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Peter A. Follett (Editor), Jian J. Duan (Editor)

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Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0792377257 | ISBN-13: 978-0792377252 | Edition: 1

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the efficacy and impact of biocontrol attempts. The debate has been strongly polarized between conservationists and biological control practitioners. Nontarget Effects of Biological Control proposes that retrospective analyses of systems in place in which nontarget effects are now documented or suspected provide the necessary information for planning and evaluating future releases to reduce risk. The book presents case histories of past biological control introductions from island and continental ecosystems.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the efficacy and impact of biocontrol attempts. The debate has been strongly polarized between conservationists and biological control practitioners. Nontarget Effects of Biological Control proposes that retrospective analyses of systems in place in which nontarget effects are now documented or suspected provide the necessary information for planning and evaluating future releases to reduce risk. The book presents case histories of past biological control introductions from island and continental ecosystems.

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`I would think that this book is a `must read' for anyone directly or indirectly associated with the practice of biological control.' Bradford A. Hawkins in Ecology, 81:11 (2000)

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792377257
ISBN-13: 978-0792377252
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
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Nontarget effects of introduced natural enemies are now part of the agenda of classical biological control. Read the first page

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nontarget interactions, new control organisms, koa bug, egg swatches, lantana gall fly, physiological host range, nontarget host range, nontarget tephritid, ecological host range, nontarget processes, potential nontarget impacts, laboratory host range tests, parasitoid drift, potential nontarget hosts, fruit fly parasitoids, coccinellid species, invading coccinellid, nontarget habitats, nontarget risks, nontarget taxa, effective control organism, nontarget effects, nontarget plant species, wavyleaf thistle, parthenium weed

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New Zealand, North America, United States, New York, Hawaiian Entomol, South Africa, South Dakota, Human Values, Plant Protection Soc, Academic Press, Arapaho Prairie, Great Plains, Weed Sci, Cambridge Univ, Costa Rican, Cape Town, Control News Info, Agriculture Canada, Congress Office of Technology Assessment, Great Lakes, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Niobrara Valley Preserve, Printing Office, San Diego, Forest Svc

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This book cites 21 books:

Biological Control by Roy Van Driesche on 6 pages
Animal Reproduction: Invited Papers (Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, Vol. 3) by H.W. Hawk on 5 pages
Biological Control of Weeds on 4 pages
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on 4 pages
Biological Control by C. Huffaker on page 191, and page 192

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Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology by Malcolm Gordon on page 232, page 233, and page 235
Environmental Impacts of Microbial Insecticides: Need and Methods for Risk Assessment (Progress in Biological Control) by Heikki M.T. Hokkanen on page 33, and page 71
Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control by Ann E. Hajek on page 317
The Importance of Species: Perspectives on Expendability and Triage by Peter Kareiva in Back Matter
Insect Diversity Conservation by Michael J. Samways in Back Matter

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