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 fores...

Table of Contents:

• Tropical forests
• Tropical forests and insect biodiversity
• Abiotic and biotic effects
• Insect-host tree interactions
• Tropical forest pests: ecology, biology and impact
• Management systems I: planning stage
• Management systems II: nursery stage
• Management systems III: plantation stage
• Management systems IV: forest health surveillance, invasive species and quarantine
• Integrated pest management (IPM).