Insects As Natural Enemies A Practical Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jervis, Mark A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant pathology.; Zoology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Evolutionary Biology.

Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented wi...

Table of Contents:

• Foraging Behaviour
• The Life-cycle
• Genetics
• Mating Behaviour
• Mating Systems
• Populations and Communities
• Population Dynamics
• Phytophagy.