Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and Their Relationships With Wild Vertebrate Animals - Couverture souple

Capinera, Dr John

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ISBN 10 : 1444333003 ISBN 13 : 9781444333008

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelationships of insects and wildlife. It serves as an introduction to insects and other arthropods for wildlife management and other vertebrate biology students, and emphasizes the importance of insects to wild vertebrate animals. The book emphasizes how insects exert important influences on wildlife habitat suitability and wildlife population sustainability, including their direct and indirect effects on wildlife health. Among the important topics covered are:

• the importance of insects as food items for vertebrate animals;
• the role of arthropods as determinants of ecosystem health and productivity;
• the ability of arthropods to transmit disease–causing agents;
• an overview of representative disease–causing agents transmitted by arthropods;
• arthropods as pests and parasites of vertebrates;
• the hazards to wildlife associated with using using pesticides to protect against insect damage;
• insect management using techniques other than pesticides;
• the importance of insect conservation and how insects influence wildlife conservation.

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of theinterrelationships of insects and wildlife. It serves as anintroduction to insects and other arthropods for wildlifemanagement and other vertebrate biology students, and emphasizesthe importance of insects to wild vertebrate animals. The bookemphasizes how insects exert important influences on wildlifehabitat suitability and wildlife population sustainability,including their direct and indirect effects on wildlife health.Among the important topics covered are:

• the importance of insects as food items for vertebrateanimals;
• the role of arthropods as determinants of ecosystem health andproductivity;
• the ability of arthropods to transmit disease–causingagents;
• an overview of representative disease–causing agentstransmitted by arthropods;
• arthropods as pests and parasites of vertebrates;
• the hazards to wildlife associated with using using pesticidesto protect against insect damage;
• insect management using techniques other than pesticides;
• the importance of insect conservation and how insects influencewildlife conservation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1444333003
• ISBN 13: 9781444333008
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 500