Processionary Moths and Climate Change : An Update

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Roques, Alain (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Public health.; Forestry.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Public Health.

Because of its peculiar biology, its negative impacts on forestry, and its urticating larvae affecting human and animal health, pine processionary moth has largely been studied in many European countries during the last century. However, knowledge remained scattered and no synthesis has ever been pu...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface de Houiller
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Natural history of the processionary moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): new insights in relation to climate change
• 3 Climate warming and past and present distribution of the processionary moths (Thaumetopoea spp.) in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa
• 4 Genetic diversity and structure at different spatial scales in the processionary moths
• 5 Modeling the spatio-temporal dynamics of the pine processionary moth
• 6 Insect – Tree interactions in Thaumetopoea Pityocampa
• 7 Ecological responses of parasitoids, predators and associated insect communities to the climate-driven expansion of the pine processionary moth
• 8 Medical and veterinary impact of the urticating processionary larvae
• 9 Development of Environment-Friendly Strategies in the management of Processionary Moths.