Biological Control

Name: Biological Control
Brand: NewSouth Books
SKU: 9781486309344
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The book Biological Control explores the intricacies of using living organisms to control pest populations as a sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides. It delves into the scientific principles behind biological control, the ecological interactions involved, and its practical applications in agriculture and natural resource management. With a focus on modern challenges and innovations, it serves as both an introduction and an update on the latest in the field of pest management through biological means.
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Biological Control

Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.

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Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.

Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides ecosystem services to protect the environment and the resources used by humanity. With contributions from dedicated scientists and practitioners from around the world, this comprehensive book highlights important successes, failures and challenges in biological control efforts. It advocates that biological control must be viewed as a global endeavour and provides suggestions to move practices forward in a changing world.

Biological Control is an invaluable resource for conservation specialists, pest management practitioners and those who research invasive species, as well as students studying pest management science.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781486309344

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 October 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: CSIRO Publishing

Illustration: 20 Line drawings, color; 80 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Illustrations, color; 80 Illustrations, black and white

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Edited by Peter Mason

Audience: Tertiary education

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Pages: 544

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Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Dr Peter G Mason is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). The focus of his research is invasive alien species and importation biological control, with particular emphasis on hostrange assessment and nontarget impacts of parasitoids. He has served on the North American Plant Protection Organization Biological Expert Group and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) Commission on Access and Benefit-Sharing. He is an Honorary Member of IOBC Global.