TY - BOOK AU - Freeman,Brian ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Ecological and economic entomology: a global synthesis SN - 9781789241204 AV - SB931 .F74 2020eb U1 - 363.7/8 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Insect pests KW - Insects KW - Ecology KW - Entomology KW - Landscape ecology KW - cabt KW - Geographical distribution KW - Animal ecology KW - Plant pests KW - Taxonomy KW - Arthropod pests KW - Pests N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; General introduction : the importance of insects -- Climate and an introduction to plant pest -- The pests of roots, tubers, and sown seed -- The pests of plant stems -- Pests of foliage -- The insect pests of flowers and fruits -- Medical and veterinary pests -- Beneficial insects -- The principles of insect autecology 1 : some key concepts -- The principles of insect autecology 2 : innate attributes and environmental factors -- The dynamics of insect numbers 1 : history, classical -- The dynamics of insect numbers 2 : pattern and process -- Applied ecology and methods of control; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - This book contains 13 chapters focusing on the ecology and control of insects as they affect human society. A brief outline of the insect structure, classification and importance is presented and the various geographical and landscape aspects of the distribution of terrestrial plants and the defences they marshal against herbivorous insects are discussed UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789241181.0000 ER -