For many years, forest entomology has almost exclusively been devoted to the study of pest species which affect the increasing number of art ificial forests, the main concern being that of finding methods of con trol. However, as the economic and ecological costs of chemical pest c ontrol have continued to grow, it is has become more and more importan t to develop our knowledge and understanding of the bionomics and the ecology of all forest insects. This new book meets that need as it is a major and unrivalled reference for all forest entomologists. It deal s with pest insects as well as with all aspects of the bionomics and t he ecology of forest insects. The author has included all the latest s cientific data combined with his own expertise focussing on the relati onships between trees and insects, biodiversity and the causes of chan ge and depletion in the forest insect fauna.
