Insects as natural enemies a practical perspective /

Insects as natural enemies [electronic resource] : a practical perspective / edited by Mark A. Jervis.

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 wi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Jervis, Mark, Kidd, Neil, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; New York : Springer, ©2005.
Subjects:
Parasitoids.
Parasitic insects.
Insects > Parasites.
Table of Contents:
  • Foraging behaviour / M.D.E. Fellowes, J.J.M. van Alphen and M.A. Jervis
  • The life-cycle / M.A. Jervis, M.J.W. Copland and J.A. Harvey
  • Genetics / L.W. Beukeboom and B.J. Zwaan
  • Mating behaviour / I.C.W. Hardy, P.J. Ode and M.T. Siva-Jothy
  • Mating systems / I.C.W. Hardy, P.J. Ode and M.T. Siva-Jothy
  • Populations and communities / K.D. Sunderland, W. Powell and W.O.C. Symondson
  • Population dynamics / N.A.C. Kidd and M.A. Jervis
  • Phytophagy / M.A. Jervis and G.E. Heimpel.

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