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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812621003321

Titolo

Insect outbreaks revisited / / edited by Pedro Barbosa, Deborah K. Letourneau, Anurag A. Agrawal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9786613721679

9781280880360

1280880368

9781118253847

1118253841

9781118295205

111829520X

9781118253861

1118253868

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (493 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarbosaPedro <1944->

LetourneauDeborah Kay

AgrawalAnurag A

Disciplina

595.7

Soggetti

Insect populations

Insects - Ecology

Insect pests

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updates: Insect outbreaks / edited by Pedro Barbosa and Jack C. Shultz. San Diego : Academic Press, c1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Physiological and life history perspectives -- pt. 2. Population dynamics and multispecies interactions -- pt. 3. Population, community, and ecosystem ecology -- pt. 4. Genetics and evolution -- pt. 5. Applied perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or ""outbreaks"" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion. They can be hugely



destructive when the insect is a crop pest or carries diseases of humans, farm animals, or wildlife. Knowledge of these types of population dynamics and computer models that may help predict when they occur are very important. This important new book revisit