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Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control

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Editors:
  1. Jacques Brodeur

    1. Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada

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  2. Guy Boivin

    1. CRDH, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada

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  • Discusses modern concepts of direct and indirect interactions among natural enemies in natural and agricultural ecosystems
  • First book on trophic and guild interactions to make the link to biological control

Part of the book series: Progress in Biological Control (PIBC, volume 3)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Influence of Intraguild Predation on the Suppression of a Shared Prey Population: An Empirical Reassessment

    • Jay A. Rosenheim, Jason P. Harmon
    Pages 1-20

  3. Intraguild Predation Usually does not Disrupt Biological Control

    • Arne Janssen, Marta Montserrat, Reinier HilleRisLambers, André M. de Roos, Angelo Pallini, Maurice W. Sabelis
    Pages 21-44

  4. Multiple Predator Interactions and Food-Web Connectance: Implications for Biological Control

    • Robert F. Denno, Deborah L. Finke
    Pages 45-70

  5. Inter-Guild Influences on Intra-Guild Predation in Plant-Feeding Omnivores

    • D.R. Gillespie, B.D. Roitberg
    Pages 71-100

  6. Trophic and Guild Interactions and the Influence of Multiple Species on Disease

    • Matt B. Thomas, Steve P. Arthurs, Emma L. Watson
    Pages 101-122

  7. Intra- and Interspecific Interactions among Parasitoids: Mechanisms, Outcomes and Biological Control

    • Guy Boivin, Jacques Brodeur
    Pages 123-144

  8. Indirect Effects, Apparent Competition and Biological Control

    • F. J. Frank van Veen, Jane Memmott, H. Charles J. Godfray
    Pages 145-169

  9. Ant-Hemipteran Mutualisms: Keystone Interactions that Alter Food Web Dynamics and Influence Plant Fitness

    • Micky D. Eubanks, John D. Styrsky
    Pages 171-189

  10. Interspecific Competition among Natural Enemies and Single Versus Multiple Introductions in Biological Control

    • Nick Mills
    Pages 191-220

  11. Experimental Approaches to Understanding the Relationship Between Predator Biodiversity and Biological Control

    • Cory S. Straub, William E. Snyder
    Pages 221-239

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 241-250
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About this book

This book origins from a symposium we organized in May 2005 at a joint meeting of the Biocontrol Network of Canada and the International Organization for Biological Control in Magog, Québec, Canada. During this symposium, we discussed concepts of direct and indirect interactions among natural enemies of herbivores in natural and agricultural ecosystems — a field of growing interest in ecology and biological control. Natural enemies of herbivores exist in nature as an assemblage of species that interact with one another and may transcend trophic levels. The community embracing a natural enemy can be complex and includes taxonomically dissimilar species of pathogens, parasitoids, and predators. These interactions involve predation and competition processes and share the typical characteristics of resource-consumer relationships where the resource species is killed and consumed by the other. Although they are mostly viewed as primary carnivores (developing on herbivores), natural enemies can also be secondary carnivores (when they attack other natural enemies), hosts, prey, or even herbivores, as several species may also feed on and acquire energy from plant resources.

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"The edited volume Trophic and guild interactions in biological control is a commendable step towards understanding the complex issues surrounding successful biological control in changing agro-ecosystems. … An engaging collection of papers useful to any biologist interested in basic community ecology or applied entomology, the text’s main strength is the diversity of natural enemies and species interactions presented. … The primary audience for the book will be advanced students and academics." (Lee A. Dyer and Rebecca E. Forkner, Ecology, Vol. 88 (6), 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada

    Jacques Brodeur

  • CRDH, Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada

    Guy Boivin

About the editors

Jacques Brodeur is professor of ecology and entomology at the Université de Montreal and chair of the Canada research chair in biocontrol. Guy Boivin is a research scientist for Agriculture and Agrifood Canada and adjunct professor at McGill University. They are both actively involved in research on insect natural enemies and biological control.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trophic and Guild Interactions in Biological Control

  • Editors: Jacques Brodeur, Guy Boivin

  • Series Title: Progress in Biological Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4767-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4766-4Published: 15 September 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7189-7Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4767-1Published: 03 June 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1573-5915

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0076

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 249

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Entomology, Ecology, Plant Pathology, Zoology

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