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Author Wainhouse, David

Title Ecological methods in forest pest management / David Wainhouse
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 228 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford biology
Oxford biology readers.
Contents Contents; Acknowledgements for reproduction of figures; Forests and pest management; Plant health; Risk, monitoring and prediction; The role of silviculture; Resistance to attack by pests and pathogens; Biological control; Microbial control; Semiochemicals; Integrated pest management; References; Glossary of tree names; General index
Summary Throughout the world there is a need to control forest insect pests. This text focuses predominantly on insect pests, but many examples relate to fungal pathogens, some of which are vectored by forest insects. It looks at the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-222) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Pests -- Biological control.
Forest management.
Forests and forestry.
Pest Control -- methods
Forestry
Pest Control, Biological
forestry.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
Forests and forestry
Forest management
Pests -- Biological control
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191513572
0191513571
9786610758845
6610758840