Enhancing biological control : habitat management to promote natural enemies of agricultural pests /
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998. |
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| Description: | xi, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4180803 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Enhancing Biological Control - Habitat Management to Promote Natural Enemies of Agricultural Pests / Robert L. Bugg and Charles H. Pickett
- The Importance of Movement in the Response of Natural Enemies to Habitat Manipulation / Andrew Corbett
- Weedy Plant Species and Their Beneficial Arthropods: Potential for Manipulation in Field Crops / Wolfgang Nentwig
- Biological Control of Aphids in Lettuce Using In-Field Insectaries / William E. Chaney
- Parasitoid Activity and Plant Species Composition in Intercropped Systems / Moshe Coll
- Enhancement of Predation Through Within-Field Diversification / Juha Helenius
- Natural Regulation at the Farm Level / Fritz J. Hani, Ernst F. Boller and Siegfried Keller
- The Role of Spiders and Their Conservation in the Agroecosystem / Susan E. Riechert
- Natural and Artificial Shelter to Enhance Arthropod Biological Control Agents / Kerry A. Beane and Robert L. Bugg
- Habitat Management for Biological Control, Examples from China / William Olkowski and Anghe Zhang
- The Role of Experimentation in the Development of Enhancement Strategies / Steve E. Schoenig, Robert L. Bugg and Jessica Utts
- Measuring the Impact of a Natural Enemy Refuge: The Prune Tree/Vineyard Example / Brook C. Murphy, Jay A. Rosenheim and Jeffrey Granett
- Spiders and Vineyard Habitat Relationships in Central California / William Roltsch, Rachid Hanna and Frank Zalom
- Farmscaping in California: Managing Hedgerows, Roadside and Wetland Plantings, and Wild Plants for Biointensive Pest Management / Robert L. Bugg, John H. Anderson and Craig D. Thomsen
- Within-field and Border Refugia for the Enhancement of Natural Enemies / Steve D. Wratten, Helmut F. van Emden and Matthew B. Thomas.
