Insects, Science & Society

Insects, Science & Society
Author: David Pimentel
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323156487

Insects, Science, & Society documents the proceedings of a symposium of the same name celebrating the centennial of entomology at Cornell University. The symposium and the resulting book brought together some of the world's leading entomologists, who discussed recent advances in their diverse specialties. In commemorating the hundred years of entomology, the symposium also honors the founder of the department at Cornell, John Henry Comstock, whose investigations encompassed not only many aspects of entomology—insect taxonomy, morphology, and ecology—but also focused on practical problems of pest control. Starting with a discussion that provides a broad perspective of the interrelationship of insects, science, and society, the remainder of the book presents the contributions made by researchers at the symposium. These contributions are organized into five parts. Part I discusses aspects of the social implications of insects. Part II deals with communication among insects. Part III examines other interactions among insects and between insects and plants. Part IV covers insect population dynamics. Part V deals with insect pest management.

Experiment Station Record

Experiment Station Record
Author: United States. Office of Experiment Stations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 1931
Genre: Agricultural experiment stations
ISBN:

The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants

The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants
Author: Charles S. Elton
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030347214

Elton sought to articulate more explicitly his vision of an entire field of invasion science. The 1958 book, aimed at an educated lay audience, was almost wholly descriptive, dominated by striking examples of the nature and scope of particular invasions beginning with the seven examples detailed in Chapter 1. From the materials in the proof copy and other sources, we can imagine a new edition would also have targeted biologists and been somewhat more technical and prescriptive. In autobiographical notes he penned near the end of his life, Elton wrote regarding EIAP, “This whole subject has deep significance for the study of plant and animal communities and their balance (or unbalance),”19 and indeed many of the reprints and notes refer to interactions among species and community-wide effects.

Handbook of Natural Pesticides: Methods

Handbook of Natural Pesticides: Methods
Author: N. Bhushan Mandava
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351081160

This handbook series includes several naturally occurring chemicals that exhibit biological activity. These chemicals are derived from plants, insects, and several microorganisms. Volume I of this series is covers the theory and practice of the strategies for pest control and methods for detection.Moreover, it presents extensive tables that provide the information you need to select the most appropriate bioassay for a particular plant growth regulator or hormone. In addition to the chapters on bioassays, Volume I provides a solid introduction to the theory and practice of natural pesticide use, including in-depth discussions of integrated management systems for weed and pest control, the state-of-the-art use of computers in pest management, and allelochemicals as natural protection. Guidelines on toxicological testing and EPA regulation of natural pesticides are also detailed.

Roots of Ecology

Roots of Ecology
Author: Frank N. Egerton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-07-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520271742

"Ecological questions are at the center of many of the most important decisions faced by humanity. Roots of Ecology documents the deep ancestry of this enormously important science from the early ideas of Herodotus, Plato, and Pliny; up through those of Linnaeus and Dawin, to those that inspired Ernst Haeckel's mid-nineteenth-century neologism ecology. Based on a long-running series of regularly published columns, this important work gathers a vast literature that illustrates the development of the ecological concepts, environmental ideas, and creative reasoning that have led to our modern view of ecology. Roots of Ecology should be on every ecologist's shelf."--Back cover.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: John D. Sherman (jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 886
Release: 1927
Genre: Catalogs, Booksellers'.
ISBN: