editors Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten, Miguel A. Altieri.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Wallingford [Oxfordshire] :
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CABI Pub.,
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2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 232 p. :
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ill. ;
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26 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Steve D. Wratten is on the staff of National Centre for Advanced Bio-Protection Technologies at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ecological engineering, habitat manipulation and pest management / G.M. Gurr [and others] -- Genetic engineering and ecological engineering: a clash of paradigms or scope for synergy? / M.A. Altieri, G.M. Gurr & S.D. Wratten -- The agroecological bases of ecological engineering for pest management / C.I. Nicholls & M.A. Altieri -- The landscape context of arthropod biological control / M.H. Schmidt, C. Thies & T. Tscharntke -- Use of behavioural and life-history studies to understand the effects of habitat manipulation / M.A. Jervis, J.C. Lee & G.E. Heimpel -- Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation approaches for parasitoid conservation in annual cropping systems / F.D. Menalled, J.M. Alvarez & D.A. Landis -- Marking and tracking techniques for insect predators and parasitoids in ecological engineering / B. Lavandero [and others] -- Precision agriculture approaches in support of ecological engineering for pest management / M. Coll -- Effects of agroforestry systems on the ecology and management of insect pest populations / M.A. Altieri & C.I. Nicholls -- The 'push-pull' strategy for stemborer management: a case study in exploiting biodiversity and chemical ecology / Z.R. Khan & J.A. Pickett -- Use of sown wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies of agricultural pests / L. Pfiffner & E. Wyss -- Habitat manipulation for insect pest management in cotton cropping systems / R.K. Mensah & R.V. Sequeira -- Pest management and wildlife conservation: compatible goals for ecological engineering? / C. Kinross, S.D. Wratten & G.M. Gurr -- Ecological engineering for enhanced pest management: towards a rigorous science / G.M. Gurr, S.D. Wratten & M.A. Altieri.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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About farm habitat manipulations for pest suppression. Habitat manipulations include agroforestry, biological control, crop rotations, crop diversity, flower strips, natural enemy refuges, trap crops.