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Ecological entomology

Featuring completely updated chapters, additional authors, and an increased emphasis on alternatives to traditional pesticides, the second edition of Ecological Entomology is the field's leading reference on the role of insects in ecosystems.
Print Book, English, ©1999
Wiley, New York, ©1999
Aufsatzsammlung
xix, 756 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780471244837, 047124483X
39045073
Introduction to ecological entomology / C.B. Huffaker, H.T. Gordon, and A.P. Gutierrez
The concept of the ecosystem / Peter W. Price
Growth and development of insects / H.T. Gordon
The food of insects / Raymond V. Barbehenn, John C. Reese, and Kenneth S. Hagen
Reproduction in insects / Franz Engelmann
Adaptations to hazardous seasonal conditions: dormancy, migration, and polyphenism / J.R. Nechols, M.J. Tauber, C.A. Tauber, and S. Masaki
Adaptations of insects to modes of life / Leopoldo E. Caltagirone
Biogeography and evolutionary history: wide-scale and long-term patterns in insects / Stewart B. Peck and Eugene Munroe
Dynamics and regulation of insect populations / Carl Huffaker, Alan Berryman, and Peter Turchin
Weather and insects / W.G. Wellington, D.L. Johnson, and D.J. Lactin
Interspecific competition in insects / N.J. Mills
Dynamics of insect predator-prey interactions / Alan A. Berryman and Andrew Paul Gutierrez
Insect invasions and community assembly / Sebastian J. Schreiber and Andrew Paul Gutierrez
Migration and movement / Peter Turchin and Kristian S. Omland
Mathematical models for age-structured population dynamics / G. Di Cola, G. Gilioli and J. Baumgärtner
Insect diversity and the trophic complexity of communities / John N. Thompson and David Althoff
Insects on flowers / Peter G. Kevan and Herbert G. Baker
The influence of insects on plant populations and communities / R.M. Nowierski, C.B. Huffaker, D.L. Dahlsten, D.K. Letourneau, D.H. Janzen, and G.G. Kennedy
Modeling tritrophic field populations / Andrew Paul Gutierrez
Applications of ecology for integrated pest management / M. Kogan, B.A. Croft, and R.W. Sutherst