Forest Entomology in East Africa Forest Insects of Tanzania /

• Main Author: Schabel, Hans G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Zoology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

East African forests, among the world’s most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to focus exclusively on East African forest insects, this monograph distils 135 years of scientific and historical literature extending from before the...

Table of Contents:

• to Tanzania
• History of Forest Entomology in Tanzania
• Defoliating Insects
• Sap-Feeding Insects
• Shoot, Bark and Wood Borers
• Ants and Termites
• Flower, Fruit and Seed Feeders
• Root and Root Collar Feeders
• Forest-Based Insect Industries.