Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry

Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry Edition 2

F. Ross Wylie and Martin R. Speight
Paperback
August 2012
9781845936358
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    14th August 2012
  • ISBN 9781845936358
  • Language English
  • Pages 376 pp.
  • Size 6.25" x 9.75"
  • Images 152 b/w & 128 color illus
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Hardback
August 2012
9781845936365
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  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    14th August 2012
  • ISBN 9781845936365
  • Language English
  • Pages 376 pp.
  • Size 6.25" x 9.75"
  • Images 152 b/w & 128 color illus
$206.40
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Insects are major pests of both natural and plantation forests in the tropics. This book is the first to provide a broad-based, international review of this subject at a level suitable for advanced students and practitioners. It describes the ecology and biology of the insects with special reference to the economic damage they cause to trees.

1. Tropical Forests
2. Tropical Forests and Insect Biodiversity
3. Abiotic & Biotic Effects
4. Insect/Host Tree Interactions
5. Tropical Forest Pests: Ecology, Biology and Impact
6. Management systems I: Planning stage
7. Management Systems II: Nursery Stage
8. Management Systems III: Plantation Stage
9. Management Systems IV: Forest Health Surveillance, Invasive Species and Quarantine
10. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

F. Ross Wylie

F. Ross Wylie works in the Queensland Government, Australia.

Martin R. Speight

Martin R. Speight is in the Zoology Department, University of Oxford and St. Anne's College, Oxford.