Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G.M. Barker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784117403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004
• ISBN: 1-280-90820-3; 9786610908202; 0-85199-061-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (654 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarkerG. M
• Disciplina: 632/.6438
• Soggetti: Mollusks - Biological control; Agricultural pests - Biological control; Biological pest control agents
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: NATURAL ENEMIES OF TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCS; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Avian and Mammalian Predators of Terrestrial Gastropods; 2 Coleoptera (Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Lampyridae, Drilidae and Silphidae) as Predators of Terrestrial Gastropods; 3 Diptera as Predators and Parasitoids of Terrestrial Gastropods, with Emphasison Phoridae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae and Fanniidae; 4 Overview of the Biology of Marsh Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), with Special Reference to Predators and Parasitoids of Terrestrial Gastropods; 5 Terrestrial Planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) Predaceous on Terrestrial Gastropods6 Predatory Gastropods as Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Gastropods and Other Invertebrates; 7 Millipedes (Diplopoda) and Centipedes (Chilopoda) (Myriapoda) as Predators of Terrestrial Gastropods; 8 Reptilian Predators of Terrestrial Gastropods; 9 Heteropteran Predation on Terrestrial Gastropods; 10 Gastropod Predation in Spiders (Araneae); 11 Mites (Acari) Parasitic and Predaceous on Terrestrial Gastropods; 12 Nematodes (Nematoda) Parasitic in Terrestrial Gastropods; 13 Ciliophoran (Ciliophora) Parasites of Terrestrial Gastropods14 Microsporidia (Microspora) Parasitic in Terrestrial Gastropods; 15 ; Bacterial and Non-microbial Diseases in Terrestrial Gastropods; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Terrestrial molluscs have become increasingly important as crop pests in agriculture and as vectors of helminth parasites in humans and domestic livestock. This text draws together the available information on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs.