks
Springer 2009; US$ 149.99Presents an overview of various aspects of acarine diseases, stretching from basic pathology to microbial pest control. more...
The Lives of Ants
Oxford University Press 2009; US$ 14.99The Lives of Ants combines natural history with molecular biology, genetics, and even the latest developments in robotics, to explore the intricately organized societies of ants, revealing the secret of the huge ecological success of these remarkable creatures, and how they cooperate, communicate, exploit other animals and even go to war. - ;Humans... more...
Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation
University of California Press 2007; US$ 52.00The intimate associations between plants and the insects that eat them have helped define and shape both groups for millions of years. This pioneering volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects, including their relationships with host plants and natural enemies. Chapters focus on the dynamic relationships... more...
Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 18.95Here is all the information you will ever need--no matter where you are in the world--to identify, avoid, and protect yourself against all manner of blood sucking or venomous arthropods, ranging from scorpions, spiders, ants, and bees to mites, ticks, lice, bed bugs, sand flies, biting midges, mosquitoes, and horse flies. Line drawings and representative... more...
Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids
Wiley 2008; US$ 144.95Written by a team of leading international specialists, Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids examines the optimal behaviors that parasitoids exhibit in order to maximize long term offspring production. It is an essential reference for research scientists and students studying these fascinating insects or for anyone involved in using parasitoids... more...
Bumblebees
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 54.99Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world. They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of ecological and behavioural concepts, such as social organization, optimal foraging theories, host-parasite interactions, and pollination. Recently they have become a focus for conservationists... more...









