LEADER 03516nam 22005415 450 001 9910760259003321 005 20231109111942.0 010 $a3-031-23880-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-23880-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30878258 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30878258 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-23880-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928806319100041 100 $a20231109d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJervis's Insects as Natural Enemies: Practical Perspectives$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Ian C.W. Hardy, Eric Wajnberg 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (779 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Hardy, Ian C. W. Jervis's Insects As Natural Enemies: Practical Perspectives Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031238796 327 $aForaging behaviour -- The Life-cycle -- Genetics -- Mating behaviour -- Mating Systems -- Populations and Communities -- Population Dynamics -- Phytophagy -- Statistical approaches. 330 $aThere has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies over the last decades. The appeal of insect predators and, in particular, parasitoids, as research animals derives from the relative ease with which many species may be cultured and experimented on in the laboratory, the simple life-cycles of most parasitoid species, and the increasing demand for biological pest control as a key component of the integrated pest management approach. There is now a very substantial literature on insect natural enemies and thus a great need for a general text that enquiring students or research workers can use in deciding on approaches and techniques that are appropriate to the study and evaluation of such insects. This book fulfils that demand. It is a considerably updated and expanded version of a previous best-seller and provides an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and advice on which experiments or observations to conduct and, importantly, how to carry them out. Guidance is provided, where necessary, on the most recent further literature that may need to be consulted on given topics. While researchers can now refer to several books on parasitoids and predators, Jervis?s Insects as Natural Enemies is unique in emphasising practicalities. It is aimed at students and professionals working in universities and both government and commercial institutes in the fields of integrated pest management, agriculture, horticulture and forestry, as well as those interested in fundamentals of behavioural, population, community and evolutionary ecology. 606 $aZoology 606 $aEcology 606 $aPlant diseases 606 $aZoology 606 $aEcology 606 $aPlant Pathology 615 0$aZoology. 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aPlant diseases. 615 14$aZoology. 615 24$aEcology. 615 24$aPlant Pathology. 676 $a632.7 700 $aHardy$b Ian C. W$01438688 701 $aWajnberg$b Eric$0431970 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910760259003321 996 $aJervis's Insects as Natural Enemies: Practical Perspectives$93601794 997 $aUNINA