Tropical Forest Insect Pests: Ecology, Impact, and Management

K. S. S. Nair

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511542695

Tropical Forest Insect Pests, first published in 2007, promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical forest insects; their ecological functions; the concept of pests; and the incidence of pests in natural forests, plantations, and stored timber. General issues on which foresters and forest entomologists hold strong traditional views, such as the severity of pest incidence in plantations vs. natural forests, in plantations of exotics vs. indigenous tree species, and in monocultures vs. mixed plantations are discussed. The final section looks in detail at specific insect pests of the common plantation tree species across the tropics, with recommendations for their control. This is a comprehensive resource suitable for graduate students and researchers in forestry and tropical forest entomology, and for forest plantation managers in the tropics.

Review of the hardback:'This is a comprehensive resource suitable for advanced students and researchers in forestry and tropical forest entomology, and for forest plantation managers in the tropics. Its extensive reference list will enhance its usefulness in research.'

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Ecology, Impact, and Management

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of illustrations
pp ix-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

Foreword
pp xvii-xviii

1 - Forestry in the tropics
pp 1-32

2 - An overview of tropical forest insects
pp 33-56

3 - Ecology of insects in the forest environment
pp 57-77

4 - Insect pests in natural forests
pp 78-92

5 - Insect pests in plantations: General aspects
pp 93-103

6 - Insect pests of stored timber
pp 104-118

7 - Population dynamics: What makes an insect a pest?
pp 119-133

8 - Some general issues in forest entomology
pp 134-153

9 - Management of tropical forest insect pests
pp 154-182

10 - Insect pests in plantations: Case studies
pp 183-353

References
pp 354-392

Index
pp 393-404

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