Insect Outbreaks Revisited

Description:

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 when they occur are very important. Senior graduate/postgraduate level students in ecology, population biology, entomology; conservation biologists, ecologists

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New copies - cover slightly scratched.