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Climate Change and Forest Insect Pests
Climate change and the underlying causal factors have been thoroughly described in the scientific literature. Although well understood and documented... -
Forest Insect Invasions and Their Management
As a result of increasing globalization, hundreds of forest insect species have been accidentally transported among continents. The most common... -
Forest Insect—Plant Interactions
Insects and plants dominate terrestrial ecosystems in terms of both species numbers and biomass. Ecological relationships between insects and plants... -
Enhancing forest insect outbreak detection by integrating tree-ring and climate variables
Annual tree rings are widely recognized as valuable tools for quantifying and reconstructing historical forest disturbances. However, the influence...
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Forest Insect Population Dynamics
Most insect species are rare most of the time, but populations of certain taxa exhibit dramatic fluctuations in abundance across years. These... -
Forest Insect–Natural Enemy Interactions
As illustrated in several other chapters of this book, “forest insects”, including those linked to woody plants growing outside the forest... -
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) technology to control forest insect pests and fungal pathogens: challenges and opportunities
Climate change alters the seasonal synchronization between plants and respective pests plus pathogens. The geographical infiltration helps to shift...
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Effects of plant leaf traits, abundance and phylogeny on differentiation of herbivorous insect assemblages in Mediterranean mixed forest
Herbivorous insect assemblages are functionally diverse, with each species exploiting plant tissues in different ways. Availability and palatability...
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Insect Ecology
Insect ecology is the study of how insects interact with the environment. The environment consists of both physical characteristics (abiotic) and... -
Forest Entomology and Pathology Volume 1: Entomology
This open access book will provide an introduction to forest entomology, the principles and techniques of forest insect pest management, the...
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Predictors of Insect Damage to Forest Stands According to Satellite Data Using the Siberian Silkmoth Dendrolimis Sibiricus Tschetv as an Example
AbstractPopulation outbreaks of such species as Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetv . , in Siberian taiga forests begin with areas of several hectares and...
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Spatial patterns of insect herbivory within a forest landscape: the role of soil type and forest stratum
BackgroundInsect herbivory has profound impacts on ecosystem processes and services. Although many efforts have been made to recognize the main...
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Spatial Dynamics of Forest Insects
The study of the spatial dynamics of forest insects has a long history, and many forest insect species have served as model systems for studying... -
Insect Tourism
Ecotourism is defined as management of tourism and conservation of nature in a way so as to maintain a fine balance between the necessities of... -
Determinants of species assemblages of insect pests in alpine forest ecosystems of western China
BackgroundInsect pests are a significant threat to natural resources and social development. Modeling species assemblages of insect pests can predict...
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Assessment of large-scale multiple forest disturbance susceptibilities with AutoML framework: an Izmir Regional Forest Directorate case
Disturbances such as forest fires, intense winds, and insect damage exert strong impacts on forest ecosystems by sha** their structure and growth...
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Future Prospects of Insect Biotechnology
This chapter emphasizes on future trends of insect biotechnology in protein vaccines production, future crop protection, pest management approaches,... -
Habitat Fragmentation and Insect Biodiversity Change in Mexican Landscapes
The long-term and large-scale cause of habitat fragmentation and loss is determined by human intervention, primarily due to the expansion of... -
Insect Defoliators
The US Department of Agriculture considers insect outbreaksOutbreaks as the most expensive type of natural disturbance. OutbreaksOutbreaks of... -
Insect community reassembly in a spatiotemporally heterogenous restoration landscape
ContextAnthropogenic habitat degradation resulting from agricultural, mining, and urban development is a leading cause of global insect declines, but...