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oapen-20.500.12657-639112023-07-15T02:44:43Z Forest Entomology and Pathology D. Allison, Jeremy Paine, Timothy D. Slippers, Bernard Wingfield, Michael J. Integrated Pest Management Entomology Forest Ecology Pathology bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology & animal sciences::PSVT Zoology: Invertebrates::PSVT7 Insects (entomology) bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany & plant sciences::PSTP Plant pathology & diseases bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming::TVR Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management This open access book will provide an introduction to forest entomology, the principles and techniques of forest insect pest management, the different forest insect guilds/feeding groups, and relevant forest insect pest management case studies. In addition to covering 30% of the earth, forest ecosystems provide numerous timber and non-timber products that affect our daily lives and recreational opportunities, habitat for diverse animal communities, watershed protection, play critical roles in the water cycle, and mitigate soil erosion and global warming. In addition to being the most abundant organisms in forest ecosystems, insects perform numerous functions in forests, many of which are beneficial and critical to forest health. Conversely, some insects damage and/or kill trees and reduce the capacity of forests to provide desired ecosystem services. The target audience of this book is upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and professionals interested in forest health and entomology. ; A comprehensive companion textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in Forest Entomology has not been published since the text by Coulson and Witter in 1984. Comprehensive case studies to accompany chapters on specific feeding guilds and pest management. This text will have a chapter addressing the invasion biology of forest insects. This text will have a companion volume co-edited by the same four editors (Volume 1: Allison, Paine, Slippers and Wingfield; Volume 2: Slippers, Wingfield, Paine and Allison). 2023-07-14T15:40:48Z 2023-07-14T15:40:48Z 2023 book ONIX_20230714_9783031115530_9 9783031115530 9783031115523 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63911 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-11553-0.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-11553-0 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-11553-0 10.1007/978-3-031-11553-0 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 791064c5-3800-4b2c-82cf-6239ed9dea4f 9783031115530 9783031115523 Springer International Publishing 810 Cham [...] Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute open access
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This open access book will provide an introduction to forest entomology, the principles and techniques of forest insect pest management, the different forest insect guilds/feeding groups, and relevant forest insect pest management case studies. In addition to covering 30% of the earth, forest ecosystems provide numerous timber and non-timber products that affect our daily lives and recreational opportunities, habitat for diverse animal communities, watershed protection, play critical roles in the water cycle, and mitigate soil erosion and global warming. In addition to being the most abundant organisms in forest ecosystems, insects perform numerous functions in forests, many of which are beneficial and critical to forest health. Conversely, some insects damage and/or kill trees and reduce the capacity of forests to provide desired ecosystem services. The target audience of this book is upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and professionals interested in forest health and entomology. ; A comprehensive companion textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in Forest Entomology has not been published since the text by Coulson and Witter in 1984. Comprehensive case studies to accompany chapters on specific feeding guilds and pest management. This text will have a chapter addressing the invasion biology of forest insects. This text will have a companion volume co-edited by the same four editors (Volume 1: Allison, Paine, Slippers and Wingfield; Volume 2: Slippers, Wingfield, Paine and Allison).
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