Klappentext This book enhances our understanding of biological control, the suppression of populations of pests and weeds by living organisms, combining theory and practical application. The authors cover biological control of insects, weeds, plant pathogens and vertebrate animals, and take a balanced, objective approach that explores the benefits and risks of biological control methods. Zusammenfassung This book enhances our understanding of biological control! the suppression of populations of pests and weeds by living organisms! combining theory and practical application. The authors cover biological control of insects! weeds! plant pathogens and vertebrate animals! and take a balanced! objective approach that explores the benefits and risks of biological control methods.

Auteur

George Heimpel is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Entomology at the University of Minnesota. His research is focused on parasitoid biology and the use of parasitoids as biological control agents.

Texte du rabat

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

Contenu

Foreword Jacques Brodeur; Preface; 1. Definitions and interactions; 2. Biological control and invasion biology; 3. Importation biological control - the scope of success; 4. Negative consequences of biological control; 5. Ecological risk analysis in biological control; 6. Population dynamics in biological control; 7. Biological control and evolution; 8. Augmentation: orchestrating local invasions; 9. Conservation biological control I: orchestrating natural control through habitat manipulation; 10. Conservation biological control II: orchestrating natural control through pesticide reduction or selection.