Electronic Books

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African Biodiversity

BIOTA is an interdisciplinary research project focusing on sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa (http://www.biote-africa.de). ...

An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control

Biological control is among the most promising methods for control of pests (including vectors), diseases and weeds. In this ...

Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests : From Research to Field Implementation

This new textbook on area-wide control of insect pests collates a series of selected papers that attempts to address various ...

Beetle Conservation

Interest in beetle conservation has long been evident, with many papers treating these abundant, ecologically important and ...

Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria

The book includes 22 chapters by 28 authors united by the single theme: biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. From the single-celled ...

Biological Invasions in South Africa

This book presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been ...

Bridging laboratory and field research for genetic control of disease vectors

Contemporary research on genetic control of disease-transmitting insects knows two kinds of scientists: those that work in ...

Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States - A Review of Interagency Research and Implementation

This book reviews the interagency research and development effort on classical biological control in the USA from 1992-2002. ...

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Zygoptera

This beautiful volume, with hundreds of fascinating hand-drawn illustrations, completes the two-volume work on the order ...

Entomology

The author’s long-held belief that an introductory entomology course should present a balanced treatment of the subject ...

Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology : Application and Evaluation of Pathogens for Control of Insects and other Invertebrate Pests

The Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology is designed to provide background and instruction on a broad spectrum ...

Forest Entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forests Insects of Ghana

The forests of West Africa are complex, beautiful and under continued threat of over exploitation. This monograph, in its ...

From Biological Control to Invasion : the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species

Harmonia axyridis has been described as the "most invasive ladybird on Earth". It has a long history of use as a classical ...

Galling Arthropods and Their Associates

The book addresses recent developments in the ecology, evolution, systematics, physiology, and biodiversity of gall-inducing ...

Genome Mapping and Genomics in Arthropods

Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate ...

Handbook to the Construction and Use of Insect Collection and Rearing Devices

The purpose of this book is to explain how to build and use insect collecting and rearing devices and through explanations ...

Insect Conservation and Islands

A series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts ...

Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies

Among the highlights of this book are the use of nanotechnology to increase potency of available insecticides, the use of ...

Insects and Ecosystem Function

In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ...

Insects as Natural Enemies

This book it is an account of major aspects of the biology of predators and parasitoids, punctuated with information and ...

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