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Nontarget Effects of Biological Control

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Peter A. Follett

    1. USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, USA

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  2. Jian J. Duan

    1. University of Hawaii, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. Parasitoids and Predators

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Predicting the Risk from Biological Control Agent Introductions: A New Zealand Approach

      • Barbara I. P. Barratt, Colin M. Ferguson, Stephen L. Goldson, Craig M. Phillips, Donald J. Hannah
      Pages 59-75

    3. Parasitoid Drift in Hawaiian Pentatomoids

      • Peter A. Follett, M. Tracy Johnson, Vincent P. Jones
      Pages 77-93

    4. Evaluating Nontarget Effects of Classical Biological Control: Fruit Fly Parasitoids in Hawaii as a Case Study

      • Jian J. Duan, Russell H. Messing
      Pages 95-109

    5. Trichogramma Nontarget Impacts: A Method for Biological Control Risk Assessment

      • David B. Orr, Carlos Garcia-Salazar, Douglas A. Landis
      Pages 111-125

    6. Coccinellid Introductions: Potential for and Evaluation of Nontarget Effects

      • John J. Obrycki, Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher L. Giles
      Pages 127-145

    7. Food Webs as a Tool for Studying Nontarget Effects in Biological Control

      • Jane Memmott
      Pages 147-163

  5. Pathogens

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Predicting the Host Range of Entomopathogenic Fungi

      • Ann E. Hajek, Linda Butler
      Pages 263-276
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Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the efficacy and impact of biocontrol attempts. The debate has been strongly polarized between conservationists and biological control practitioners. Nontarget Effects of Biological Control proposes that retrospective analyses of systems in place in which nontarget effects are now documented or suspected provide the necessary information for planning and evaluating future releases to reduce risk. The book presents case histories of past biological control introductions from island and continental ecosystems.

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`I would think that this book is a `must read' for anyone directly or indirectly associated with the practice of biological control.'
Bradford A. Hawkins in Ecology, 81:11 (2000)

Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, USA

    Peter A. Follett

  • University of Hawaii, USA

    Jian J. Duan

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