Plant-provided food for carnivorous insects : a protective mutualism and its applications / edited by F.L. Wäckers, P.C.J. van Rijn and J. Bruin.
"Many arthropods with primarily carnivorous lifestyles require plant-provided food as an indispensable part of their diet. Only recently have we started to appreciate the implications of non-prey food for plant-herbivore-carnivore interactions. Insight into this aspect of multitrophic interacti...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | "Many arthropods with primarily carnivorous lifestyles require plant-provided food as an indispensable part of their diet. Only recently have we started to appreciate the implications of non-prey food for plant-herbivore-carnivore interactions. Insight into this aspect of multitrophic interactions is not only crucial to our understanding of the evolution and functioning of plant-insect interactions in natural ecosystems, it also has direct implications for the use of food plants and food supplements in biological control programs." "This edited volume provides essential reading for all researchers interested in plant-insect interactions."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511125909 9780511125904 0511123760 9780511123764 9780511542220 0511542224 1280430591 9781280430596 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511542220 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |