Beat Wermelinger (Swiss Federal Institute WSL, Zurich, Switzerland)

Forest Insects in Europe

Diversity, Functions and Importance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The descriptions of the various roles insects play in forest ecosystems in this book are easily comprehensible, but still scientific, and richly illustrated with 580 colour images of over 300 different insect and spider species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 351
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 246mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781032030319
• ISBN-10: 1032030313
• Artikelnr.: 62234323

Autorenporträt

Beat Wermelinger, Dr. sc. nat. ETH, biologist, Adliswil. Head of the research group. Forest entomology at the Federal Research Institute for Forests, Snow and Landscape (WSL), Birmensdorf. Research focus: bark beetles and natural enemies, Biodiversity, windthrow succession, climate change and neozoa. Lecturer at the Federal Technical University ETH Zurich and the Swiss Tree Care Federation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1 Diversity and functions of insects. PART 1 ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.
2 Insects and plant reproduction. 3 Turnover of green plant biomass. 4
Decomposition of wood. 5 Exploitation of animal waste. 6 Maintaining soil
fertility. 7 Food for other organisms. 8 Natural enemies. 9 Antagonists of
bark beetles. 10 Ecological significance of wood ants. 11 Transport of
organisms. 12 Maintenance of stand vitality. PART 2 IMPACTS ON HUMANS. 14
Economic damage. 15 Medical significance. 16 Usable insect products. 17
Introduced species. 18 Endangered forest insects. Bibliography. Photo
credits. Glossary. Species index.