Biological Control

Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management
Herausgeber: Mason, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to bring together a comprehensive account of global activities in biological control, providing a global overview of biological control programs with information from introduction biological control, conservation biological control, and augmentative biological control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 178mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1750g
• ISBN-13: 9781032109275
• ISBN-10: 1032109270
• Artikelnr.: 62231863

Autorenporträt

Dr Peter G. Mason is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Ottawa, Canada. The focus of his research is invasive alien species and importation biological control, with particular emphasis on host-range assessment and non-target impacts of parasitoids. He has served on the North American Plant Protection Organization Biological Expert Group and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) Commission on Access and Benefit-Sharing. He is an Honorary Member of IOBC Global.

Inhaltsangabe

HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 1 The diversity of biological control
agents. 2 Conservation biological control. 3 Importation biological
control. 4 Augmentative biological control. 5 Unintentional biological
control. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 6 Benefits and risks of
biological control. 7 Regulatory challenges for biological control. 8
Access and benefit-sharing and biological control. 9 Biological control and
climate change. 10 Taxonomy and biological control. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 11 Public perceptions of biological control. 12
Economic impact of biological control. 13 Uptake of biological control.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. 14 Biological control successes
and failures: Oceania region. 15 Biological control successes and failures:
African region. 16 Biological control successes and failures: Eurasian
region. 17 Biological control successes and failures: Indo-Pacific/Oriental
region.18 Biological control successes and failures: North American region.
19 Biological control successes and failures: Latin American region. FUTURE
PROSPECTS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 20 Integrating pest management with
biological control. 21 Biological control as a conservation science. 22 An
evolutionary ecology synthesis for biological control.