Biological Control : : Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management.

• Author: Mason, Peter G.
• Place / Publishing House: Collingwood : : CSIRO Publishing,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (645 pages)

The key challenges, successes and failures of global biological control, and future directions.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- 1 The diversity of biological control agents -- 2 Conservation biological control -- 3 Importation biological control -- 4 Augmentative biological control -- 5 Unintentional biological control -- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- 6 Benefits and risks of biological control -- 7 Regulatory challenges for biological control -- 8 Access and benefit-sharing and biological control -- 9 Biological control and climate change -- 10 Taxonomy and biological control -- SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- 11 Public perceptions of biological control -- 12 Economic impact of biological control -- 13 Uptake of biological control -- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES -- 14 Biological control successes and failures: Oceania region -- 15 Biological control successes and failures: African region -- 16 Biological control successes and failures: Eurasian region -- 17 Biological control successes and failures: Indo-Pacific/Oriental region -- 18 Biological control successes and failures: North American region -- Colour plates -- 19 Biological control successes and failures: Latin American region -- FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- 20 Integrating pest management with biological control -- 21 Biological control as a conservation science -- 22 An evolutionary ecology synthesis for biological control -- Index.