Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-prey Foods
There are very few natural enemies so maladapted as to rely on prey as their sole nutritional resource. The importance of non-prey sources of nutrition have received disproportionately less attention than prey when one considers how important non-prey foods are to the evolution and ecology of natura...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2009, 2009
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
Series: | Progress in Biological Control
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | There are very few natural enemies so maladapted as to rely on prey as their sole nutritional resource. The importance of non-prey sources of nutrition have received disproportionately less attention than prey when one considers how important non-prey foods are to the evolution and ecology of natural enemies. This book examines the intricate and diverse interactions between non-prey foods and natural enemies from both parties’ perspectives, beginning at an organismal level and taking the reader on a journey that illustrates how these interactions are inextricably tied to the outcome of biological control programs targeting insects and weed seeds |
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Physical Description: | XXXVI, 454 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781402092350 |