Insect pests in tropical forestry /

• Main Authors: Wylie, F. R., (Author), Speight, M. R. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Forest insects > Tropics.; Forest insects > Control > Tropics.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Integrated Pest Management.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Animal Ecology.; Insects.; Ecology.; Forest health.; Forest management.; Forest nurseries.; Forest pests.; Forest trees.; Forests.; Insect pests.; Integrated pest management.; Invasive species.; Planning.; Plant pests.; Quarantine.; Research.; Stand characteristics.; Trees.; Tropical forests.; Electronic books.
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 The layout of this second edition follows that of the first, though the content has been substantially rewritten to reflect 10 years of research and development, as well as the emergence of new pest species. Chapter 1 presents an overview, from a somewhat entomological perspective, of tropical forestry in its many guises. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 then discuss the 'pure' biology and ecology of tropical insects and their co-evolved relationships with the trees and forests in which they live. Chapter 5 is necessarily the largest chapter in the book, looking in detail at a selection of major pest species from all over the tropical world. Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 then discuss the theory and practice of insect pest management, starting at the fundamental planning stage, before any seeds hit the soil. Nursery management and stand management were considered in Chapters 7 and 8. Chapter 9 covers the topics of forest health surveillance, quarantine and forest invasive species, topics which again have significance at all stages of forestry but for convenience are presented after nursery and forest management. This, in fact, we attempt to do in the final chapter, Chapter 10, which combines most of the previous nine chapters in examples illustrating the concept of integrated pest management.