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Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America

Modern Perspectives in Natural Forests and Exotic Plantations

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Editors:
  1. Sergio A. Estay

    1. Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  • A unique book collecting the past and future trends in forest pest management in Latin America

  • Describes Latin American experiences in forest pest management, which are inadequately addressed in other books

  • Includes a rich study case on natural forests and exotic tree plantations in each chapter

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sergio A. Estay
    Pages 1-3

  3. General Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Biological Control of Forest Pests in Uruguay

      • Gonzalo Martínez
      Pages 7-30

    3. Past and Current Strategies for the Control of Leaf-Cutting Ants in Brazil

      • Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia, Karina Dias Amaral
      Pages 31-43

    4. Remote Sensing for Insect Outbreak Detection and Assessment in Latin America

      • Roberto O. Chávez, Ronald Rocco
      Pages 45-58

  4. Pests of Natural Forests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Ormiscodes amphimone Outbreak Frequency Increased Since 2000 in Subantarctic Nothofagus pumilio Forests of Chilean Patagonia

      • Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Roberto O. Chávez, Javier A. Domínguez-Concha, Stephanie Gibson-Carpintero, Ignacia P. Guerrero, Ronald Rocco et al.
      Pages 61-75

    3. Ormiscodes Outbreak Dynamics: Impacts and Perspectives in a Warming World

      • Juan Paritsis
      Pages 77-88

    4. Native Forest Health in Chile: Toward a Strategy of Sustainable Management

      • Cecilia Ruiz, Cristian Montalva, Milixsa González
      Pages 89-103

  5. Pests and Diseases of Forest Plantations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Invasive Insects in Forest Plantations of Argentina: Ecological Patterns and Implications for Management

      • Juan C. Corley, José M. Villacide, María V. Lanstchner
      Pages 107-122

    3. Diseases of Eucalyptus Plantations in Uruguay: Current State and Management Alternatives

      • Sofía Simeto, Gustavo Balmelli, Carlos Pérez
      Pages 123-144

    4. Pests Management in Colombian Forest Plantations

      • Olga Patricia Pinzón-Florián
      Pages 145-169

    5. Disease Management in the Forest Plantations in Chile

      • Rodrigo Ahumada, Alessandro Rotella
      Pages 171-184

    6. Insect Pests Affecting Exotic Trees in Chile and Their Management

      • Sergio A. Estay
      Pages 185-195

    7. Pest Status and Management in the Forest Plantations of Costa Rica

      • Marcela Arguedas
      Pages 197-210

    8. Forest Diseases in Brazil: Status and Management

      • Edson Luiz Furtado, Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior, Willian Bucker Moraes
      Pages 211-230

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 231-239
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Keywords

About this book

By providing multiple economic goods and ecosystem services, Latin American forests play a key role in the environmental, social and economic welfare of the region’s countries. From the tropical forests of Central America to the Mediterranean and temperate vegetation of the southern cone, these forests face a myriad of phytosanitary problems that negatively impact on both conservation efforts and forest industry. This book brings together the perspectives of several Latin American researchers on pest and disease management. Each chapter provides modern views of the status and management alternatives to problems as serious as the impact of introduced exotic insects and diseases on Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations throughout the continent, and the emergence of novel insect outbreaks in tropical and temperate native forests associated with global warming. It is a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners working on forest health in Latin America and around the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Sergio A. Estay

About the editor

Sergio A. Estay is a Forest Engineer from the University of Chile with a Master’s and PhD in Ecology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has extensive experience in the management of projects and work teams in the area of entomology and applied ecology in public and private institutions. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences at the Universidad Austral de Chile and Associate Researcher at the Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CAPES). He worked for several years in the control of quarantine forest pests for the Agriculture and Livestock Service, Ministry of Agriculture of Chile. His field of specialization is the ecology of populations with applications to the study of spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution and abundance of organisms and invasive species. He has published over 30 papers in journals as well as various other publications, book chapters, thematic guides and at congresses. In addition, he has been involved in numerous research projects in the area of plant health. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America

  • Book Subtitle: Modern Perspectives in Natural Forests and Exotic Plantations

  • Editors: Sergio A. Estay

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35143-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35142-7Published: 27 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35145-8Published: 27 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35143-4Published: 26 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Entomology, Forestry Management, Animal Ecology

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