عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
SB601 .P49 2011
SB601
.
P49
2011
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0313384266 (alk. paper)
(Number (ISBN
9780313384264 (alk. paper)
Erroneous ISBN
0313384274 (ebook)
Erroneous ISBN
9780313384271 (ebook)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b510866
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Pests :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a guide to the world's most maligned, yet misunderstood creatures /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ross Piper
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Greenwood,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2011]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxi, 282 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Arachnids: Chiggers -- House dust mites -- Scabies mite -- Scorpions -- Spiders -- Ticks -- Varroa mite -- Crustaceans: Fish lice -- Gill maggots --
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Insects: Aphids -- Asian long-horned beetle -- Bark beetles -- Bedbug -- Biting midges -- Black flies -- Boll weevil -- Citrus leaf miner -- Cockroaches -- Colorado potato beetle -- European corn borer -- Fleas -- gypsy moth -- Head louse and body louse -- Horse botflies -- Housefly -- Japanese beetle -- Kissing bugs -- Locusts -- Mealybugs -- Mediterranean fruit fly -- Mosquitoes -- Pharaoh ant -- Planthoppers -- Pubic louse -- Red imported fire ant -- rice, maize, and granary weevils -- Sand flies -- Scale insects -- Screwworm -- Sheep ked -- Tabanids -- Termites -- Thrips -- Tsetse -- Warble flies -- Whiteflies --
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Introduction -- Pesticides -- Insecticides and acaricides -- Antihelminthics -- Rodenticides -- The future of pesticides -- Pesticides and the environment -- Organochlorines : a persistent problem -- Avermectins and ivermectins: disaster for dung fauna -- Tributyltin: marine gender-bender -- Pesticides and environmental protection -- Pesticide resistance -- Pests and ecosystems -- Tsetse and the African wilderness -- Pest and host interactions: hidden complexity -- Our place in the environment and our obligations -- Modern agriculture -- Integrated crop management --
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Molluscs: Oyster drills -- Slugs and snails -- Zebra mussels -- Nematodes: Nematode pests of animals (including humans) -- Nematode pests of plants -- Platyhelminthes: Cestodes -- Monogeneans -- Trematodes --
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Vertebrates: Black rat -- Brown rat -- Cane toad -- European rabbit -- Feral goats -- Feral pigeons -- House mouse -- Red-billed quelea -- Sea lamprey -- Snakes
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"... Presents an overview of the animals that have the greatest impact on our lives, from the creatures that eat our crops to the ones that invade our homes and those that transmit diseases"--From publisher description
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Pests
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
632/
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6
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
SB601
Book number
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P49
2011
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Piper, Ross
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20141128145234.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
