Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements for reproduction of figures -- Forests and pest management -- 1.1 Natural and managed forests -- 1.2 Pests and pathogens in natural and managed forests -- 1.2.1 Management and exploitation of natural and semi-natural forests -- 1.2.2 Management of plantation forests -- 1.3 Forests and the management of pests and pathogens -- Plant health -- 2.1 International movement of pests and pathogens -- 2.2 The ecology of invasions -- 2.2.1 Arrival -- 2.2.2 Establishment -- 2.2.3 Spread -- 2.3 Plant health: the organisational framework -- 2.4 Plant health in practice -- 2.4.1 Quarantine pests -- 2.4.2 Quarantine material -- 2.4.3 Pest Risk Analysis -- 2.4.4 Certification and inspection -- 2.4.5 Quarantine treatments -- 2.5 Managing introduced pests -- 2.5.1 Detection and survey -- 2.5.2 Containment and eradication -- 2.6 Plant health and the emergence of new pests and pathogens -- Risk, monitoring and prediction -- 3.1 Defining risk -- 3.2 Pest ecology and risk assessment -- 3.3 Quantifying risk -- 3.3.1 Outbreak history -- 3.3.2 Forest composition and structure -- 3.3.3 Site and environmental factors -- 3.3.4 Growth, vigour and complex indices -- 3.4 Monitoring and prediction -- 3.4.1 Mapping the distribution and intensity of damage -- 3.4.2 Sampling populations -- 3.4.3 Spread of pests and pathogens -- 3.4.4 Phenology and development -- The role of silviculture -- 4.1 Planting and establishment -- 4.2 Managing established forests -- 4.2.1 Thinning and pruning -- 4.2.2 Fertilisation -- 4.2.3 Fire -- 4.3 Felling and post-harvest -- 4.4 Salvage and long-term storage -- Resistance to attack by pests and pathogens -- 5.1 Defence and defence theory -- 5.2 Resistance and its expression -- 5.3 Genetics of resistance -- 5.3.1 Major gene resistance -- 5.3.2 Polygenic resistance -- 5.4 Resistance mechanisms.

5.4.1 Preformed resistance -- 5.4.2 Induced resistance -- 5.4.3 Tolerance -- 5.4.4 Integrated resistance -- 5.4.5 Environmental effects -- 5.5 Measuring resistance -- 5.6 Tree resistance and pest management -- 5.6.1 Exploiting natural variation in resistance -- 5.6.2 Breeding for resistance -- 5.7 Genetic modification -- 5.8 Resistance management -- Biological control -- 6.1 Augmentation and conservation -- 6.2 Classical biological control -- 6.2.1 Theory and practice in selection and release of natural enemies -- 6.2.2 Risk and regulation -- 6.2.3 Case studies in classical biological control -- 6.3 Economic aspects -- Microbial control -- 7.1 Characteristics and ecology of microbial agents -- 7.1.1 Bacillus thuringiensis -- 7.1.2 Viruses -- 7.1.3 Nematodes -- 7.1.4 Fungi -- 7.2 Experimental and operational use -- 7.2.1 Bacillus thuringiensis and viruses -- 7.2.2 Nematodes -- 7.2.3 Fungi -- 7.3 Registration and environmental impact -- 7.3.1 Registration and commercial availability -- 7.3.2 Non-target effects in the environment -- 7.4 Developments in the use of microbial control -- Semiochemicals -- 8.1 Mating-disruption -- 8.1.1 Development of operational programmes for mating-disruption -- 8.2 Mass-trapping -- 8.2.1 Development of operational programmes for mass-trapping -- 8.2.2 Case studies in mass-trapping -- 8.3 Population manipulation -- 8.3.1 Aggregation pheromones -- 8.3.2 Antiaggregation pheromones -- 8.4 Registration and commercial availability of semiochemicals -- Integrated pest management -- 9.1 The economics of control -- 9.1.1 Measuring the economic effects of pest damage -- 9.1.2 Impact on forests and forest ecosystems -- 9.2 Decision support and expert systems -- 9.3 IPM in practice -- 9.4 Future developments in pest management -- 9.4.1 Certification, conservation and multiple-use forests -- 9.4.2 Climate change -- References.

Glossary of tree names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- General index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

Throughout the world, there is a need to manage pests in both semi-natural and plantation forests. The sustainable management and control of forest pests depends on the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes. A central theme of this book is an examination of the ecological context of the major components of IPM and how and when to apply them in the management of forest pests. The book focuses predominantly on insect pests, but many examples relateto fungal pathogens, some of which are vectored by forest insects. While most examples are from temperate regions, the critical analysis of IPM is relevant to forests world-wide.The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied entomology and ecology, forestry, agro-forestry, conservation biology and environmental sciences. It will also be of value to managers of IPM programmes in agriculture as well as forestry.

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