Piper, Ross.
Pests : A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, yet Misunderstood Creatures. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Pesticides -- Insecticides and Acaricides -- Antihelminthics -- Rodenticides -- The Future of Pesticides -- Pesticides and the Environment -- Organochlorines-A Persistent Problem -- Avermectins and Ivermectins-Disaster for Dung Fauna -- Tributyltin-Marine Gender-bender -- Pesticides and Environmental Protection -- Pesticide Resistance -- Pests and Ecosystems -- Tsetse and the African Wilderness -- Pest and Host Interactions-Hidden Complexity -- Our Place in the Environment and Our Obligations -- Modern Agriculture -- Integrated Crop Management -- Arachnids -- Chiggers -- House Dust Mites -- Scabies Mite -- Scorpions -- Spiders -- Ticks -- Varroa Mite -- Crustaceans -- Fish Lice -- Gill Maggots -- Insects -- Aphids -- Asian Long-horned Beetle -- Bark Beetles -- Bedbug -- Biting Midges -- Black Flies -- Boll Weevil -- Citrus Leaf Miner -- Cockroaches -- Colorado Potato Beetle -- European Corn Borer -- Fleas -- Gypsy Moth -- Head Louse and Body Louse -- Horse Botflies -- Housefly -- Japanese Beetle -- Kissing Bugs -- Locusts -- Mealybugs -- Mediterranean Fruit Fly -- Mosquitoes -- Pharaoh Ant -- Planthoppers -- Pubic Louse -- Red Imported Fire Ant -- Rice, Maize, and Granary Weevils -- Sand Flies -- Scale Insects -- Screwworm -- Sheep Ked -- Tabanids -- Termites -- Thrips -- Tsetse -- Warble Flies -- Whiteflies -- Molluscs -- Oyster Drills -- Slugs and Snails -- Zebra Mussels -- Nematodes -- Nematode Pests of Animals (Including Humans) -- Nematode Pests of Plants -- Platyhelminthes -- Cestodes -- Monogeneans -- Trematodes -- Vertebrates -- Black Rat -- Brown Rat -- Cane Toad -- European Rabbit -- Feral Goats -- Feral Pigeons -- House Mouse -- Red-billed Quelea -- Sea Lamprey -- Snakes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Web Resources -- Index.
"The writing style is engaging, and explanations are clear and easily understood. Sidebars are utilized to highlight interesting facts. . . . This fascinating and thought-provoking book would be of interest to student researchers as well as to the general browser." - Booklist.
9780313384271
Pests.
Electronic books.
SB601.P49 2011
632/.6
Pests : A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, yet Misunderstood Creatures. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Pesticides -- Insecticides and Acaricides -- Antihelminthics -- Rodenticides -- The Future of Pesticides -- Pesticides and the Environment -- Organochlorines-A Persistent Problem -- Avermectins and Ivermectins-Disaster for Dung Fauna -- Tributyltin-Marine Gender-bender -- Pesticides and Environmental Protection -- Pesticide Resistance -- Pests and Ecosystems -- Tsetse and the African Wilderness -- Pest and Host Interactions-Hidden Complexity -- Our Place in the Environment and Our Obligations -- Modern Agriculture -- Integrated Crop Management -- Arachnids -- Chiggers -- House Dust Mites -- Scabies Mite -- Scorpions -- Spiders -- Ticks -- Varroa Mite -- Crustaceans -- Fish Lice -- Gill Maggots -- Insects -- Aphids -- Asian Long-horned Beetle -- Bark Beetles -- Bedbug -- Biting Midges -- Black Flies -- Boll Weevil -- Citrus Leaf Miner -- Cockroaches -- Colorado Potato Beetle -- European Corn Borer -- Fleas -- Gypsy Moth -- Head Louse and Body Louse -- Horse Botflies -- Housefly -- Japanese Beetle -- Kissing Bugs -- Locusts -- Mealybugs -- Mediterranean Fruit Fly -- Mosquitoes -- Pharaoh Ant -- Planthoppers -- Pubic Louse -- Red Imported Fire Ant -- Rice, Maize, and Granary Weevils -- Sand Flies -- Scale Insects -- Screwworm -- Sheep Ked -- Tabanids -- Termites -- Thrips -- Tsetse -- Warble Flies -- Whiteflies -- Molluscs -- Oyster Drills -- Slugs and Snails -- Zebra Mussels -- Nematodes -- Nematode Pests of Animals (Including Humans) -- Nematode Pests of Plants -- Platyhelminthes -- Cestodes -- Monogeneans -- Trematodes -- Vertebrates -- Black Rat -- Brown Rat -- Cane Toad -- European Rabbit -- Feral Goats -- Feral Pigeons -- House Mouse -- Red-billed Quelea -- Sea Lamprey -- Snakes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Web Resources -- Index.
"The writing style is engaging, and explanations are clear and easily understood. Sidebars are utilized to highlight interesting facts. . . . This fascinating and thought-provoking book would be of interest to student researchers as well as to the general browser." - Booklist.
9780313384271
Pests.
Electronic books.
SB601.P49 2011
632/.6