Trophic and Guild in Biological Interactions Control

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brodeur, Jacques (Editor), Boivin, Guy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Progress in Biological Control ; 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Zoology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

This volume explores modern concepts of trophic and guild interactions among natural enemies in natural and agricultural ecosystems - a field that has become a hot topic in ecology and biological control over the past decade. Internationally recognized scientists have combined their expertise and pa...

Table of Contents:

• The Influence of Intraguild Predation on the Suppression of a Shared Prey Population: An Empirical Reassessment
• Intraguild Predation Usually does not Disrupt Biological Control
• Multiple Predator Interactions and Food-Web Connectance: Implications for Biological Control
• Inter-Guild Influences on Intra-Guild Predation in Plant-Feeding Omnivores
• Trophic and Guild Interactions and the Influence of Multiple Species on Disease
• Intra- and Interspecific Interactions among Parasitoids: Mechanisms, Outcomes and Biological Control
• Indirect Effects, Apparent Competition and Biological Control
• Ant-Hemipteran Mutualisms: Keystone Interactions that Alter Food Web Dynamics and Influence Plant Fitness
• Interspecific Competition among Natural Enemies and Single Versus Multiple Introductions in Biological Control
• Experimental Approaches to Understanding the Relationship Between Predator Biodiversity and Biological Control.