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Insects as Natural Enemies: A Practical Perspective - Second edition
Edited by M.A. Jervis
Springer
Hardcover XIV + 748 p. ISBN 1402017340
£154.00
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Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect
natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from
the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented with in the laboratory, the simple
life cycles of most parasitoids, and the increasing demand for biological pest control.
There is now a massive literature on insect natural enemies, so there is a great need for a general text that the
enquiring student or research worker can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate
to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. A considerably updated and expanded
version of a previous best-seller, it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids,
punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct, and how to carry them
out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the literature that may need to be consulted on particular topics.
While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Insects as Natural Enemies
is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professional working in universities and both
government and commercial institutes in the fields of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
Written for students and researchers in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields
of pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
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