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Insect Outbreaks Revisited - Barbosa, Pedro (Editor), and Letourneau, Deborah K. (Editor), and Agrawal, Anurag A. (Editor)
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The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion. They can be hugely destructive when the insect is a crop pest or carries diseases of humans, farm animals, or wildlife. Knowledge of these types of population dynamics and computer models that may help predict ...

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Insect Outbreaks Revisited 2012, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken

ISBN-13: 9781444337594

Hardcover